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Study masters degree education & teaching online with University of Tasmania through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Turn your passion into a profession: inspire future generations as a teacherTransform your existing Bachelor&#39;s degree into a rewarding teaching career. This path allows you to turn your passion into a meaningful profession, whether you&#39;re seeking a more fulfilling career, greater work-life balance, or the opportunity to positively impact the next generation. By becoming a teacher, you can use your expertise to inspire, engage, and make a lasting difference in your students&#39; lives, all while enjoying a career that offers stability and opportunities for personal growth. <h6>Why choose the Master of Teaching?</h6>By pursuing a Master of Teaching, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to teach in a primary or secondary school setting. This pre-service teaching degree builds on your tertiary qualifications and experience, enabling you to complete a teaching qualification.<ul><li>Informed by research: Your studies are guided by internationally renowned research in areas like English literacy, inclusive education, arts and creativity, and regional and rural education.</li><li>Professional accreditation: Accredited by the Tasmanian Teachers Registration Board, this course is recognised across all Australian states and territories.</li><li>Hands-on experience: Complete 60 days of professional experience placements in classrooms, helping you graduate with the confidence to inspire the next generation.</li></ul>

Become an inspiring primary school teacher. Develop your identity as an educator. Build pedagogical knowledge. Get hands-on in placements for 60 days. Start teaching in as little as two years.

Master of Teaching (Primary)

Child Development for Educators

Supporting Literacy and Numeracy Development for Diverse Learners

Technologies: Digital Solutions

Arts Education: Music & Visual Arts

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Methodologies

Training and Development

Education Support in Practice

Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators

English Language in Use

Language and Diversity

This subject will support you to gain the theoretical understandings, skills and methodologies to provide learning and teaching experiences within the Languages domain. You will be required to develop a comprehensive and coherent base of theoretical understandings upon which to base future learning and teaching experiences, which will suit the diverse contexts in which Languages teaching may occur. You will begin to explore and apply to practice contemporary language teaching theories, methodologies, principles and practices as expressed in the ACARA Curriculum: Languages. Current issues in Language teaching will be critiqued to develop the learners professional understanding of being a Language educator. This is the first of two sequential language (Languages / TESOL) teaching methodology units for Master of Teaching students.

Languages Teaching Methodologies

This subject will appeal to any students wishing to explore the impact of trauma in our lives, and especially how this affects our learning. The subject will introduce and highlight key concepts of early adversity, that you may be familiar with from your own prior learning or educational experiences. These concepts will be explored through a lens of resilience and wellbeing. You will be introduced to theories, principles and strategies that will further your understanding of the impact of trauma, and enable you to build resilience, promote wellbeing, and support growth and learning, both for yourself, and others more effectively. You will also explore the importance of self-care to ensure your own sense of wellbeing which is critical for learning and the support of others.

​A Trauma-Informed Approach​ to Resilience and Wellbeing

This subject extends your understanding of the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, interpersonal, social and environmental dimensions of health and wellness. The content focuses on critical aspects of social and emotional learning (SEL) to ensure you can successfully implement a program of SEL in a school or workplace. SEL encompasses concepts such as resilience, mental health, drug education, sexual health, relationships and safety issues. You will develop skills and knowledge to enable you to support the social and emotional wellbeing of your students in your teaching practice.

Social and Emotional Learning

In this subject you will learn about Music and the Visual Arts as key areas of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. You will become familiar with the research that supports the practice of the Arts in education and apply this to your planning, teaching and reflection. You will experiment with, reflect on and apply the elements of Music and Visual Arts to Early Childhood and Primary contexts and to key Australian curriculum documents. As a culminating performance of your learning you will plan, teach and reflect on a short Music or Visual Arts teaching session.

This subject builds on the knowledge of pedagogies appropriate for teaching primary mathematics that students acquired in EMT521 Teaching Primary Mathematics 1. The second subject in the sequence, EMT620 broadens students understanding of mathematics pedagogy by addressing the content and practices not covered in the initial subject. This subject will model and provide opportunities for students to engage with best pedagogical practice by undertaking rich tasks, group work, and problem solving, as well as differentiating and integrating the curriculum. Students will enhance their understanding of appropriate pedagogies for teaching mathematics and their knowledge of relevant curricula, the development of students&#39; thinking in each of the strands of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, and the relationship of content knowledge to pedagogy. It will provide pre-service teachers with opportunities to assess primary students&#39; mathematical thinking using work samples and to develop their skills in planning for teaching based on this information.

Teaching Primary Mathematics 2

The subject will explore the nature of inclusive education in the 21st century with an emphasis on diversity and exceptionality. Based on a philosophical foundation that values every student and acknowledges the right of every student to the most appropriate educational opportunities, this subject involves independently researching and analysing the complex theoretical and practical issues associated with effective inclusive education. You will be required to develop an advanced and integrated understanding of learning and teaching approaches to suit the diverse educational needs of students. You will build on your understanding of theories of human development and learning in relation to student diversity and exceptionality, applying planning models to include all students.

Inclusive Practices in Education Settings

This subject is a theoretical and practical exploration of ethics in relation to education and teacher identity. It encourages you to consider how particular philosophical ideas inform educational values, how they relate to your identity as a teacher, and how they might be articulated in your own teaching practice. You will think critically and creatively about these ideas and evaluate their impact on educational practices, including those explored in previous and subsequent subjects. The subject&#39;s rationale is that your teaching practice is strongly informed by your ethical stance on education, children, and professionalism, and the practical implications that flow from this, taking into account key professional and legislative imperatives. The subject focuses on three integrated areas: (1) the development of critical reasoning skills, which will underpin and be woven through your approach to (2) educational ethics and their relation to your professional identity as a teacher, as well as inform your understanding of (3) key contemporary issues in the philosophy of education, and the practical implications that flow from these. You will explore key ideas by engaging critically with lectures on philosophical theory, critical reflection, close reading of relevant material, ethical reasoning, tutorial and peer discussion, and your assessment tasks.

Ethics, Education and Professional Practice

The second Professional Experience placement (PE2) provides pre-service teachers the opportunity to build on their understanding of the school context and to begin to apply their theoretical understanding of teaching in practice. PE2 begins with active observation and is characterised by increasing engagement in teaching and learning activities.This placement is undertaken in Semester 2 only, in accordance with the <a href="https://www.utas.edu.au/education/professional-experience/calendar" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(215, 29, 13);">Professional Experience Calendar.</a> All students must be aware of the scheduled Professional Experience dates and be prepared to undertake a placement during the scheduled time. The dates of Professional Experience may only be changed in exceptional, unplanned circumstances. Date variations are assessed on a case-by-case basis by the Coordinator, Professional Experience in accordance with the <a href="https://www.utas.edu.au/education/professional-experience/procedural-guidelines" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(215, 29, 13);">Professional Experience Guidelines.</a> Variations can be submitted via the <a href="https://www.utas.edu.au/education/professional-experience/variation-request" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(215, 29, 13);">Variation Request Form</a>.

Professional Experience 2 (Primary)

This subject introduces concepts and theories that deepen and broaden your understanding of the professional activity undertaken by education support workers in the classroom. It discusses the practical skills required in work contexts and provides opportunities to critically examine the nature of support for student learning and development. You will develop practical skills in reflection and observation by engaging in tutorials, lectures and on-line activities. This engagement in the activities of the subject will assist you in completing your assessment tasks.

The Role of Education Support

This introductory subject prepares educators from a variety of disciplines to meet the maturational needs of diverse learners by providing a foundational base of knowledge regarding physical and cognitive development from conception through adulthood, with an emphasis on early childhood and childhood. Teaching all children the benefits of lifelong physical activity participation through the use of developmentally appropriate assessment and programming strategies is the primary focus of this subject.

Growth and Motor Development Across the Lifespan

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