Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching (Birth-12 Years)
Charles Darwin University - Casuarina or Online
Overview
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.
Majors
Areas of study
Education, teaching.
Potential Career Outcomes
Career opportunities
Teacher in prior-to-school setting, primary school or work in curriculum development, educational planning, educational research, policy development.
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 2022.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | 91.6 | 70.05 |
| Median rank to receive an offer | 65.03 | 91.6 |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | 56.4 | 60.5 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the Charles Darwin University website for admission criteria information.
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University
Charles Darwin University
Campus
Casuarina or Online
Course Type
Bachelors Degree
Study Area
Education
Indicative ATAR
56.40
Delivery Mode
On-campus, Online
Duration
Full-time: 4 years, Part-time: Available
Course Link
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- State
- NT
- Type
- University
- Courses
- 282
- Campuses
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Alice Springs Campus Batchelor Batchelor Casuarina Casuarina Campus DPC Alice Melbourne Palmerston Campus Sydney Waterfront Darwin Campus
Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at Charles Darwin University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.
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