Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood & Care: 0-8 Years)

Here at The University of Notre Dame Australia, we pride ourselves on creating job-ready graduates who are in great demand in the workforce and this is especially true of our Education programs.

Our Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood & Care:

0-8 years) degree provides you with a qualification to work with young children in both childcare and school settings.

This degree includes an extensive workplace component in both childcare centres and schools, amounting to 32 weeks over four years.

Core Curriculum

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Theology
• Ethics

Year One

• Information Literacy Skills for Education Studies
• Introduction to ICT for Teachers
• Child Development 0-8 Years
• Introduction to Teaching and the Curriculum Framework
• English 1: Functional Literacy
• Creating Learning Environments 0-8 Years
• Visual Art: 0-8 Years
• Understanding & Guiding Children’s Behaviour: 0-8 Years
• Mathematics 1: Introduction to Mathematics Teaching and Learning
• Health and Physical Education
• Classroom Immersion: Early Childhood Education (two weeks of classroom observation and teacher assistance)

Year Two

• Play and Pedagogy: 0-8 Years
• School Experience 1: Early Childhood (10 weeks of school experience)
• Teaching Method 1: Early Childhood
• English 2: Reading & Viewing
• Transforming Learning Through ICT
• Mathematics 2: Number and Algebra
• Planning & Evaluation: 0-8 Years
• Management in Childcare: Professional & Legal Responsibilities
• Principles of Primary Religious Education (or elective)
• Humanities 1
• Introduction to the New Testament for Education Student (or elective)

Year Three

• Holistic Health: 0-8 Years
• Childcare Experience (10 weeks of childcare experience)
• Teaching Method 2: Early Childhood
• English 3: Writing and Spelling
• Mathematics 3: Measurement and Geometry
• Science in Early Childhood
• Music, Dance & Drama: 0-8 Years
• Primary Science
• Catering for Students with Special Needs
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Liturgy and Sacraments (or elective)

Year Four

• Principles of Primary Religious Education (or elective)
• Families & Partnerships in Teaching and Learning: 0-8 Years
• Humanities 2
• English 4: Oral Language, Speaking and Listening
• Teaching Internship (Ten weeks of school experience)
• Working with Indigenous Students
• Introduction to Research & Scholarship: Mathematics
• Christology (or elective)

More information about the courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Regulations.

Academic requirements for this program are outlined below. In addition, to be eligible for admission, all applicants need to satisfy minimum requirements outlined at admission requirements. These include those relating to age and English Language Proficiency. We also consider your application more broadly – your non-academic achievements (such as any previous leadership roles, volunteering, work, church and/or community involvement) as well as personal qualities - your aspirations and interests and your capacity to complete your chosen program.

Applicants with recent Secondary Education:

• Indicative ATAR of 70 with a score of 50+ in ATAR English, ATAR Literature or ATAR English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD)
• OR
• Minimum International Baccalaureate (IB) score of 24

Applicants with Higher Education Study

• Other university studies completed at undergraduate level or higher, a minimum of 4 successfully completed subjects;
• OR
• Successful completion of the Notre Dame Tertiary Pathway Program or of another Enabling Program at a level deemed sufficient by the University.

Applicants who have successfully completed subjects at another University, which are relevant to the selected program of study, may be eligible for Advanced Standing.

Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) study

• Completed AQF Diploma or higher in a relevant discipline, from an accredited provider such as TAFE or a Registered Training Organisation (RTO).

Applicants with Work and Life Experience

Applicants who left secondary education more than two years previously and who have not undertaken VET or higher education study since then, but with relevant work and life experience. Such experience may include, but is not limited to:

• STAT scores of at least 135 in the Multiple Choice section and 140 in the Written English section are required
• OR
• Mature-age completion of two Year 12 WACE or HSC exams with a resulting ATAR of 70 or above
• OR
• Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) or equivalent results if these have been completed within the last 5 years.

Please note: all applicants must be of school leaving age or older to apply.