Bachelor of Education Primary

The Bachelor of Education Primary prepares you to become a primary school teacher and teach Transition to Year 6/7. As a primary school teacher, you will be vital to a student's learning process. You'll guide and develop their skills through the various key learning systems of education during their early years at school.

In this course you will learn about:

• the school curriculum
• contemporary approaches to issues in education, such as inclusivity
• child and adolescent development
• promoting positive behaviour
• improving the teaching-learning relationship in the classroom
• Indigenous perspectives on teaching and learning
• raising awareness of issues surrounding Indigenous education
• developing an informed, evidence-based approach to learning and teaching in primary settings.

During this course, you will gain a combination of academic and practical experience. You can study a Bachelor of Education Primary online or on campus, part-time or full-time. Should you choose to study online, you’ll complete your placements close to home.

When you graduate, your levels of personal literacy and numeracy will be broadly equivalent to the top 30% of the population.

You are encouraged to review the employer eligibility requirements as they can vary state to state.

Areas of study

Education, teaching.

Career opportunities

Teacher in primary schools and in curriculum development, educational planning, educational research, policy development.

Professional recognition

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

When you graduate, you'll be eligible to register as a teacher in schools across all Australian State and Territory jurisdictions (subject to meeting other eligibility criteria such as the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Registration Requirement, English proficiency and suitability to teach).

Practical experience

You will complete a minimum of 80 days 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.