Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education
Deakin University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00113B
If youre passionate about childrens education, Deakins Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education opens the door to a range of inspiring career opportunities. Spanning the early childhood and primary education sectors, our dual-accredited degree focuses on contemporary issues in childrens learning and development, curriculum theories and pedagogies, discipline knowledge and the changing teaching and learning context within early childhood and primary education. Through our Professional Experience Program youll not only gain key practical knowledge and skills, but invaluable insight into the classroom environment. With the option to combine your personal interests with a range of curriculum areas, youll undertake placements in early childhood and primary school settings that enrich and solidify your studies so that you graduate with the confidence and aptitude to meet the significant growth of the Australian early childhood education sector.
Structure
Students complete 32 credit points over 4 years including 115 days of supervised professional experience
Subjects
- Australian Literacy Test
- Australian Numeracy Test
- Child Development 1
- Curriculum 1: Pedagogies and Play
- Curriculum 2: Planning and Assessment for Teaching and Learning
- Promoting Health, Wellbeing and Nutrition
- Contemporary Perspectives of Education
- Partnerships with Families and Communities
- Creative Arts 1: Young Children and the Arts
- Professional Knowledge (0-2 Years)
- Mathematical Learning in the Early Years
- Curriculum 3: Planning and Assessment for Teaching and Learning
- Science 1: Science and Environmental Awareness for Young Children
- Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood
- Creative Arts 2: Music and Visual Arts
- Understanding Early Reading Development
- Professional Practice 2 (3-5 Years)
- Australian Indigenous Education: Recognition, Relationships and Reconciliation
- Multiliterate Learners in Early Years and School Environments
- Supporting Emerging Mathematical Skills for Infants and Toddlers
- Protective Education and Child Well-Being
- Guiding Engaged, Resilient Learners
- Inquiry Into Science Curriculum
- Inclusive Education for Young Children
- Supporting Children Making Transitions
- Creative Learning Through the Arts
- Multiliterate Learners in Middle Years Environments
- Humanities Inquiry Pedagogy
- Teachers and Mathematics: Creating An Effective Classroom
- Primary Technology Education: Creativity and Design
- Assessment: Ways of Knowing Learners
- University-To-Work Transition
Standard entry requirements
- VCE Units 1 and 2: satisfactory completion in two units (any study combination) of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics or Units 3 and 4: any Mathematics
- Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 35 in English EAL (English as an additional language) or at least 25 in English other than EAL or equivalent. This course uses the ATAR as part of its selection considerations, and has a minimum ATAR requirement of 70 including selection adjustments. All applicants must sit the Casper test. Casper is a requirement for many of the initial teacher training courses in Victoria. It is a non-cognitive online test designed to assess an applicants personal and professional attributes. Learn more about how to register for Casper and deadlines for sittings for VTAC applications via the VTAC website and direct applications via the Deakin University website. Selection is competitive, meeting these minimum requirements or their equivalents does not guarantee selection into this course. All applicants must meet the minimum English language requirements. Please refer to this course entry on the Deakin University website to read about ways of satisfying the English language proficiency requirement. For more detailed information about additional course requirements for all applicant groups, or equivalent minimum requirements for applicants with a higher education study, VET study or work and life experience refer to the Deakin University website.
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Cloud(online) | International: $141,600 | No |
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| Melbourne Burwood | International: $141,600 | No |
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