Sample Course Plan (Full Time over 1.

75 Years)
M1284 Master of Teaching (Secondary) (MTeachSec)
Starting School Term 1 2023 (Monday 30 January, 2023)
48 credit points
Academic Chair MTeach Secondary: Dr Helen Dempsey | Email: h.dempsey@murdoch.edu.au

Semester 1 School Term 3 (ST3) School Term 4 (ST4)

EDN583 Professional
500 Level Major Teaching Area Curriculum EDN582 Literacy and
Experience
Unit (S1) Numeracy in
Secondary: Strategies
Secondary Education
500 Level Minor Teaching Area Curriculum for Effective Teaching
Unit (S1) EDN584 Strategies for
Year 1 (2023)

Effective Learning and

School Term 1 (ST1) School Term 2 (ST2) EDN581 Adolescent,
Teaching in Secondary
Family and
Schools
EDN550 Transition to Community Health
EDN612 Diversity and
Teaching
Inclusion
EDN561 Learners
and Learning
Environments
12pts 15pts
School Term 1 (ST1) School Term 2 (ST2) Special teaching
period

600 Level Major EDN690 Professional EDN681 Final

Year 2 (2024)

Teaching Area Experience Professional

Curriculum Unit Secondary: Experience Secondary
Differentiation within (EP3)
600 Level Minor
Diverse Contexts
Teaching Area EDN449 QTPA (EP4)
Curriculum Unit EDN616 Research for
Teaching
12 pts 9 pts
Notes:
All units, with the exception of EDN681 are worth three credit points. EDN681 is worth six credit points.
The following units contain placements:
EDN583 Professional Experience Secondary: Strategies for Effective Teaching (3 weeks)
EDN690 Professional Experience Secondary: Differentiation within Diverse Contexts (3 weeks)
EDN681 Final Professional Experience Secondary: Research in Practice (8 weeks)

Disclaimer: This course plan is a sample only and must be read in conjunction with the full course structure, unit prerequisites
and enrolment options as per the online Handbook .

Accurate as of 8 November, 2023

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 Teaching Area Curriculum Units
Teaching English EDN591 Teaching English Years 7-10 Teaching EDN594 Teaching Mathematics Years
(S1E) Mathematics 7-10 (S1E)
EDN691 Teaching English Years 11- EDN694 Teaching Mathematics Years
12 (AU7) 11-12 (AU7)
Teaching EDN593 Teaching Humanities and Teaching Science EDN595 Teaching Science Year 7-10
Humanities and Social Sciences Years 7-10 (S1E) (S1E)
Social Sciences EDN693 Teaching Humanities and EDN695 Teaching Science Years 11-
Social Sciences Years 11-12 (AU7) 12 (AU7)
Teaching Health EDN580 Teaching Health and Vocational EDN597 Designing and Delivering
and Physical Physical Education Years 7-10 (S1E) Education and Vocational Education and Training
Education EDN680 Teaching Health and Training (VET) EDN697 Designing and Conducting
Physical Education Years 11-12 (AU7) Assessment in Vocational Education
and Training
If you commenced your program on or after 1 January 2017 you will be required to sit and pass the LANTITE tests before
graduation. The units EDN298 and EDN299 will be used to record your attempt and successful completion of these units. For
more information please see: http://www.murdoch.edu.au/School-of-Education/LANTITE/