Course and Subject Handbook 2018 Courses Undergraduate Courses Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Course code	109310
Course type	Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7)
Professional accreditation status	This course is nationally accredited through the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) in association with the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT). Graduates of this course are eligible for Teacher registration in Australia.
Division	Division of Tropical Environments and Societies

Award Requirements

Admission Requirements

Course pre-requisites	English, Mathematics A or B or C and Authority Science
Minimum English language proficiency requirements	Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of an overall score of 7.5 in Academic IELTS (or equivalent) with sub-scores no less than 8 in Speaking and Listening and no less then 7 in Reading and Writing The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. English test results must be no more than two years old at the commencement of the course. Applicants are advised that the Queensland College of Teachers requires graduating teachers to have evidence of English language requirements as stated above to demonstrate their English language proficiency prior to registration. Further information is available on the Queensland College of Teachers website.
Additional selection requirements	All applicants for initial teacher education courses must satisfy both academic and non-academic entry criteria. Applicants’ non-academic capabilities will be assessed based on the submission of a 1000-word personal statement. All students must meet minimum literacy and numeracy standards upon entry and completion as required by the Queensland College of Teachers.
Special admission requirements	Applicants wishing to enter the RATEP Primary strand 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.
Post admission requirements	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: Blue Card Services Education Blue card

Academic Requirements for Course Completion

Credit points

96 credit points as per course structure

Additional completion requirements

All students must sit and meet the standard of the Literacy and Numeracy Test Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) prior to graduation. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. Refer to https://teacheredtest.acer.edu.au/

All students must successfully complete a final-year teaching performance assessment (Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment [GTPA]) embedded in a subject and a professional placement of no less than four weeks in the final year of the degree, prior to graduation that is shown to:

a) be a reflection of classroom teaching practice including the elements of planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting;

b) clearly assess the content of the Graduate Teacher Standards; and

c) demonstrate an understanding of moderation processes that support consistent decision-making against achievement criteria.

The GTPA is built into course requirements and assessments.

All students must possess dispositional attributes deemed suitable for the profession of teaching.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Primary), graduates will be able to:

Demonstrate broad and coherent understanding of professional knowledge, practice and engagement with depth in the National Professional Standards for Teachers
Demonstrate broad and coherent understanding of underlying principles and concepts, and teaching and learning approaches for the tropics in the areas of Indigenous education, education for sustainability, rural and regional education
Review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise professional knowledge, practice and engagement to enhance outcomes for diverse students
Communicate professional knowledge clearly and coherently through oral and written modes to students and key stakeholders during professional practice and engagement
Identify and solve problems and make informed decisions in diverse professional contexts with well-developed judgement and initiative
Develop and demonstrate dispositions required for effective teaching that embrace responsibility and accountability for professional knowledge, practice and engagement including collaboration with stakeholders.

Course Structure

CORE SUBJECTS

Level 1

ED1401:03 Foundations of Education

ED1421:03 Foundations of Language and Literacy in Education

ED1441:03 Technologies for Primary School

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 Humanities and Social Science 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

Choose one of the following Strands:

Primary

Primary Special Needs

Primary HPE

Primary Strand

CORE SUBJECTS

ED1411:03 Foundations of Sustainability in Education

ED4460:03 Service Learning for Sustainable Futures

ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures

IA1007:03 Linking Indigenousness 1 or IA1015:03 Indigenous Australian World Views 1: Survival, Identity and Cultural Diversity

(students enrolling in the RATEP mode of delivery must select IA1015)

OPTIONS

Select 9 credit points of specified level 1 and 2 subjects

CU1010:03 Effective Writing

EL2047:03 Children's Literature

HM1061:03 Foundations of Human Movement Studies

MU1030:03 Music-making for Children

NM2203:03 Digital Storytelling

SS1010:03 Australian People: Indigeneity and Multiculturalism

SS1111:03 Introduction to Counselling

SY1001:03 Australian Society: An Introduction to Sociology

Primary Special Needs Strand

CORE SUBJECTS

ED1411:03 Foundations of Sustainability in Education

ED4306:03 Students with Reading Difficulties

ED4460:03 Service Learning for Sustainable Futures

ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures

IA1007:03 Linking Indigenousness 1

OPTIONS

Select 6 credit points of specified Level 1 subjects:

SS1111:03 Introduction to Counselling

SS1113:03 Introduction to Child and Adolescent Health

WS1005:03 Human Rights and Social Issues

Primary HPE Strand

CORE SUBJECTS

HM1061:03 Foundations of Human Movement Studies

SP1001:03 Science and Practice of Physical Activity

HM2063:03 Social Views of Health Concepts in Human Movement Studies

SP2006:03 Exercise Testing and Prescription for Health

HM3061:03Advanced Studies in Health and Physical Education

ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures

ED4493:03 Advanced Teaching in HPE

Campus

COURSE AVAILABLE AT	NOTES
Cairns	Not all Strands are available in 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. Students who are undertaking either the Special Needs strand or the HPE strand must complete a minimum of 10 days of specialist practicum as approved by the College as part of their final placement.
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: Education Blue Card Students 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.
Professional accreditation requirements	Successful completion of all subjects contributes to the requirements for the Queensland College of Teachers Graduate level of the Australian Professional Standards (APST). Please also see `Additional Completion requirements’ in reference to the GTPA.
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade	Nil
Supplementary exam for final subject	Not applicable

Advanced Standing

Eligibility	Students may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit and Articulation policy and 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 student has not completed this course.
Other restrictions	Students may seek approval to do concurrent studies at another university in approved disciplines not offered at this university. Students 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 Division subject. Advanced standing may be granted for professional development courses smaller than a Division 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

Award title	BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY)
Approved abbreviation	BEd(Primary)
Inclusion of majors on testamur	Not Applicable – this course does not have majors
Exit with lesser award	Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. Students 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 Educational Services.
Course articulation	Not applicable