Western Sydney University

Master of Inclusive Education

The Master of Inclusive Education is a post-initial teaching qualification which enables teachers to work with individuals with additional needs across a range of settings (early childhood, primary, secondary, post-school). Advancing the quality of life and learning outcomes for individuals with additional needs requires specialists who not only hold the necessary knowledge, but possess skills and dispositions to work in a manner that builds the capacity of individuals with additional needs, their families and those working with them. The course considers individuals with a range of disabilities and needs across the lifespan. The course includes a teaching practicum with students with additional needs, and the construction and completion of a research project. Delivered through a flexible online mode, and founded in authentic learning experiences, the course is well-suited to in-service teachers across Australia and beyond. This course is recognised as a post-initial teaching qualification in Inclusive/Special Education (for example, teachers who are qualified to teach in either primary or secondary and then complete the Master of Inclusive Education are recognised as Special Education teachers for K-12 by the NSW Department of Education and Communities). The Inclusive Education qualification of early childhood and adult education teachers working in the disability field is subject to recognition by their employers.