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Course Overview
Become one of the inspiring individuals empowering future generations through education. Deakin's Master of Teaching (Secondary) prepares you for a creative, challenging and truly rewarding career. Ranked #3 in Australia and #13 worldwide for education and educational research*, Deakin is also the only university to embed the Berry Street Education Model into all of our initial teaching degrees. You'll graduate equipped with practical, trauma-informed strategies to support every learner. You'll know how to manage safe, healthier and more engaging learning environments and build positive relationships to promote academic success – giving you and your employer confidence. Looking for an adaptable teaching qualification that opens doors to a diverse range of industries? As a graduate of the Master of Teaching (Secondary), your employment opportunities will be vast. You'll be qualified to teach at secondary level anywhere in Australia, with skills that will also enable you to pivot into a broader range of roles. Learn how to think like a teacher and develop an invaluable mindset that can be applied to almost any sector, including education, youth work, corporate learning and development, NGOs, media and community-based organisations. Learn from highly experienced, passionate teachers who understand first-hand the importance of recognising all students as people first. You'll discover how to foster well-balanced relationships in the classroom to ensure students build positive connections with their peers, in turn promoting an environment to thrive. With the option to undertake a specialisation that includes research elements, you will develop practical classroom skills along with critical thinking and evaluative research skills. To ensure you gain a holistic understanding of how students learn, you will also have the opportunity to study and collaborate with early childhood educators, primary and secondary teachers. You can also choose to participate in Deakin's Global Education Program and gain a broader perspective on teaching. Experience teaching in a remote community interstate or overseas and develop your skills in intercultural education while improving your resume. This, combined with at least 60-days of professional placement and your completion of a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA), benchmarked against national standards of teaching performance, means you will be set for success in the classroom and beyond.
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Course Content
Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin
0-credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first trimester of study.
Australian Literacy Test
0-credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first year of study.
Australian Numeracy Test
0-credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first year of study.
Trauma Informed Practice
0-credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first year of study.
The Brain and Learning
Core unit.
Pedagogy in Action: Research and Design Foundations
Core unit.
Literacy, Numeracy and Multi-Tier Systems of Supports (MTSS) Across the Curriculum
Core unit.
Relational Pedagogies for Collaborative Engagement: Independent Research Project
Core unit.
Youth Identities - Diversity and Inclusion
Core unit.
Decolonising Teaching and Learning: Recognition, Relationships, and Reconciliation on Unceded Land
Core unit.
Research Design Development and Method
Core unit.
Independent Research Project for Professional Practice
Core unit.
Orientation to the Teaching Profession
Professional experience placement unit.
Building Capacity in Professional Experience
Professional experience placement unit.
Transition to the Profession 1
Professional experience placement unit.
Transition to the Profession 2
Professional experience placement unit.
Teaching English: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — English method.
Teaching English: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — English method.
Teaching Mathematics: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Mathematics method.
Teaching Mathematics: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Mathematics method.
Teaching Science: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Science (single and second method).
Teaching Biology: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Biology method.
Teaching Chemistry: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Chemistry method.
Teaching Environmental Science: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Environmental Science method.
Teaching Physics: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Physics method.
Science Education Lab Safety Induction
0-credit-point unit required for Science methods.
Teaching Strategies for the Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — second science/psychology/other methods.
Teaching Humanities: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Humanities/History method.
Teaching Humanities: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Humanities method.
Teaching History: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — History method.
Theory and Practice of Languages Teaching
Secondary curriculum study unit — LOTE method.
CLIL Pedagogy
Secondary curriculum study unit — LOTE method.
Pedagogy for TESOL and EAL Learners
Secondary curriculum study unit — TESOL method.
Pedagogic Grammar
Secondary curriculum study unit — TESOL method.
Teaching Health and Human Development: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Health method.
Teaching Health and Human Development: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Health method.
Teaching Food Studies: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Food Studies method.
Teaching Food Studies: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Food Studies method.
Teaching Physical Education: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Physical Education method.
Teaching Physical Education: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Physical Education method.
Teaching Psychology: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — Psychology method.
Teaching Arts Education: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — The Arts single method.
Teaching Arts Education: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — The Arts single method.
Teaching Arts Education 2: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — The Arts second method.
Teaching Arts Education 2: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — The Arts second method.
Vocational Education and Training (VET) 1
Secondary curriculum study unit — VET method.
Vocational Education and Training (VET) 2
Secondary curriculum study unit — VET method.
Vocational Major (VM) 1
Secondary curriculum study unit — Vocational Major method.
Vocational Major (VM) 2
Secondary curriculum study unit — Vocational Major method.
Introduction to Teaching in the Middle Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — single method for unlisted areas.
Introduction to Teaching in the Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — single method for unlisted areas.
Teaching Strategies for the Senior Years
Secondary curriculum study unit — second method for unlisted areas.
Common Questions
The Master of Teaching (Secondary) takes 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent. There is also an optional accelerated course structure allowing students to complete the course in 18 months (1.5 years) by enrolling into 4 consecutive trimesters. Students undertaking the accelerated course structure are required to enrol in Trimester 3, and students have until the start of Trimester 2 of Year 1 to decide whether to enrol in the accelerated course structure.
This course includes 60 days of supervised professional experience. Professional Experience Placements are a compulsory component of the course and a requirement for registration as a graduate teacher. Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks, and is generally structured as block placements of 5 full-time days per week over 2–5 weeks. Students must also successfully complete the Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment (DTPA) in their final year.
Yes. To be considered for an offer, prospective teaching students need to successfully complete the Casper test — an online, video scenario-based test that lets you demonstrate your suitability for a teaching career. During the course, students must also complete the Australian Literacy Test (ELN010) and Australian Numeracy Test (ELN011) as 0-credit-point compulsory units, along with a Trauma Informed Practice unit (ETI010) and Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (DAI001) in their first trimester.
Students choose 4 credit points of Secondary Curriculum Studies units, with method areas including English, Mathematics, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics), Humanities, History, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), TESOL, Health, Food Studies, Physical Education, Psychology, The Arts (Dance, Drama, Media, Music or Visual Arts), Vocational Education and Training (VET), Vocational Major, and a range of other subjects such as accounting, IT, geography, outdoor education and more.
Deakin is ranked #3 in Australia and #13 worldwide for education and educational research (U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Subject Rankings 2025–2026) and is the only university to embed the Berry Street Education Model into all of its initial teaching degrees. Graduates receive practical, trauma-informed strategies and can optionally participate in Deakin's Global Education Program to gain experience teaching in a remote community interstate or overseas, developing skills in intercultural education.
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