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Bachelor in Education (Early Childhood Studies) - Bunbury
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Bachelor in Education (Early Childhood Studies) - Bunbury

Edith Cowan University (Bunbury)
BunburyAustralia
On campus
Full-time
€20,638.66/year
Duration
4 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Jul 2024

Program Description

This nationally accredited bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) is dedicated to producing future teachers ready to enter the primary education teaching profession.

A key feature of this course is connecting theory with practice. Graduates will have the knowledge and be able to develop early childhood education programs for children from birth to 8 years of age.

Partnerships between ECU and over 1,000 schools and early learning centers allow for 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 backgrounds. In the final year, you can apply for a place in the internship program at a school.

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Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Personal Literacy

Personal Numeracy

Drama Arts in Early Childhood Education

Becoming an Early Childhood Educator

Learning and Learners

Communication Skills for Teaching and Learning

Semester 2

Young Children's Learning and Development

English 1: Language Learning and Development Birth-8 Years

Play and Pedagogy

Inquiry in Professional Practice (Child Care)

Year 2

Semester 3

Early Childhood Mathematics 1

Guiding Children's Behaviour in Positive Learning Environments

Music Arts in Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Science and Technology Education

Semester 4

Assessing and Evaluating Young Children's Learning

Health and Physical Education for Young Children

English 2: Emergent Literacy 4-6 Years

Inquiry in Professional Practice (K/PP)

Year 3

Semester 5

Visual Arts in Early Childhood Education

Including Children with Special Educational Needs

English 3: Literacy Learning in Junior Primary

Social Science Education in Early Childhood

Semester 6

Early Childhood Mathematics 2

Aboriginal Contexts in Early Childhood Education

English 4: Supporting All Language and Literacy Learners

Inquiry in Professional Practice 3: Junior Primary

Year 4

Semester 7

Assistant Teacher Program

Teaching Performance Assessment

Unit from Specialisation

Semester 8

Choose one of the following options:

Option 1:
Leading in Early Childhood Settings
Professional Engagement in Early Childhood Education
Units from Specialisation

Option 2:
School-based Project

Option 3:
Early Childhood Internship

Specialisations

  • Arts
  • Catholic Studies
  • Creativity in Early Childhood
  • Diversity in Early Childhood
  • Special Education
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Learning Outcomes

  • Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical early childhood situations.
  • Communicate early childhood knowledge and values in professional and public contexts.
  • Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
  • Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice.
  • Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate discipline specific solutions/responses.
  • Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex early childhood 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.
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