Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)

Swinburne University of Technology - Hawthorn

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Overview

Discover the highest rated education degree in Victoria for educational experience and teaching quality*

Inspire and teach children up to five years old in kindergartens, preschools and early learning centres. Learn how to support and grow a child’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical development through innovative teaching methods. Engage in unique units of study of nature play, social justice, sustainability and Indigenous knowledges.

With an ATAR of 95+ you'll receive a scholarship. Learn more

This degree includes a mandatory work placement as a professional accreditation requirement. You’ll complete four professional placements, adding up to around 80 days of real classroom experience guided by an experienced mentor. This globally recognised degree is accredited by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority.  

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*Student Experience Survey 2020 and 2021

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL or at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

As for Year 12 or equivalent.

Majors

Achieving high quality early learning, Advocacy and social justice, Community and citizenship, Contemporary perspectives of learning and development, Developing literacy, Families, Health and the active child, Imagining the world through language and literature, Indigenous education and perspectives, Nature pedagogies, Play and environment, Science and technology, Sustainable education and perspectives, The world of maths, Theories of teaching and learning, Understanding and supporting inclusion, Understanding language and literacy.

Potential Career Outcomes

Graduates will have the skills, knowledge and dispositions to be pedagogical leaders, effective advocates for social justice and equity, capable teachers of children from birth to twelve years in a variety of settings, and professionals whose practice is informed by critical reflection and ongoing learning.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer72.7082.30
Median rank to receive an offer61.4069.30
Lowest rank to receive an offer53.4062.55

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

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

Course Seeker

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