Bachelor of Education (Primary)
- Bunbury, Australia
- Perth, Australia
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
8 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus, Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: This nationally accredited Bachelor of Education (Primary) at Edith Cowan University prepares pre-service teachers for primary classrooms. The course links pedagogy with extensive professional practice through over 1,000 schools and early learning centres, offering placements in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote settings. You can complete a formal specialisation and units for Catholic school accreditation.
Career Outcomes: Graduates are qualified to teach in primary classrooms. Likely roles include Primary School Teacher, Early Years Educator, Curriculum Developer, Special Education Support and Education Advisor. You'll develop classroom management, lesson planning, assessment and inclusive-practice skills valued by public schools and local education services.
This nationally accredited course is dedicated to producing future teachers ready to enter the primary education teaching profession.
A key feature of this course is the range and number of professional practice experiences offered to pre-service teacher education students, ensuring they can make the essential connection between theory and practice while building both professional and generic employability skills in real teaching environments.
Partnerships between ECU and over 1,000 schools and early learning centres allow for pre-service teachers to gain experience in diverse settings, including public, private, metropolitan, regional, rural or remote schools, working with children from diverse economic, social, ethnic and educational circumstances.
Pre-service teachers also have the opportunity to complete a formal specialisation in their Primary Education qualification. This enables you to obtain a deeper and broader level of knowledge and understanding in a particular Learning Area at the graduate level. Units are also available in the degree that enables students to complete accreditation requirements to teach in Catholic schools.
Professional Recognition
Accredited by: Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA)
Course Details
Semester availability
- Semester 1: Study full-time at Joondalup, Mount Lawley, South West
Course Structure
Students must complete the above two units LIT1200 (Personal Literacy) and NUM1200 (Personal Numeracy) to satisfy the requirements of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE). All students who enrol in an accredited pre-service teacher education course (undergraduate and graduate) from 1 January 2017 will have to successfully complete tests about personal levels of literacy and numeracy to graduate. Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) will need to complete successfully both components of the personal Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) to enrol beyond 240 credit points within their course.
Year 1 - Semester 1
Year 1 - Semester 2
Year 2 - Semester 1
Year 2 - Semester 2
Year 3 - Semester 1
Year 3 - Semester 2
Year 4 - Semester 1
Year 4 - Semester 2
Students are required to select one of the following options:
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
^ Core Option
Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical Primary education situations.
- Communicate disciplinary (Primary education) knowledge and values in professional and public contexts.
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge in the underlying philosophies, theories, principles and processes of learning including how they relate to practice and the role of teachers, from a global perspective.
- Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice.
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in primary education.
- Demonstrate knowledge of socio-cultural backgrounds, including Indigenous and their impact on students' learning needs (1,12).
- Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Primary education-specific solutions/responses.
- Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex Primary education problems.
- Use digital technologies and literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources.
- Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values.
Career Opportunities
Successful completion of the course presents graduates with the expertise required to take up employment as outstanding teachers, equipped with the knowledge and skills to make a positive difference to the lives of young people and teach in a classroom of their own.
Possible future job titles
Primary School Teacher.