Bachelor of Education (Primary)
Information valid for students commencing in 2014.
Course Code | 109310 |
Version | 1 |
Faculty | Arts, Education and Social Sciences |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English |
Additional selection requirements | All students must meet minimum literacy standards upon entry and completion as required by the Queensland College of Teachers. |
Special admission requirements | Applicants wishing to enter the RATEP Primary major must nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Proof of identity documentation is required. Applicants must be located near RATEP sites in Queensland (see http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/education/ratep/index.htm). |
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. 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: |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 96 credit points as per course structure |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Additional completion requirements | Nil |
Course learning outcomes | On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Primary), graduates will be able to:
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Course Structure
Level 1
ED1401:03 Foundations of Education
ED1421:03 Foundation of Language and Literacies in Education
ED1441:03 Foundation of Educational Technologies
ED1481:03 Foundations of Educational Psychology
ED1491:03 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy in Education
Level 2
ED2190:03 Health and Physical Education for Primary School
ED2193:03 Mathematics Education for Primary School
ED2194:03 English Education for Primary School
ED2488:03 Second Year Professional Experience
ED2491:03 Teaching for Learning 1
ED2990:03 Education for Cultural Diversity
Level 3
ED3190:03 Social and Environmental Education for Primary School
ED3192:03 Science Education for Primary School
ED3193:03 Teaching for Learning 2 (Primary)
ED3194:03 Arts Education for Primary School
ED3441:03 Technologies Across the Curriculum
ED3442:03 Inclusive Education for Special Needs
ED3443:03 Teaching ESL to Indigenous Students
ED3488:03 Third Year Professional Experience
Level 4
ED4190:03 Teaching for Learning 3 (Primary)
ED4488:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A
ED4489:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience B
ED4496:03 Advanced English Education
ED4497:03 Advanced Mathematics Education
ED4999:03 Teaching for Learning 4
Options
Select a major from the table below
Majors
Type of major | Mandatory Single |
Credit points in major | 21 credit points |
Special requirements | Nil |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | HONOURS | NOTES |
Cairns Townsville | Available as separate graduate entry course | On-campus only | |
Townsville | Not Available | On-campus only | |
Townsville | Available as separate graduate entry course | Limited only (Thursday Island administered through Townsville) |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Cairns | |
Distance Ed (Townsville) | Available to Thursday Island RATEP students only - Limited Attendance Mode – administered through Townsville |
Townsville |
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. 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 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 | Candidates may seek approval to do concurrent studies at another university in approved disciplines not offered at this university. Candidates normally will be granted a maximum of 15 credit points of advanced standing for these studies. 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. The award title will be Bachelor of Education (Primary) |
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 |
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. |