Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)

MTeach(ECPri)

Credit points

160

Minimum duration

2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Melbourne
• Strathfield
• Online

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 60 cp Education Studies and Effective Teaching (Part A);
2. 100 cp Curriculum Studies Units (Part B);
3. 0 cp from ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Units (Part C).

Other requirements

Additional Approvals

All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom.

These are Blue Card (Queensland), Working with Vulnerable People Registration (Australian Capital Territory), or Working with Children Check (New South Wales, Western Australia, and Victoria), Working with Children Clearance (Northern Territory), or Police Record Check (South Australia and Tasmania).

International students must provide a police check from their home country. All students who have lived in another country for twelve months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.

Exit points

A student who has successfully completed the following requirements may exit from the course with that qualification. Note that none of these qualifications qualify a student to teach in Australia.

1. Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies: 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings
2. Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies: 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings

A student who does not meet the LANTITE requirements may exit with the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies or Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies if they meet the requirements of those awards.

Progression requirements

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the National Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the National School of Education.

Part A : Education Studies and Effective Teaching Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDES560	Foundations of Development and Learning in Australian Early Childhood Contexts	10	Education Studies 10 days professional experience with children aged birth to 35 months
EDES600	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, Cultures and Education	10	Education Studies
EDES601	Special Education and Inclusive Practice	10	Education Studies
EDET561	Effective Teaching 1: Early Years Learning and Pedagogies: Play-Based Curriculum and Assessment	10	Effective Teaching 20-days professional experience with children aged 3 to 5 years

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDET660	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: English and Literacy (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on English and Literacy (5-8 years old).
OR
EDET661	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: Mathematics and Numeracy (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on Mathematics and Numeracy (5-8 years old).
OR
EDET662	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: Science and Inquiry (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on Science and Inquiry (5-8 years old).
OR
EDET663	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: Humanities and Social Sciences (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on Humanities and Social Sciences (5-8 years old).
OR
EDET664	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: The Arts (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on The Arts (5-8 years old).
OR
EDET665	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: Technologies (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on Technologies (5-8 years old).
OR
EDET666	Effective Teaching 2: Leadership, Management, Advocacy and Teaching: Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 15 days professional experience with a focus on Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education (5-8 years old).

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDET669	Effective Teaching 3: Teacher Inquiry and Evidence-Based Practice (B-12)	10	Effective Teaching 25 days professional experience in a school setting (8-12 years old) with a focus on the teaching specialisation.

Part B : Curriculum Studies Units

Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDAR560	The Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy (B-12)	10
EDEN500	Foundations of Literacy and Children's Literature for Early Reading	10
EDEN501	English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10
EDEN602	English Language and Literacy Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10
EDHP560	Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education (B-12 Years)	10
EDMA500	Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy for Children	10
EDMA602	Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10
EDSI660	Science, Inquiry and Sustainability Education (B-12)	10
EDSS661	Humanities and Social Sciences Education for Children (B-12)	10
EDTE560	Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (B-12)	10

Part C : ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Units

Complete exactly 3 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
LNTE110	Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic	0
LNTE100	LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students	0
LNTE101	LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students	0