Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching (Birth-12 Years)

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.

Common Units(2 units) - 20

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below: CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.

Core Units(28 units) - 290

Compulsory Core units totalling 290 credit points as detailed below:

ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years (new title 2020) ECL155 Preparation for Teaching in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) ECU100 Arts for Education ECU101 Health and Physical Education in Schools (new title 2020) ELA100 English Language and Literacy in Education 1 EMA100 Mathematics Education 1: Content Knowledge for Teaching EPE102 Professional Experience: Planning for Early Childhood Learning (previously coded EPE101) EPE111 Professional Experience: Planning for Learner Development (previously coded EPE110) ECL224 Science in the Early Years ECL228 Humanities, Social and Environmental Education in Early Childhood (new title 2020) ECL246 Music and Movement in Early Childhood ECU204 Technology and Design for Education ELA201 Teaching English as an Additional Language EMA200 Mathematics Education 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Primary Mathematics EPE211 Professional Experience: Planning for Learning and Assessment (previously coded EPE210) ESC220 Science in Education EST203 Teaching Indigenous Learners EST221 Health, Environment and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) ECE301 Play in Early Childhood Education ECE302 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Contexts ECE303 Curriculum and Programming in Early Childhood ECE304 Critical Reflection on Early Childhood Theory and Practice ECL300 Approaches to Literacy in the Early Years ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy ELA301 Literacy Capability in Context (new title 2020) EPE312 Professional Experience: Engaging in Evidence-Based Practice (20cp) (previously EPE310) EST302 Researching Classroom Practice EST303 Special Needs in the Classroom

Elective(1 unit) - 10

Units totalling 10 credit points selected from 100 or 200 level units offered by the University

Units offered externally by other Higher Education Providers may be included subject to the written approval of the Course Coordinator. For example, the following units offered through BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education:

REDU800 Foundations for Religious Education: Theory and Practice (BBI) REDU801 Religious Education in the Contemporary Classroom (BBI)

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Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.