Program Overview

Are you a passionate graduate whose keen to positively shape Australia’s young minds? UC’s two-year Master of Secondary Teaching will provide you with the knowledge and skills to pursue your passion and enter a career as a teacher of students in Years 7–12.

With the delivery of the Australian Curriculum in mind, discover pedagogical problem-based learning approaches within classroom and school settings and numerous ways to reflect upon your own professional learning objectives.

Informed by the latest research, this postgraduate course for pre-service teachers includes 60 days of professional experience within Canberra region secondary schools.

Like all Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) accredited education programs, UC’s Master of Secondary Teaching requires students to successfully complete a Professional Experience component and pass the moderated Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) that takes place within a school.

Study the Master of Secondary Teaching at UC and you will:

• Master the skills required for lesson planning and effective teaching and learning
• Critically reflect on the ways in which educational theory and research informs teaching practice
• Develop effective ways to collaborate as part of a team and interpret evidence and data
• Increase your ability to reason and make evidence-based decisions
• Empower learners with your strong subject and pedagogical knowledge
• Establish and maintain ethical and respectful relationships with students, colleagues and parents
• Promote participation and inclusion and develop the strengths and needs of students from diverse cultural, linguistic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds
• Strengthen your professional leadership
• Engage with schools in the Canberra region and build your own network of experienced professional and mentors.

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

WIL is a vital component of this course and each year you will participate in 60 days of placements in partner secondary schools in and around the Canberra area.

Each of these placements will give you the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and use your new knowledge in real life teaching environments – with the full support and encouragement of education mentors.

This course places emphasis on ensuring that you, as a student teacher, understands and appreciates your students; and your personal development concerning educational learning, professional workplace engagement, and improving personal and professional outcomes.

This placement approach ensures that each UC student graduates with a unique and wide-ranging network of education-related mentors and contacts.