Teaching degrees create qualified educators who can manage, coordinate, organise, lead and assist students of different ages and with different capabilities. The main goals of a teacher should be to instil in their students a love of learning and to support them in their ongoing pursuits for growth and development.

The main focus of the initial years of Teaching is to help students acquire an in-depth understanding of subjects such as, humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, languages, and computer education. With progress, study topics will focus on learning teaching and pedagogical methods. Future teachers can concentrate on one or two specialisations that will enable them to teach adolescents and adult learners, or they can focus on general disciplines that are good for teaching younger learners.

Teaching methodologies, digital learning, social foundations, educational psychology, secondary education principles, and multicultural foundations are among the topics covered in the courses taken by students and prior to receiving their licence, aspiring teachers must also do a teaching internship. In addition, teacher-learner identity, policy, schooling and society, creating learning-teaching settings, cultural sensitivity, comprehension of children and adolescents, curriculum development, and more are key teaching competencies.

Study levels:

Offered by different colleges and universities at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels, Teaching degrees can be obtained under the following:

• Bachelors in Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education
• Bachelors in International Teacher Education for Secondary School
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Education Studies
• Bachelors in Intercultural Teacher Education
• Bachelors in English Education
• Bachelor of Science in Teacher Education
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) In Teaching and Learning Studies
• Master of Education
• Master of Teaching (Secondary)
• Masters in Teaching and Learning
• Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Master of Science in Teaching and Inquiry
• Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
• Master of Teaching (Primary)
• Master of Teaching (Secondary)
• Masters in Pedagogy and Teaching for Sustainability
• Masters of Education in Advanced Teaching Degree
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in teaching, learning, and teacher education. 

Specialisations:

The different areas of specialisation that are offered under Teaching include:

• Early Childhood Special Education
• Applied Behaviour Analysis
• Visual and Hearing Impairment
• English as a Second Language
• Education Administration
• Elementary Education
• Middle School Education
• Secondary Education
• Higher Education
• Conceptual Foundations of Education
• Knowledge, Disciplines, and School Subjects
• Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education
• Human Development and Diversity
• Gender, School and Society
• School Organization and Management
• Pedagogy Courses
• Education for Mental Health
• Computer and Technology in Education
• Art, Craft, and Aesthetics

Employability:

Teaching is hailed to be a noble profession and working with children and youths in schools and colleges is a creative, exhilarating, and rewarding endeavour.

There has been a greater demand for well-qualified and committed professionals in the field of teaching and depending upon the type and level of training and one’s will, a job seeker with a degree in Teaching has the opportunity to work under the following job roles:  

• School Teacher
• Museum Education Officer
• Community Education Officer
• Academic Librarian
• Career Advisor
• Education Administrator
• Publisher
• Principal or Vice-Principal
• Admissions Recruiter
• After School Program Director
• Career Counsellor
• Corporate Trainer
• Curriculum Designer
• Education Policy Researcher
• Educational Consultant
• Home school Consultant
• Life Coach
• Preschool Director
• Recreation Director
• School / Child Psychologist
• Standardized Test Developer
• Student Life Coordinator
• Tutor
• Substitute Teacher