Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching (Birth-12 Years)

Bachelor

The Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching is an innovative course that prepares you to become an early childhood teacher and/or a primary school teacher. This gives you flexible and versatile employment options.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

4 years full-time, 8 years part-time

Course Code

WEDEC1

Study Mode

Online, In person

About this course

The Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching is an innovative course that prepares you to become an early childhood teacher and/or a primary school teacher. This gives you flexible and versatile employment options.

During the course, you explore issues, concepts and practices which are common and specific to both early childhood education (including before school settings) and primary school education.

You'll learn about:

play and learning sciences
language and literacy
preparation for teaching
health and physical education
science in education
technology and design for education
curriculum and programming
maths
leadership and advocacy in early childhood contexts
humanities, social science and the environment.

This unique teacher education course offers two career options for graduates. It is an initial-teacher education qualification that encompasses working with children from birth to age 12 in both early childhood settings and primary schools.

The course is designed to:

develop professional knowledge and skills for teaching children from birth to 12 years
prepare you for new and changing educational roles in early childhood and primary schools
develop your skills as a reflective teacher
explore the connection between theory and practice in early childhood and primary school education
ensure continuing awareness of the environmental and cultural influences on teaching and learning in early childhood and primary schools
better understand the needs of learners and communities with diverse linguistic and cultural orientations, including Indigenous learners.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements are met by one of the following:

Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*.
Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate III level or higher.
Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma.
Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications.
Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 140.
Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course.
Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience.
Defence members with service of 1 year or more at the following ranks (or higher) meet the academic entry requirement for this course:
- ~Air Force: Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman, Corporal, Leading Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman
- ~Army: Corporal, Lance Corporal, Private
- ~Navy: Able Seaman, Leading Seaman, Seaman

* After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.

Study locations

Casuarina

Online

What you will learn

The Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Teaching (Birth - 12 Years) is made up of common units, core theory and professional experience units as well as some general elective units. The Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Teaching combines theory-based units and practical placements. During the course, you will complete four professional experience blocks that require full-time commitment.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at Charles Darwin University (CDU).

77.1%

Overall satisfaction

65.7%

Skill scale

58%

Teaching scale

88.3%

Employed full-time

$69k

Average salary

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