Take the next step towards a career in primary school education. Develop your teaching skills with our unique school and community partnership approach to teacher education.

Completion of this course is recognised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), the teacher registration authority for all schools.

• Location:
  St Albans and Footscray Park
• Faculty:
  Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
• School:
  School of Education
• Study mode:
  Full Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus
• Course code:
  AGTP
• Duration:
  1 year
• This information is for Australian residents.
  Click here for the international version of this course

How to apply

Completion of this course will enable you to teach in primary schools and is recognised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

Within the objectives of Victoria University, the Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching aims to:

• Develop teachers as active and reflective practitioners, equipped with the critical awareness, teaching competence, knowledge and attitudes to teach children in primary education and in the 21st century;
• Develop teachers' critical understanding of the changing nature of society (technological, economic, environmental and cultural) and its implications for education;
• Introduce teachers to a range of approaches for the education of children, enabling the development of personal teaching practices which are suitable for teaching in primary education in economically and culturally diverse communities;
• Develop in teachers insights into patterns of the cultural and political relations in which primary education services are located, with particular reference to education in economically and culturally diverse communities;
• Graduate teachers with the commitment to develop their teaching further in their own interests, those of young people and those of primary education and communities in which they teach;
• To provide the School of Education with a suite of preservice teacher education courses which will attract international students and enable them to have extended participation in Australian educational settings needed for them to satisfy teacher registration requirements;
• Enable graduates to complete the proposed Master of Teaching currently being developed by the School of Education.

There are four units in Semester 1.

• Social Context of Teaching and Learning

  Unit code

  AEG5108

  Credits

  12

• Approaches to Teaching and Learning 1

  Unit code

  AEG5109

  Credits

  12

• Literacy in Education

  Unit code

  AEG5111

  Credits

  12

• Integrated Studies 1

  Unit code

  AEG5113

  Credits

  12

There are four units in Semester 2.

• New Learning

  Unit code

  AEG5107

  Credits

  12

• Approaches to Teaching and Learning 2

  Unit code

  AEG5110

  Credits

  12

• Numeracy in Education

  Unit code

  AEG5112

  Credits

  12

• Integrated Studies 2

  Unit code

  AEG5114

  Credits

  12

The course comprises eight units of study. The eight units are:

• International: To qualify for admission, applicants must have satisfactorily completed an undergraduate degree of three or more years' duration; or an equivalent qualification, as approved by the School. IELTS minimum 7.5 overall (Speaking & Listening 7.5, Reading & Writing 7.0) or equivalent.
• Mature: To qualify for admission, applicants must have satisfactorily completed an undergraduate degree of three or more years' duration; or an equivalent qualification, as approved by the School.
• Other: PRACTICAL PLACEMENT: Students should note that they will be subject to safety screenings (police checks) before practice placements, in accordance with Department of Education and Early Childhood Development policy.