Program Overview

Master of Teaching (Secondary)

The Master of Teaching (Secondary) 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 secondary school years from Year 7 to Year 12.

Program Details

• Degree Level: Postgraduate
• Years: 2 years full-time
• Campus: Magill, Mawson Lakes
• Duration: 2 years full-time
• Mode: On-campus
• Program Code: MMET
• Fees: AUD$ 35,600 per annum (per 1.0 EFTSL) for students enrolled in 2025

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have completed:

• A Bachelor degree or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution with a competitive GPA, noting that admission is competitive and based on academic merit; and
• A major and preferably a minor (not essential) in the Learning Area in which they intend to specialise, aligned with the Australian Curriculum.

English Language Requirements

• IELTS total: 7.0
• IELTS reading: 7.0
• IELTS writing: 7.0
• IELTS speaking: 7.0
• IELTS listening: 7.0

Additional Entry Requirements

In accordance with national teacher education program standards, applicants must also fulfil non-academic entry requirements. All applicants will be required to submit a 400-600 word Teaching Capabilities Statement with their application.

Course Structure

Preservice teachers of the Master of Teaching (Secondary) 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 secondary schooling philosophies and pedagogies, with focus on the diverse needs of adolescent learners.

Courses

The program comprises 72 units of study, including core courses and courses specific to the secondary strand, and select 2 discipline/learning areas.

First Year

• Learning Area 1.1
• Learning Area 2.1
• Middle Years of Schooling
• Critical Perspectives of Education
• Reflexive Practice and Professional Experience 1
• Learning Area 1.2
• Middle Schooling Pedagogies
• Curriculum, Pedagogy and Democracy
• Foundations of Learning and Development: A Child Centred Approach

Second Year

• Elective
• Learning Area 1.3
• Learning Area 2.2
• Reflexive Practice and Professional Experience 2: Inquiry into Practice

Electives

• Arts Education Learning Area
  • Planning and Teaching for Effective Arts Learning
  • Professional Learning in Arts Education
  • Foundations for Specialist Arts Educators
• English Education Learning Area
  • English for Secondary Teaching 2
  • English for Secondary Teaching 3
  • English for Secondary Teaching 1
• Health and Physical Education Learning Area
  • Health and Physical Education for Secondary Teaching 1
  • Health and Physical Education for Secondary Teaching 2
  • Health and Physical Education for Secondary Teaching 3
• Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area
  • Humanities and Social Sciences for Secondary Teaching 1
  • Humanities and Social Sciences for Secondary Teaching 2
  • Humanities and Social Sciences for Secondary Teaching 3
• Languages Education Learning Area (Languages other than English LOTE)
  • Curriculum Development for Languages Education
  • Interactions for Languages Education
  • Learning a New Language and Culture
• Mathematics Education Learning Areas
  • Mathematics for Secondary Teaching 2
  • Mathematics for Secondary Teaching 1
  • Mathematics and Science for Senior Secondary Teaching
• Science Education Learning Area
  • Mathematics and Science for Senior Secondary Teaching
  • Science for Secondary Teaching 1
  • Science for Secondary Teaching 2
• Islamic Pedagogy Learning Area (available as a minor learning area only)
  • Islamic Pedagogy: Principles and Praxis
  • Islamic Pedagogy: Quality Teaching and Learning
• Teaching English as a Second Language Learning Area (available as a minor learning area only)
  • TESOL Approaches and Strategies
  • Curriculum Development in TESOL
• Integrated Teaching and Vocational Education (available as a minor learning area only)
  • Integrated Teaching and Mentoring in Schools, Communities and Workplaces
  • Integrated Teaching and Vocational Education in Schools
• Outdoor and Environmental Education Learning Area (available as a minor learning area only)
  • Outdoor and Environmental Education Pedagogy 1- Middle Years
  • Outdoor and Environmental Education Pedagogy 2 - Senior Years

Rules and Notes

1. Preservice teachers are required to take the two Reflexive Practice and Professional Experience courses in sequence.
2. Accreditation requirements mandate that preservice teachers in a two-year program undertake supervised professional experience of no less than 60 days in a formal education setting.
3. Preservice teachers will be required to undertake a Working with Children Check (WWCC) through the Department of Human Services (DHS).
4. Preservice teachers enrolled in programs in UniSA Education Futures and who are completing any in-school or site (i.e., preschools and childcare settings) observations, activities, or professional experience placements, must undertake mandatory training in Responding to Abuse and Neglect prior to the commencement of the activities or placements.
5. All preservice teachers must meet the required standard in the national Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) to be eligible for program completion and graduation.

Professional Accreditation and Recognition

Successful completion of this program provides a recognised academic qualification which will enable graduates to apply for teacher registration in South Australia, interstate, and some overseas countries.

Program Director

Dr Jill Colton

Related Degrees

• Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
• Master of Teaching (Primary)