Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five Years)

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five Years) is a comprehensive program that prepares individuals for careers in early childhood education. It combines practical skills with theoretical knowledge, emphasizing the importance of the early years and the role of teachers in shaping children's development. The program offers a flexible structure with full-time, part-time, and online options, and includes compulsory subjects in early childhood studies, child development, and professional practice, as well as restricted electives in specialized areas.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five Years) is an innovative and rigorous program that prepares you for continued engagement in the early childhood profession. Striking a balance between practical skills and theory, the course develops your understanding of the importance of the early years of a child's life and the crucial role a teacher plays during this time.

Outline:

Content:

• Early childhood studies
• Child development
• Curriculum and pedagogy
• Assessment and evaluation
• Leadership and management
• Professional practice

Structure:

• Full-time: 2 years
• Part-time: 4 years
• Online delivery
• Intensive schools may be required for certain subjects

Modules:

• Compulsory Subjects (96 pts):
• Wellness and Wellbeing
• Rights of the Child
• First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country
• Investigation: Mathematics, Science and Technology
• Indigenous Education Studies
• Investigation: Literacy
• Pedagogy of Relationships
• Diversity and Difference in Early Childhood Education
• Leadership and Management
• Infant Pedagogy for 0-2 Years
• Research and Practice in Early Childhood Education
• Early Intervention and Inclusion
• Early Childhood Professional Practice
• Leading Early Childhood
• Restricted Electives (24 pts):
• Thinking and Learning through the Arts in Early Childhood
• Child, Family and Community: EC Contexts
• Educational Transitions in Multiple Contexts
• Understanding and Using New Technologies
• Environmental Sustainability in Early Childhood
• Child Health Care and Promotion
• Let's Count
• Historical and Social Contexts of Early Childhood Education
• Multiple Understandings

Assessment:

• Assignments
• Exams
• Presentations
• Practical assessments
• Workplace learning

Teaching:

• Dedicated academic community
• Small tutorial groups
• Continual contact with subject coordinator throughout work placements
• Online and on-campus intensive schools

Careers:

• Director in an early childhood setting
• Early childhood teacher