Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching (Birth-12 Years)

The Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching is an innovative course that prepares you to become an early childhood teacher and/or a primary school teacher. This gives you flexible and versatile employment options. During the course, you explore issues, concepts and practices which are common and specific to both early childhood education (including before school settings) and primary school education.

You'll learn about:

• play and learning sciences
• language and literacy
• preparation for teaching
• health and physical education
• science in education
• technology and design for education
• curriculum and programming
• maths
• leadership and advocacy in early childhood contexts
• humanities, social science and the environment.

This unique teacher education course offers two career options for graduates. It is an initial-teacher education qualification that encompasses working with children from birth to age 12 in both early childhood settings and primary schools.

The course is designed to:

• develop professional knowledge and skills for teaching children from birth to 12 years
• prepare you for new and changing educational roles in early childhood and primary schools
• develop your skills as a reflective teacher
• explore the connection between theory and practice in early childhood and primary school education
• ensure continuing awareness of the environmental and cultural influences on teaching and learning in early childhood and primary schools
• better understand the needs of learners and communities with diverse linguistic and cultural orientations, including Indigenous learners.

Areas of study

Education, teaching.

Career opportunities

Teacher in prior-to-school setting, primary school or work in curriculum development, educational planning, educational research, policy development.

Professional recognition

This course has been accredited through the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory consistent with the standards established by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership for the Accreditation of Initial Teacher Education Programs in Australia.

This program is approved with the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA). On graduating, you will be recognised as an Early Childhood Teacher by ACEQA.

On graduating from this course, you will be eligible to register as a teacher across all Australian State and Territory jurisdictions (subject to meeting other eligibility criteria, such as National Literacy and Numeracy test for Initial Teacher Education as per Teacher Registration Requirement, English proficiency and suitability to teach).

Practical experience

You will complete a minimum of 85 days of supervised practice teaching.

You must have cleared a Police Check and/or Working with Children Check before you can undertake your practical placements. If your Police Check and/or Working with Children Check are not cleared by the education sector, you will not be able to undertake practice teaching placements and therefore, will not meet the requirements of the course.

Fees and charges

The Australian Government pays part of the tuition fee for this course. The remaining balance is paid by the student. Current CDU fee information.