Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Information valid for students commencing in 2014.
Course Code | 109210 |
Version | 1 |
Faculty | Arts, Education and Social Sciences |
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English |
Additional selection requirements | All students must meet minimum literacy standards upon entry and upon completion as required by the Queensland College of Teachers. |
Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements | Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule II of the JCU Admissions policy. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. English test results must be no more than two years old. |
Post admission | Professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students Suitability to Work with Children Card (blue card): This course includes prescribed professional placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. Students are required to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card (which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland Police) before the start of the first placement in an Australian school setting. Students undertaking professional placements in Australian school settings must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course. For more information, refer to: |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 96 credit points as per course structure |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Additional completion requirements | For students undertaking the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) online, participation in a 5 day intensive Professional Orientation Program on campus in the final year of the course is a requirement to complete this degree. This program may be undertaken at either the Cairns or Townsville Campus. |
Course learning outcomes | On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education), graduates will be able to:
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Course Structure
Level 1
ED1401:03 Foundations of Education
ED1411:03 Foundations of Sustainability in Education
ED1421:03 Foundations of Language and Literacy in Education
ED1440:03 Technologies for Early Childhood Education
ED1481:03 Foundations of Educational Psychology
ED1491:03 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy in Education
IA1015:03 Indigenous Australian World Views 1: Survival, Identity and Cultural Diversity
Level 2
ED2090:03 Health and Physical Education for Early Childhood
ED2093:03 Early Childhood Mathematics and Numeracy 1
ED2094:03 Early Childhood Language and Literacy 1
ED2440:03 Technologies Across the Early Childhood Education Curriculum
ED2488:03 Second Year Professional Experience [Australia] or ED2388:03 Second Year Professional Experience [Singapore]
ED2491:03 Teaching for Learning 1
ED2590:03 Early Childhood Education and Care 1
ED2990:03 Education for Cultural Diversity
Level 3
ED3090:03 Humanities and Social Science Education for Early Childhood
ED3092:03 Science Education for Early Childhood
ED3093:03 Teaching for Learning 2 (ECE)
ED3094:03 Arts Education for Early Childhood
ED3442:03 Inclusive Education for Special Needs
ED3443:03 Teaching ESL to Indigenous Students
ED3488:03 Third Year Professional Experience [Australia] or ED3388:03 Third Year Professional Experience [Singapore]
ED3590:03 Early Childhood Education and Care 2
Level 4
ED4090:03 Teaching for Learning 3 (ECE)
ED4460:03 Service Learning for Sustainable Futures
ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures
ED4488:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A [Australia] or ED4388:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A [Singapore]
ED4489:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience B [Australia] or ED4389:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience B [Singapore]
ED4590:03 Early Childhood Language and Literacy 2
ED4591:03 Early Childhood Mathematics and Numeracy 2
ED4999:03 Teaching for Learning 4
Options
Select 3 credit points of specified level 1 subjects (10910-L12-3U)
CU1010:03 Effective Writing
EL2047:03 Children's Literature
HM1061:03 Foundations of Sport and Physical Activity
MU1030:03 Music-making for Children
NM2203:03 Digital Storytelling
SC1301:03 Science for Primary Teachers
SS1010:03 Australian People: An Introduction to the Social Sciences
SS1111:03 Introduction to Counselling
SY1001:03 Australian Society: An Introduction to Sociology
VA1118:03 Introduction to Visual Art
Course Structure [SINGAPORE]
Level 1
IA1015:03 Indigenous Australian World Views 1: Survival, Identity and Cultural Diversity
ED1401:03 Foundations of Education
ED1411:03 Foundations of Sustainability in Education
ED1421:03 Foundations of Language and Literacy in Education
ED1440:03 Technologies for Early Childhood Education
ED1481:03 Foundations of Educational Psychology
ED1491:03 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy in Education
Level 2
ED2090:03 Health and Physical Education for Early Childhood
ED2093:03 Early Childhood Mathematics and Numeracy 1
ED2094:03 Early Childhood Language and Literacy 1
ED2388:03 Second Year Professional Experience [Singapore] or ED2488:03 Second Year Professional Experience [Australia]
ED2491:03 Teaching for Learning 1
ED2590:03 Early Childhood Education and Care 1
ED2990:03 Education for Cultural Diversity
ED2440:03 Technologies Across the Early Childhood Education Curriculum
Level 3
ED3090:03 Humanities and Social Science Education for Early Childhood
ED3092:03 Science Education for Early Childhood
ED3093:03 Teaching for Learning 2 (ECE)
ED3094:03 Arts Education for Early Childhood
ED3388:03 Third Year Professional Experience [Singapore] or ED3488:03Third Year Professional Experience [Australia]
ED3442:03 Inclusive Education for Special Needs
ED3443:03 Teaching ESL to Indigenous Students
ED3590:03 Early Childhood Education and Care 2
Level 4
ED4090:03 Teaching for Learning 3 (ECE)
ED4388:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A [Singapore] or ED4488:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A [Australia]
ED4389:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience B [Singapore] or ED4489:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience B [Australia]
ED4460:03 Service Learning for Sustainable Futures
ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures
ED4590:03 Early Childhood Language and Literacy 2
ED4591:03 Early Childhood Mathematics and Numeracy 2
ED4999:03 Teaching for Learning 4
Options
Select 3 credit points of specified level 1 subjects (10910-L12-3U)
CU1010:03 Effective Writing
SS1111:03 Introduction to Counselling
SY1001:03 Australian Society: An Introduction to Sociology
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Cairns | |
Distance Ed (Townsville) | Mandatory on campus component is a 5 day intensive Professional Orientation Program in the final year |
Thursday Island | Available Limited Attendance mode only |
Townsville | |
Singapore | Available on-campus only |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 10 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 3 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | This course includes prescribed professional placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. Only those students who complete the majority (12 credit points or more) of prescribed education placements in schools in Australia will be automatically verified for teacher registration in Queensland. Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students. To undertake the final Professional Experience and Co-requisite subjects, students must have completed 72 credit points of level 1, 2 and 3 subjects in this course. |
Special assessment requirements | Suitability to Work with Children Care (blue card): This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. Students undertaking professional placements in Australian school settings are required to obtain a Suitability to work with Children Card (which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland police) before the start of the first placement. Students must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course. For more information, refer to: Candidates who do not complete the required number of days of a professional experience subject or a professional component of a subject, without the approval of the Director of Professional Experience, will be determined to have failed the subject. |
Accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | 3 credit points (only permitted in a non-Education discipline) |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Candidates may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 63 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 20 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | The maximum advanced standing allowable for professional development courses within the degree is three credit points except where one course is judged to be larger in size than one faculty subject. Advanced standing may be granted for professional development courses smaller than a faculty subject. However, no credit will be given for courses smaller than two credit points, or equivalent. Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) may apply where a teacher education student can clearly demonstrate outcomes relevant to a specific professional experience component of a Bachelor of Education program. If these outcomes can be demonstrated, the pre-service teacher will be granted advanced standing for a part of the requisite days of the professional experience requirement. Demonstration of attainment of outcomes may be in the form of professional experience reports from other institutions and/or statements of teaching or related service. |
Award Details
Inclusion of majors on testamur | The major studied shall not appear on the testamur. Students who have not completed the majority of prescribed professional placements in Australian schools shall be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Education. |
Exit with lesser award | Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 72 credit points of study and appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Bachelor of Education Services. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Honours
Honours availability | Available as separate graduate entry course Not available in Singapore |
Eligibility | By invitation of the Head of School Normally a minimum average grade of Credit is required in the pass degree subjects relevant to the field in which Honours is to be taken. |