Master of Teaching (Secondary) (pre 2020)
The University of Newcastle
About
The Master of Teaching (Secondary) program at the University of Newcastle provides a postgraduate pathway into a highly successful and rewarding career in teaching.
The program aims to develop graduates who are outstanding teachers who act professionally, ethically and effectively in their professional contexts;
who engage in critical enquiry into their practice and the contexts of their practice;
and who play a constructive leadership role in public discourse in and beyond education.
Graduates of the program will be eligible to seek employment as teachers of students in Years 7 to 12 in a wide range of national and international contexts, including in NSW Government, Catholic and Independent school sectors.
Structure
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC6711 | Curriculum Design and Quality Teaching | Semester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6735 | Learners, Learning and Teaching | Semester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6740 | Students with Diverse Needs | Trimester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) Semester 2 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6741 | Literacies, Language and Learning | Semester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6751 | Knowledge and Communication Technologies | Semester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6772 | The Adolescent Learning Environment | Trimester 2 - 2020 (Callaghan) Semester 2 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6773 | The Reflective Secondary Teacher | Semester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6774 | The Practicing Professional | Semester 2 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
| EDUC6911 | Schooling, Identity and Society | Semester 2 - 2020 (ONLINE) | 10 units |
| EDUC6912 | Aboriginal Education | Trimester 1 - 2020 (Callaghan) Semester 2 - 2020 (Callaghan) | 10 units |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the program students will have:
- Demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of the historical, philosophical and socio-cultural contexts of education and their implications for contemporary schooling.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated, specialised, holistic understanding of curriculum, assessment and pedagogy as they apply to diverse secondary school and discipline contexts.
- Critically analyse, reflect on and synthesise complex concepts, problems, and theories in order to shape and implement curriculum responsive to the needs of diverse learners 7-12
- Engage critically with and in educational research such that research and inquiry inform and continuously shape evolving praxis within and across their teaching areas.
- Work constructively and innovatively to build generative relationships between school, home and community, and leverage these relationships to the benefit of their students.
- Demonstrate ethical and well-informed professional judgement and high levels of professional autonomy, adaptability, responsibility and collegiality, in the application of expert educational knowledge to diverse school and classroom contexts.
Institution
