Master of Learning Intervention

All domestic applicants will be automatically considered for a 25% fee remission through the Learning Intervention Graduate Scholarship.

✓ Flexibility to study on campus or online

✓ Only course of its kind in Australia

✓ Endorsed by the Victorian Institute of Teaching

✓ Multiple specialisations and streams of study relevant for many professions

✓ Research-driven learning

✓ Range of scholarships available, including support from the Department of Education.

This course has two intakes with multiple delivery modes. Both Semester 1 and Semester 2 commencement is available face-to-face or via online delivery.

The online commencement offers the same outcomes as the face-to-face commencement. The online course is not available to international students who are holders of an Australian student visa, for study onshore in Australia. This online course is available to all other international students to study wholly online.

Build the skills required to support the specialist learning needs of children and young people. Develop the ability to create and teach specialist curriculum to support a range of disabilities and learning difficulties. Learn how to implement evidence-based teaching that optimises student learning while specialising in one of the following:

• Disability
• Learning difficulties
• Deaf Education (DE)

The Master of Learning Intervention (Stream A) is endorsed by the Victorian Institute of Teaching as a continuing education program.

The Master of Learning Intervention has two streams depending on your profession or desired outcomes.

Stream A is suitable for teachers who are registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) and seeking a further qualification in special education. Stream A students may already have worked with people with disabilities, people who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) or learning difficulties in other community contexts.

Stream B is suitable for allied health practitioners, early childhood educators and international students who wish to increase their understanding and skills in learning intervention.

Stream A is suitable for teachers who are eligible for Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration but seek additional qualifications to work as special educators. Stream A students may already have worked with people with disabilities, people who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) or specific learning difficulties in other community contexts.

Stream B is suitable for allied health practitioners, early childhood educators* and international students who are not seeking VIT endorsed special educator qualifications but who wish to increase their understanding and skills in learning intervention.

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English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  7.0

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  with written 7.0 and no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  94+

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  with writing 27; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13

  PEARSON

  72+

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  with written communicative skill of 75 and no other communicative skill below 60

  CAMBRIDGE

  185+

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  with no less than 185 in writing and no less than 169 in each other skill

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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