Master of Teaching (Primary)

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Why study the Master of Teaching (Primary) at UNE?

The Master of Teaching (Primary) is a two-year graduate entry initial teacher education program for pre-service primary teachers. The program is informed by the latest research and contains (i) foundational studies in the social context of schooling, Aboriginal education, teaching students from non-English speaking backgrounds, teaching and learning, inclusive and special education, classroom behaviour management, literacy education and ICT across the curriculum (ii) eight curriculum methods units and (iii) 60 days of professional experience, which includes the option of undertaking professional experience in an international setting.

Teacher Registration: Students should note that teacher registration requirements vary from state to state. UNE bases its degree structures on the NSW Institute of Teachers' guidelines for teacher registration.

Career Opportunities

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Degree Snapshot

DURATION

2 Years Full-time
Up to 5 years Part-time

FEES

CSP (quotas apply)
Full Fee
International

2011 STUDY OPTIONS

Armidale

Semester 1, Off Campus
Semester 2, Off Campus

Official Abbreviation

MTeach(Primary)

Course Type

Postgraduate

CRICOS Code

Pending

Commencing

Location	Admission Period	Mode of Study
Armidale	Semester 1	Off Campus
Armidale	Semester 2	Off Campus

Course Duration

2 Years Full-time
Up to 5 years Part-time

Fees

CSP (quotas apply) / Full Fee / International

Total Credit Points

Benefits

This is an approved Student Income Support course. Eligible students may apply for Youth Allowance or Austudy.

Intensive Schools

Intensive mandatory schools may be a requirement of some of the units in this course. See Unit Catalogue for specific requirements.

Entry Requirements

A candidate shall hold a relevant degree of a university.

Minimum study in a relevant undergraduate (and appropriate postgraduate) degree/s is determined as 8 units of discipline knowledge related to Key Learning Areas (KLAs):

(a) either one full academic year (two semester units) of study in four key learning areas; or

(b) two full academic years (four semester units) of study in one key learning area and one full academic year (two semester units) of study in two other key learning areas.

English KLA

Communications; Creative writing; English with a strong core component of study of English literature; Language studies; Linguistics (may only be counted for one KLA); Literature studies; Media studies (ie the theoretical study of media or where the product is a literary text).

Mathematics KLA

Pure or applied mathematics; One unit only of statistics may be counted provided it was studied as a stand-alone unit; Other studies of mathematics that are relevant to the central concepts, modes of enquiry and structure of the content/discipline(s).

Science and Technology KLA

Agriculture; Architecture (2 units only may be counted); Biology; Bio-technology; Chemistry; Computing studies; Design - interior, industrial, graphic, fashion, product, landscape (2 units only may be counted); Engineering (chemical, mechanical, civil, electrical, environmental); Food technology; Geology; Materials science; Media production; Medicine; Nursing; Physics; Psychology (may only be counted for one KLA).

Human Society and Its Environment KLA

Aboriginal studies; Anthropology; Archaeology; Asian or Pacific studies; Business studies; Cultural studies; Economic history; Economics; Environmental/land use studies; Futures studies; Geography; Government and citizenship; History; Industrial relations; Languages including Aboriginal languages; Linguistics (may only be counted for one KLA); Legal studies; Psychology (may only be counted for one KLA); Political science; Sociology.

Creative and Practical Arts KLA

Dance including practical experience in choreography and performance in several dance styles and dance history/theory; Drama including experiential involvement in making and performing drama; Music including performing (singing, playing and moving), listening and organising sound (composing) within a wide range of repertoire; Visual arts including art making and art history/theory.

PDHPE KLA

Physical education studies; Health studies; Family studies; Health promotion; Human movement studies; Nutrition education; Sports science.

Applicants who are 12 credit points short of meeting the prerequisite for KLA discipline knowledge may be permitted to enrol in that specific discipline units provided they enrol concurrently in the appropriate prerequisite unit or units. All prerequisites must be passed prior to or concurrently with Master of Teaching (Primary) candidature.

English Language Proficiency

At least one of the following criteria must be met:

A1. English is the applicant's first language; or

A2. Satisfactory completion, no more than 5 years prior to the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in a country in which English is the primary official language or co-official language and in which English was the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed, resulting in an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) award or an award recognised by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR); or

A3. Satisfactory completion, no more than 5 years prior to the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in an institution in which English is the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed, resulting in an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) award or an award recognised by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR); or

A4. (a) An IELTS (Academic) overall score of at least a minimum overall score of 7.5 including a minimum result of 8.0 in both the speaking and listening modules and 7.0 in reading and writing; or

(b) A Professional English Assessment for Teachers (PEAT) result of Band A in each of the four areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing; or

(c) An International Second Language Proficiency Rating (ISLPR) score of at least 4+ in each of the four areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Practical, Clinical or Work Experience

Professional Experience that collectively provides the 60 days of professional experience mandated by DEEWR (formerly DEST) in 2007 is embedded in the course.

Prohibited Employment Declaration and Probity Checks: In response to the New South Wales Department of Education and Training's legal obligations in respect to the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 and the Child Protection (prohibited Employment) Act 1998, the University has guidelines regarding students undertaking field experience. All students are required to declare whether they are a prohibited person by completing a Prohibited Employment Declaration.

These requirements are subject to change. Current information and further information (including requirements for other states) can be obtained at: http://www.une.edu.au/education/profexp/letter-to-students.php

Advanced Standing

Transition Arrangements

Students required to transfer into the Master of Teaching (Primary) from the existing Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), as per the transition arrangements will automatically receive Advanced Standing for all units successfully completed provided that sufficient credit points remain in their programs of study to enable NSWIT requirements to be met.

Other Advanced Standing

In addition to providing Advanced Standing for students involved in transition arrangements:

· There shall be no maximum to credit granted on the basis of education units completed at UNE which have not already counted to a completed qualification.

· Credit granted on the basis of units which have already counted to any single award shall not exceed one quarter of the credit points required for the M. Teach (Primary).

· Credit granted for education units successfully completed at other institutions for awards that have not been completed may be granted a maximum of 67% of the total credit points for the M. Teach (Primary).

Academic Colours

Violet (BCC 179)

Further Information

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Admission to Candidature

A candidate shall hold a relevant degree of a university.

Minimum study in a relevant undergraduate (and appropriate postgraduate) degree/s is determined as 8 units of discipline knowledge related to Key Learning Areas (KLAs):
(a) either one full academic year (two semester units) of study in four key learning areas; or
(b) two full academic years (four semester units) of study in one key learning area and one full academic year (two semester units) of study in two other key learning areas.

English KLA
Communications; Creative writing; English with a strong core component of study of English literature; Language studies; Linguistics (may only be counted for one KLA); Literature studies; Media studies (ie the theoretical study of media or where the product is a literary text).

Mathematics KLA
Pure or applied mathematics; One unit only of statistics may be counted provided it was studied as a stand-alone unit; Other studies of mathematics that are relevant to the central concepts, modes of enquiry and structure of the content/discipline(s).

Science and Technology KLA
Agriculture; Architecture (2 units only may be counted); Biology; Bio-technology; Chemistry; Computing studies; Design - interior, industrial, graphic, fashion, product, landscape (2 units only may be counted); Engineering (chemical, mechanical, civil, electrical, environmental); Food technology; Geology; Materials science; Media production; Medicine; Nursing; Physics; Psychology (may only be counted for one KLA).

Human Society and Its Environment KLA
Aboriginal studies; Anthropology; Archaeology; Asian or Pacific studies; Business studies; Cultural studies; Economic history; Economics; Environmental/land use studies; Futures studies; Geography; Government and citizenship; History; Industrial relations; Languages including Aboriginal languages; Linguistics (may only be counted for one KLA); Legal studies; Psychology (may only be counted for one KLA); Political science; Sociology.

Creative and Practical Arts KLA
Dance including practical experience in choreography and performance in several dance styles and dance history/theory; Drama including experiential involvement in making and performing drama; Music including performing (singing, playing and moving), listening and organising sound (composing) within a wide range of repertoire; Visual arts including art making and art history/theory.

PDHPE KLA
Physical education studies; Health studies; Family studies; Health promotion; Human movement studies; Nutrition education; Sports science.

Prohibited Employment Declaration and Probity Checks

In response to the New South Wales Department of Education and Training's legal obligations in respect to the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 and the Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998, the University has guidelines regarding students undertaking field experience. All students are required to declare whether they are a prohibited person by completing a Prohibited Employment Declaration.

English Language Proficiency

At least one of the following criteria must be met:
A1. English is the applicant's first language; or
A2. Satisfactory completion, no more than 5 years prior to the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in a country in which English is the primary official language or co-official language and in which English was the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed, resulting in an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) award or an award recognised by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR); or
A3. Satisfactory completion, no more than 5 years prior to the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in an institution in which English is the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed, resulting in an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) award or an award recognised by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR); or
A4. (a) An IELTS (Academic) overall score of at least a minimum overall score of 7.5 including a minimum result of 8.0 in both the speaking and listening modules and 7.0 in reading and writing; or
(b) A Professional English Assessment for Teachers (PEAT) result of Band A in each of the four areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing; or
(c) An International Second Language Proficiency Rating (ISLPR) score of at least 4+ in each of the four areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Advanced Standing

Transition Arrangements

Other Advanced Standing

In addition to providing Advanced Standing for students involved in transition arrangements:
(a) There shall be no maximum to credit granted on the basis of education units completed at UNE which have not already counted to a completed qualification.
(b) Credit granted on the basis of units which have already counted to any single award shall not exceed one quarter of the credit points required for the MTeach (Primary).
(c) Credit granted for education units successfully completed at other institutions for awards that have not been completed may be granted a maximum of 67% of the total credit points for the MTeach (Primary).