The Master of Teaching (Primary) qualifies graduates to apply an advanced body of knowledge in a range of contexts and with the professional capacities to be creatively and innovatively responsive to the changing and challenging demands of being educators of learners in the school years from Reception to Year 6. The degree provides a pathway for lifelong learning and professional development as a reflective practitioner.

 

Preservice teachers of the Master of Teaching (Primary) degree will have a body of knowledge in professional experience, professional and discipline-specific curriculum studies and education studies. The preservice teachers will develop an in-depth understanding of the underlying principles and concepts of curriculum and pedagogy development for learners from Reception to Year 6. Preservice teachers will also examine the developmental, emotional and social psychological needs of learners, and the specific learning areas of the primary school curriculum. Preservice teachers will have knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to teaching in the primary setting.