The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) is a pre-service teacher education course which requires two years of study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work.
Applicants must have completed an appropriate undergraduate degree or approved equivalent.
Applicants must complete a non-academic capabilities assessment task that is based on the Australian Institute for Teaching and school Leadership Initial Teacher Education standards.
Limited credit may be granted for topics taken at the University or other institutions.
The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) aims to qualify graduates who apply a specialised body of content and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions to:
On completion of the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) graduates will be able to:
Limited credit may be granted for recognition of prior studies undertaken at the University or other approved tertiary institutions. Further information is available on this page.
To qualify for the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood), a student must:
Except with the permission of the Dean (Education):
Students should note that teaching practicum topics require full-time commitment for their duration.
36 units comprising:
EDUC9120 Introduction to Teaching and Research in the Education Profession (4.5 units)
EDUC9123 Pedagogies of Belonging (4.5 units)
EDUC9126 Making Meaning in the Expressive Arts (4.5 units)
EDUC9127 Thinking and Working Scientifically in the Early Years (4.5 units)
EDUC9130 Professional Experience: An Introduction (Early Childhood) (0 units)
EDUC9222 Researching Play and Pedagogies (4.5 units)
EDUC9223 The Numerate and Literate Infant (4.5 units)
EDUC9224 Being a Mathematician (4-8) (4.5 units)
EDUC9231 Professional Experience 1: Early Childhood (4.5 units)
36 units comprising:
EDUC9301 Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Early Years (4.5 units)
EDUC9302 Exploring Language, Literature, Literacies (4-8) (4.5 units)
EDUC9303 Critical Pedagogies for a Changing World (4.5 units)
EDUC9304 Professional Experience: Final Assessment (Early Childhood) (4.5 units)
EDUC9400 Teaching Indigenous Australian Students GE (4.5 units)
EDUC9401 Teacher as Researcher (4.5 units)
EDUC9403 Numeracy and Multiliteracies in Design and Technology (4.5 units)
EDUC9405 Social Understandings of Health and Well-Being in the Early Years (4.5 units)
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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