Master of Teaching (Primary)

Masters (Coursework)

Prepare for a career teaching 5 to 12-year-olds with the Master of Teaching (Primary) at Melbourne. Learn from world-leading experts and develop practical classroom skills through comprehensive teaching placements.

Key details

Degree Type

Masters (Coursework)

Duration

2 - 2 years full-time, 3 - 3 years part-time

Course Code

MC-TEACHPR

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb

About this course

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Learn to teach with world-leading experts and well-supported placements

Prepare for a career teaching 5 to 12-year-olds with the Master of Teaching (Primary) at Melbourne. Learn from world-leading experts, all of whom have experience teaching in schools. And develop your practical classroom skills through the most comprehensive teaching placement program in Victoria. You will graduate ready to identify and support the individual learning needs of every student in your classroom.

Key features

Become a teacher. Register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching to teach across all primary years
Unparalleled placement experience. Become an active member of your placement school community from semester one, with support from a school-based Mentor Teacher and a university-based Clinical Specialist.
Guaranteed entry. Students with a University of Melbourne bachelors degree can access early admission and a Commonwealth Supported Place (domestic students only). Year 12 students can secure their place with a Graduate Degree Package.

Study locations

Parkville

What you will learn

Why study primary teaching at Melbourne?

The Faculty of Education at Melbourne is a vibrant learning environment where you will join a community committed to changing lives through education.

The Master of Teaching (Primary) draws on the latest in education research and practice.

Evaluate learners' needs. You will learn how to evaluate individual learning needs across all backgrounds and abilities, so you can meet every student where they're at.
Establish a holistic practice. Support your teaching practice with skills like establishing safe environments and promoting positive behaviours, to nurture wellbeing for yourself and your students.
Explore Indigenous perspectives. Build a greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing and being, so you can develop inclusive learning activities in your classroom.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at University of Melbourne.

86%

Overall satisfaction

80.7%

Skill scale

76.6%

Teaching scale

92.9%

Employed full-time

$87.6k

Average salary

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