Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at Deakin University prepares students for careers in early childhood and primary education. The program emphasizes contemporary issues in children's learning and development, curriculum theories, and pedagogies. Students gain practical experience through a Professional Experience Program that includes placements in early childhood and primary school settings. Graduates are eligible for employment in the private or public education sectors, as well as other education-related fields.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

If you’re passionate about children’s education, the Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education opens the door to a range of inspiring career opportunities. Our dual-accredited degree focuses on contemporary issues in children’s learning and development, curriculum theories and pedagogies, discipline knowledge and the changing teaching and learning context within early childhood and primary education.

Outline:

• Through our Professional Experience Program you will develop practical knowledge and gain invaluable insight into classroom environments.
With the option to combine your personal interests with a range of curriculum areas, you will undertake placements in early childhood and primary school settings that enrich and solidify your studies so that you graduate with the confidence and aptitude to meet the significant growth of the Australian early childhood education sector.
• Are you ready to launch an exciting and rewarding career teaching children?
Deakin maintains close links with the education sector to ensure our courses are developed and reviewed with professional input. You’ll be taught by staff members who have teaching experience and who are recognised as leaders and innovators in their fields. This means you can be confident that what you learn with us will be relevant to your future teaching career.
• In Australia, primary school teachers complete a specialisation in an area of expertise during their initial teacher education.
Primary teaching specialisations include: > o literacy > o science > o mathematics > o language other than English.
• The Professional Experience Program is a key part of every Deakin teaching student’s course experience.
Working with more than 1400 schools and early childhood settings across Australia, we’ll arrange at least 115-days of placements for you in early childhood education and care settings, and schools where you will learn from experienced teachers.
• Students also have access to specialised teaching spaces on campus to prepare for teaching.
• Choose to study via Deakin's premium online learning platform and have the additional flexibility to balance work, life and study.
Studying online is collaborative and engaging, while still allowing you to complete your studies when and where it suits you.
• Students may be eligible for an attractive scholarship offered by the Victorian Department of Education and Training for pre-service teachers enrolled in early childhood teaching courses.
• Additionally, the Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education provides students with an approved pathway from the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (previously Diploma of Children’s Services offered through TAFE.
Eligible students may receive up to 8 credit points of recognition for prior learning towards their degree.

Teaching:

• Deakin maintains close links with the education sector to ensure our courses are developed and reviewed with professional input.
• You’ll be taught by staff members who have teaching experience and who are recognised as leaders and innovators in their fields.
This means you can be confident that what you learn with us will be relevant to your future teaching career.
• The Professional Experience Program is a key part of every Deakin teaching student’s course experience.
Working with more than 1400 schools and early childhood settings across Australia, we’ll arrange at least 115-days of placements for you in early childhood education and care settings, and schools where you will learn from experienced teachers.

Careers:

• If you’re passionate about children’s education, the Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education opens the door to a range of inspiring career opportunities.
• There is an increasing demand for qualified early childhood teachers, with the workforce set to double in the next 10-years.
In both early childhood and primary school education settings there is a strong demand for qualified teachers and graduate starting salaries for teachers are high compared to the graduate average.
• As a graduate of this course you may find employment as a teacher within the private or public education sectors.
You might also find employment in a range of other education related fields including: > o consultancy > o NGOs > o policy research > o community-based organisations (e.g. museums, outdoor education, arts institutions, etc)