Bachelor of Mathematics/Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Bachelor of Mathematics/Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Highlights Bring your passion for STEM to the teaching profession and inspire the next generation A shortage of qualified STEM teachers means you’ll be in demand when you graduate Undertake professional experience placements in schools to prepare you to become a teacher. In the first year of your mathematics component,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
- Bring your passion for STEM to the teaching profession and inspire the next generation
- A shortage of qualified STEM teachers means you’ll be in demand when you graduate
- Undertake professional experience placements in schools to prepare you to become a teacher.
In the first year of your mathematics component, you’ll complete common mathematics units, laying the foundations for the remainder of your mathematics studies. You’ll explore mathematical reasoning, statistics and modelling, data analytics, computational mathematics, calculus and linear algebra.
You’ll develop in-depth knowledge and skills in one or more of the contemporary specialisations of mathematical practice (Applied and Computational Mathematics, Statistics or Operations Research), which will be underpinned by a solid foundational base of mathematical training, and complemented by computational and programming skills.
As you progress to the Master of Teaching component, you’ll find the course is designed to ensure you can step into your teaching career with confidence. In maths curriculum units you’ll learn how to teach these subjects in the Australian curriculum. Our expert lecturers will encourage you to be creative as you experiment with different teaching approaches to engage, excite and extend your learners. You’ll learn how to identify the best technologies to incorporate in your teaching. Everything you do will be based on a deep understanding of child and adolescent development.
Why choose this course?
You may have heard the statistic – 75% of future careers will depend on STEM skills. To equip our future generations for those future careers, we need teachers to help impart the knowledge and provide the skills needed to succeed.
This course provides a unique opportunity to gaining a depth of understanding in mathematics, before progressing to your teaching qualification. This will provide you with tools to be able to explore and explain both the mathematical fundamentals, as well as complex concepts to your students, the next generation of STEM leaders.
Real-world learning
As part of a high-performing group of mathematics students, you will build your skills with advanced mathematical techniques, focus on solving real-world problems, and learn from internationally recognised maths academics and researchers. You will use sophisticated software, giving you a solid grounding to be confident in the use of data analysis and modelling tools.
Throughout your Master of Teaching you’ll undertake Professional Experience placements in secondary schools, where you’ll put your study into practice under the guidance of mentor teachers. These experiences could be across government, independent or catholic education school systems. You can choose to travel to other regions or even overseas.
Careers and outcomes
As a secondary teaching specialist, you will be prepared to teach mathematics in schools. Your qualification can also allow you to teach in other locations in Australia and overseas.
The masters qualification will position you to lead STEM teaching in a school, or to pursue other important roles in the education sector: in policy work; curriculum development; or community engagement projects to advance STEM.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
