COURSE INFORMATION

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B49 Bachelor of Education (Primary)

 

The Bachelor of Education (Primary) qualifies students to teach at junior, middle and upper primary levels.  The award is granted after the successful completion of four years of full-time study and aims to develop professional knowledge, skills and attitudes.

The degree includes compulsory units studied by all students and elective units which are chosen by students to enable them to specialise in a particular area or combine a number of related areas of study.

 

COURSE LOCATION AND MODE OF STUDY

The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is available by full-time on campus study at the Mount Lawley and South West (Bunbury) campuses and by part-time study at Mount Lawley only.  Prospective part-time students should note that full-time attendance is required during professional practice periods.

 

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE

Students are required to complete 37 units:

 

Art in Education                                                   1

Assistant Teacher Education Programme              1

Drama Education                                                 1

Education Studies in Aboriginal Education            1

Education Studies Primary                                   5

General Studies Elective Units                             3

Health and Physical Education                             2

Language Education                                            4

Mathematics Education                                       3

Music Education                                                 1

Science Education                                               2

Society and Environment Education                     2

Technology and Enterprise                                  1

Electives                                                             4

Prac                                                                    6

                                                                          37

 
YEAR ONE
Semester 1
DSE2100 Drama as a Process for Learning 12 
AED1100 Art in Education (Primary) 12 
or
PHE1102 Physical and Health Education (Primary) 15
LAN1100 Language Education 1 12 
PPA1160 School Experience Practice # (one week) 9 
General Studies Elective 1
 
Semester 2
EDP1201 Development and Learning for Teaching 15
AED1100 Art in Education (Primary) 12 
or
PHE1102 Physical and Health Education (Primary) 15
MPE1108 Primary Mathematics Education 1 15
PPA1160 School Experience Practice # (one week) 9 
General Studies Elective 2
 
YEAR TWO
Semester 1
MPE2107 Primary Mathematics Education 2 12 
or
SSE2102 Teaching Primary Society and Environment 12 
LAN2200 Language Education 2 12 
SCE2111 Teaching Primary Science 1 12 
PPA2161 Enriched Curriculum Teaching Practice (two weeks) 9 
General Studies Elective 3
 
Semester 2
MPE2107 Primary Mathematics Education 2 12 
or
SSE2102 Teaching Primary Society and Environment 12 
EDP2102 Motivating and Managing Learners 15
LAN2300 Language Education 3 12 
MUE2102 Music Education (Primary) 12 
PPA2260 Second Professional Practice (two weeks) 9 
 
YEAR THREE
Semester 1
MPE3108 Primary Mathematics Education 3 12 
SSE3205 Planning for Teaching Primary Society and Environment 12 
or
TEE3101 Technology and Enterprise * 12 
PHE3202 Physical and Health Education 2 (Primary) 12 
EDP3101 Students with Special Educational Needs in the Primary Classroom 12 
PPA3360 Third Professional Practice (two weeks) 9 
 
Semester 2
EDU3102 Aboriginal Education * 12 
SCE3211 Teaching Primary Science 2 12 
SSE3205 Planning for Teaching Primary Society and Environment 12 
or
TEE3101 Technology and Enterprise * 12 
LAN3400 Language Education 4 12 
PPA3460 Fourth Professional Practice (four weeks) 15
 
YEAR FOUR
Semester 1
EDP4110 Planning and Evaluating Learning 15
Elective 1
PPA4561 Assistant Teacher Programme 30 
 
Semester 2
EDP4111 Teachers and the Education System * 15
Elective 2
Elective 3
Elective 4
 
Internship semester

Depending on availability of placements in schools, 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. Interested students will be expected to complete an expression of interest prior to commencing their ATP and to liaise with the primary internship coordinator.


Once the internship is confirmed, students should enrol in:

 
EDU4600 Internship 15
and
Three other units appropriate to the course structure
 
NOTES

1. *Signals this unit will be taught across ECS/ Primary.


2. It is important to note that not all students take the same units each semester. To accommodate student numbers, half of the cohort enrols in a particular unit in any one semester. For example, in Year One, Semester 1, half the cohort will enrol in AED1100 while the remaining students will complete PHE1102. Students will enrol in PPA1160 in the semester as they enrol in AED1100.


3. #Signals that in Year 1 half the cohort will enrol in PPA1160 School Experience Practice in Semester 1, while the remaining students will complete PPA1160 in Semester 2.


4. In semester 1 of Year 2 students undertake an Enriched Curriculum Teaching Practice.


5. Catholic Education Accreditation requires two general studies units in Catholic Studies plus one Catholic Education Elective.


6. In Year 1 of the program students undertake structured School Experience. In each of years 2, 3 and 4 of the program students undertake professional (teaching) practice.


7. In the fourth year, students undertake an Assistant Teacher Program comprising one term of approximately ten weeks of continuous teaching practice in a primary school. The Assistant Teacher Program is conducted during the seventh semester across the normal second term of the school year.


8. In fourth year students will complete two six hour units in the ATP semester.


9. For additional information on Teaching Practice refer to the Professional Practice Information, Procedures and Rules printed at the end of the School of Education section.


10. All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) are required to demonstrate competency in literacy and numeracy. Student assignments and examinations must be of an appropriate academic standard.


 
 
GENERAL STUDIES UNITS/ELECTIVE UNITS
1. Students choose units from units offered within the School of Education or from units offered in other Schools, to best support their career options. Three units must be at Level 4 (unless the Electives are made up of units from another School or Faculty as part of a three-year program).


2. Elective unit offerings may be available in the following areas:


Aboriginal and Intercultural Education
Art in Education
Career Education
Catholic Studies Education
Children with Special Needs
Drama Studies
Early Childhood Studies
Educational Computing
Health and Physical Education
Hearing Impaired
Language Literacy and Literature
Languages other than English
Mathematics Education
Music Education
Religious Education-State-Independent
Science Education
Society and Environment Education
Teaching and Learning
Teaching English as a Second Language


The unit details for the above electives are listed in a separate publication which is available at Student Central or from the Student Support Officers or via the School website:


http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/educ/
 
 
 
 
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: 18/11/2004