Master of Primary Teaching

About

If teaching is your passion, the Master of Primary Teaching is for you. This course will prepare you for a long and fulfilling career in education while giving you the skills, qualifications and experience to work across all areas of the primary school curriculum.

This program is fully accredited by the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) and provides foundational knowledge and work integrated learning opportunities such as workshops, simulations, microteaching, problem-based learning and case study analysis. Designed with a focus on Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), this course delivers a teaching strategy that creates student-specific learning curriculums based on many education principles; social, cultural and intellectual environments; and students’ individual needs.

The Master of Primary Teaching includes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander component that ensures Indigenous ways of knowing and learning are both considered and appropriately incorporated into the study program.

Admission criteria

• A discipline-specific bachelor degree or equivalent as approved by the University and relevant to the Australian curriculum or other recognised areas of schooling provision. For primary teaching, this includes at least one year of full-time equivalent study relevant to one or more learning areas of the primary school curriculum.
• All applicants will be required to undertake a Course Advice and Suitability for the Profession Interview (CASPI) at which their suitability for the teaching profession will be assessed.  Further information about the CASPI can be found here.
• Applicants must meet the non-standard English language proficiency requirements for this course.

Fees and charges

^ Fee column represents an annual amount unless the course duration is less than one year; the amount then represents the full cost of the course.

Australian Government financial assistance

University of Canberra scholarships and financial assistance

Further information

Read the full course details on the University of Canberra website.

Visit the Faculty of Education website.
Call 1800 864 226.
Email study@canberra.edu.au

The Education faculty offers new and redeveloped courses specialising in Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary, in line with new national requirements for teacher registration. We work closely with our professional and industry partners to ensure that all our degree programs combine the best of practice, new knowledge, and innovative teaching and learning. All initial teacher education courses have been accredited by the ACT Teacher Quality Institute and are recognised as such across Australia.