Master of Teaching (Health and Physical Education)

Postgraduate

In Canberra (Australia)

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This program will give you the knowledge, skills and practical experience to teach personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) in secondary schools.



If your ambition is to make a difference to the lives of secondary school students, and you have an undergraduate degree in Health Sciences or Exercise and Sport Science, then this is the program for you. It has a strong focus on practical workplace training, enhancing your coursework with more than four months of practical experience.



You’ll learn first-hand how to tackle everyday teaching challenges during two placements of four weeks each, as well as school visits and a nine-week internship in a high school. As part of that final internship you will also complete an action research project.



Gain hands-on experience with 40 days of teaching practice in schools, a 45-day internship and a professional research project. This experience will ensure you develop the confidence, knowledge and skills to become a successful teacher at early childhood, primary or secondary level.

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Canberra (Australia)
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About this course

MTeach (HPE)

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Teaching
  • Secondary
  • Physical Education
  • School
  • Project
  • Credit
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Study Plan

Year 1

Semester 1 CP EDMT5010 Special and Inclusive Education 3 EDMT5676 Teaching and Learning 5 EDMT5601 The Secondary Teaching Professional 2 EDMT5679 Aboriginal Education: Secondary Schools 2 EDMT5692 Health Curriculum 1 6 EDMT5794 Physical Education 1 6 Semester 2 CP EDMT5502 Teachers and Learners: School Communities 6 EDMT5681 MTeach Professional Experience 1 2 EDMT5678 Literacy and Numeracy: Secondary Schools 4 EDMT5693 Health Curriculum 2 6 EDMT5795 Physical Education 2 6

Year 2

Semester 1 CP EDMT6125 Special Education: Inclusive Schools 3 EDMT6500 Schools and their Communities 5 EDMT6629 MTeach Professional Experience 2 2 EDMT6630 Information Technology: Secondary Schools 2 EDMT6637 Physical Education 3 6 EDMT6636 HPE Curriculum and Assessment Studies 6 Semester 2 CP EDMT6012 Professional Research Project 12 EDMT6018 Teaching Internship 12

Master of Teaching (Health and Physical Education) students complete 96 credit points (cp). Full-time students enrol in 24cp in each semester. Students normally complete a combination of core education and curriculum and professional units of study and practicum placements. The first three full-time semesters of the Master of Teaching total 72 credit points. Once the 72 credit points have been achieved students undertake extensive work in our partner schools from the beginning of their final semester. For further information regarding the course structure, please visit the Faculty of Education and Social Work website.


Progression rules

Candidates must successfully complete each unit of study to meet the course requirements and graduate with a teaching qualification. Except with the permission of the Dean, a candidate must complete all unit of study requirements specified for each year, before proceeding to the next year. Candidates must complete a minimum of 72 credit points in Education before completing the Internship and the Action Research Project and Conference in the final semester of the degree.

Capstone experience

Students undertake their internship of at least 40 days (usually 45 days) in a secondary school in the second semester in the second year of the program. Internship placements are approved by the Faculty, and students undertake their placements in the curriculum area(s) in which they are enrolled and are conditionally certified to teach. During the internship, students are assigned to one or more mentor teachers, usually in a single discipline area and are responsible for teaching one or more classes for a total of between 14 and 17 lesson periods per week. The mentor teacher monitors the intern in their work in the school and, in discussion with the tertiary mentor, is responsible for writing a report on the internship that forms the basis of the assessment. Assessment is aligned with the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES)'s Professional Teaching Standards for the Graduate Teacher.

Master of Teaching (Health and Physical Education)

Price on request