COURSE INFORMATION

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M15 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies)

The Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) qualifies students to work with young children 0-8 years.  The award provides an initial qualification for early childhood teachers in both:

 

a) Child care settings which cater for young children 0-4 years; and

b) Kindergarten, pre-primary, and junior primary settings which cater for children 4-8 years of age.

 

The award is granted after successful completion of four years full-time study.

 

The degree includes compulsory units studied by all students and enrichment studies which are chosen by students to enable them to specialise in a particular area.

 

Internship Semester

Depending on availability of placements in schools/centres, high achieving students who have a maximum of four units left to complete their degrees may be offered the opportunity to undertake their final semester of study via an internship position teaching in a school/centre.  Interested students will be expected to complete an expression of interest prior to commencing their ATP and to liaise with the early childhood studies internship coordinator.

 

Notes

  1. Catholic Education Accreditation to Teach and Accreditation to Teach Religious Education requires three units in Catholic Studies.
  2. In each year of the program students undertake a workplace learning experience.
  3. In the fourth year, students undertake an Assistant Teacher Program (ATP) comprising one term of approximately ten weeks of continuous teaching practice in a child-care centre, or kindergarten or pre-primary centre or a junior primary class (Years 1-3).  The Assistant Teacher Program is conducted during the seventh semester across the second term of the school year.
  4. All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) are required to demonstrate competency in literacy and numeracy.  Student assignments and examinations must be of an appropriate academic standard.
  5. In Year 4 Semester 2 students have an opportunity to develop expertise through Curriculum Enrichment Studies (Special Education, Catholic Education Studies, Children and Family Studies or Visual and Expressive Arts) or Research.  Students must complete 60 credit points in ONE of the following options:

 

Special Education

Catholic Education Studies

Children and Family Studies

Visual and Expressive Arts

Workplace Research

Internship and Action Research

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Entry cut-off score is not the only consideration for entrance into this course.

 
SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

All students must underake and clear a CrimTrac prior to entering schools and agree to adhere to the School's Rules and Regulations in relation to professional practice.  http://www.education.ecu.edu.au/prac/.

 

In addition students will be required to meet requirements of the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking ) Act 2004.  http://www.checkwwc.wa.gov.au/Employees/default.htm

 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.

The Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) is available by full time study at Mt Lawley campus. Delivery will include lectures, intensive workshops and a combination of online and campus learning. In addition, a substantial period of time will be spent on workplace experience in a range of care and education settings.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

Students are required to have a total of 480 credit points to complete the course.

 
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 9/30/2006 VET: 9/30/2006