Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)

Swinburne University of Technology - Swinburne Online

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Overview

Help young children develop the skills they’ll use for a lifetime. With this qualification you can teach children aged between 6 weeks and 12 years old, in childcare centres, kindergartens and primary schools.

You will learn how to engage children with activities such as art, music, maths and literacy. You will develop the skills you need to respond to diversity and help each child get the most out of their education during their formative years.

Led by experienced education professionals with recent or current teaching practice, this course combines online learning with teaching placements in early childhood and primary school settings. Our students get great feedback from their placement schools and centres – we ensure you are prepared and supported by our course tutors and advisors to make your placement a positive experience.

This course is not available to international students.

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Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: satisfactory completion of any English.

Majors

Advocacy and social justice, Arts education, Developing literacy, Discovering science, Families community and citizenship, Health and physical education, Identity: the early childhood professional, Imagining the world through the arts, Indigenous education and perspectives, Mathematics in the primary classroom, Play and environment, Science and technology, Social and emotional learning, Sustainable education and perspectives, Teaching English, Teaching technologies, Teaching the humanities, The healthy and active child, The world of maths, Theories of teaching and learning, Understanding and supporting inclusion, Understanding language and literacy.

Potential Career Outcomes

Graduates will be qualified to teach children aged between 6 weeks and 12 years old, in childcare centres, kindergartens and primary schools.

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Swinburne University of Technology website for admission criteria information.

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