Bachelor of Education Early Childhood and Primary

The Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary is a 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 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

• mathematics

• leadership and advocacy in early childhood contexts

• humanities, social science and the environment.

This 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 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.

The course provides opportunities to complete practicum in a range of early childhood and primary school settings. A minimum of 100 days of professional experience is required for placement across all stages.

This course has been accredited through the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory and with the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA). On graduating, you will be recognised as an Early Childhood Teacher by ACECQA.

On graduating from this course, you will be eligible to register as a teacher across all Australian State and Territory jurisdictions (subject to meeting other eligibility criteria, such as National Literacy and Numeracy test for Initial Teacher Education as per Teacher Registration Requirement, English proficiency and suitability to teach).