Undergraduate
Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Teaching (Birth-12 Years)
2020
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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.
Career opportunities
Graduating from this course prepares you to teach in a prior to school setting, primary school or work in associated educational areas such as:
- 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).
Graduates of the course will be eligible for registration to teach in schools 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). Graduates will be recognised as primary school and also as Early Childhood Teachers under the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority requirements.
Credit transfers & pathways
Pathways for VET to Higher Education
Guaranteed credit transfer arrangements are available to students commencing a bachelor degree at Charles Darwin University with completed Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree qualifications in the same field or discipline. Students who hold completed qualifications should refer to the additional information provided about Advanced Standing and Credit Transfer and Pathways using the links below:
Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
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This course is accredited by the University in accordance with the Higher Education Standards.
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Australian qualification framework
This course is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7.
Contact details
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Course structure
The Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Teaching (Birth - 12 Years) is made up of common units, core theory and professional experience units as well as some general elective units. The Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Teaching combines theory-based units and practical placements. During the course, you will complete four professional experience blocks that require full-time commitment.
At CDU, you can study a Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Teaching online, on campus or a mix of both. You can also choose to study part-time or full-time, and over two or three semesters each year. This makes it easier to fit study in with your life and work commitments. All students have access to and are encouraged to make use of online learning materials and interaction.
All students must pass prior to graduation the ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) as required by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). The cost of the testing will be met by the student. Refer to https://teacheredtest.acer.edu.au/
Please check the pre-requisite and assumed knowledge requirements prior to enrolment.
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 320 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
Experience units MUST be undertaken in the following sequence: EPE102, EPE111, EPE211, EPE312.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
| Common Units (2 units) |
20 |
Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:
CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. |
| Core Units (28 units) |
290 | Compulsory Core units totalling 290 credit points as detailed below:
ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years (new title 2020) |
| Elective (1 unit) |
10 |
Units totalling 10 credit points selected from 100 or 200 level units offered by the University Units offered externally by other Higher Education Providers may be included subject to the written approval of the Course Coordinator. For example, the following units offered through BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education: REDU800 Foundations for Religious Education: Theory and Practice (BBI) |
| 320 | Total Credit Points |
Students who commenced in or after 2013
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
Of the total 320 credit points: (unless specified in the specific course structure above)
* not more than 120 credit points may be taken from 100 level units
* a minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above
Students should refer to the current Grading Policy and Common Course Rules for further information.
Study plan
Students commencing in Semester 1
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | E = Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability | CU | ECU100 Arts for Education | CO |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | EMA100 Mathematics Education 1: Content Knowledge for Teaching | CO |
| ELA100 English Language and Literacy in Education 1 | CO | EPE102 Professional Experience: Planning for Early Childhood Learning (previously coded EPE101) | CO |
| ECU101 Health and Physical Education in Schools (new title 2020) | CO | ECL155 Preparation for Teaching in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| EPE111 Professional Experience: Planning for Learner Development (previously coded EPE110) | CO | EST203 Teaching Indigenous Learners | CO |
| ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years (new title 2020) | CO | ECL224 Science in the Early Years | CO |
| EMA200 Mathematics Education 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Primary Mathematics | CO | ECL228 Humanities, Social and Environmental Education in Early Childhood (new title 2020) | CO |
| ECL246 Music and Movement in Early Childhood | CO | ECU204 Technology and Design for Education | CO |
| Year 3 | |||
| EPE211 Professional Experience: Planning for Learning and Assessment (previously coded EPE210) | CO | ESC220 Science in Education | CO |
| ELA201 Teaching English as an Additional Language | CO | EST221 Health, Environment and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) | CO |
| ECE301 Play in Early Childhood Education | CO | ECL300 Approaches to Literacy in the Early Years | CO |
| Elective | E | ECE303 Curriculum and Programming in Early Childhood | CO |
| Year 4 | |||
| ECE302 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Contexts | CO | ECE304 Critical Reflection on Early Childhood Theory and Practice | CO |
| EST302 Researching Classroom Practice | CO | ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy | CO |
| EST303 Special Needs in the Classroom | CO | EPE312 Professional Experience: Engaging in Evidence-Based Practice (20cp) (previously EPE310) | CO |
| ELA301 Literacy Capability in Context (new title 2020) | CO | ||
Students commencing in Semester 2
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | E = Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability | CU | ||
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ||
| ECU100 Arts for Education | CO | ||
| ECL155 Preparation for Teaching in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) | CO | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| ECU101 Health and Physical Education in Schools (new title 2020) | CO | EMA100 Mathematics Education 1: Content Knowledge for Teaching | CO |
| ELA100 English Language and Literacy in Education 1 | CO | EST203 Teaching Indigenous Learners | CO |
| EPE102 Professional Experience: Planning for Early Childhood Learning (previously coded EPE101) | CO | ESC220 Science in Education | CO |
| ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years (new title 2020) | CO | ECL228 Humanities, Social and Environmental Education in Early Childhood (new title 2020) | CO |
| Year 3 | |||
| EPE111 Professional Experience: Planning for Learner Development (previously coded EPE110) | CO | ECU204 Technology and Design for Education | CO |
| ECL246 Music and Movement in Early Childhood | CO | EST221 Health, Environment and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) | CO |
| ELA201 Teaching English as an Additional Language | CO | ECL224 Science in the Early Years | CO |
| EMA200 Mathematics Education 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Primary Mathematics | CO | ECL300 Approaches to Literacy in the Early Years | CO |
| Year 4 | |||
| EPE211 Professional Experience: Planning for Learning and Assessment (previously coded EPE210) | CO | ECE303 Curriculum and Programming in Early Childhood | CO |
| ECE301 Play in Early Childhood Education | CO | ECE304 Critical Reflection on Early Childhood Theory and Practice | CO |
| ECE302 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Contexts | CO | ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy | CO |
| EST303 Special Needs in the Classroom | CO | EST302 Researching Classroom Practice | CO |
| Year 5 | |||
| EPE312 Professional Experience: Engaging in Evidence-Based Practice (20cp) (previously EPE310) | CO | ||
| ELA301 Literacy Capability in Context (new title 2020) | CO | ||
| Elective | E | ||
Students commencing in Summer Semester Fast Track
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in summer semester and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | E = Elective |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester | |||
| Year 1 | |||||
| CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability | CU | ||||
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ||||
| ELA100 English Language and Literacy in Education 1 | CO | ||||
| EMA100 Mathematics Education 1: Content Knowledge for Teaching | CO | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||
| ECU101 Health and Physical Education in Schools (new title 2020) | CO | ECU100 Arts for Education | CO | ECU204 Technology and Design for Education | CO |
| EPE102 Professional Experience: Planning for Early Childhood Learning (previously coded EPE101) | CO | ESC220 Science in Education | CO | ELA201 Teaching English as an Additional Language | CO |
| ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years (new title 2020) | CO | ECL155 Preparation for Teaching in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) | CO | EMA200 Mathematics Education 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Primary Mathematics | CO |
| EST203 Teaching Indigenous Learners | CO | EST221 Health, Environment and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020) | CO | EST303 Special Needs in the Classroom | |
| Year 3 | |||||
| EPE111 Professional Experience: Planning for Learner Development (previously coded EPE110) | CO | EPE211 Professional Experience: Planning for Learning and Assessment (previously coded EPE210) | CO | ECE301 Play in Early Childhood Education | CO |
| ECL246 Music and Movement in Early Childhood | CO | ECL224 Science in the Early Years | CO | ECE303 Curriculum and Programming in Early Childhood | CO |
| ECE302 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Contexts | CO | ECL228 Humanities, Social and Environmental Education in Early Childhood (new title 2020) | CO | ECE304 Critical Reflection on Early Childhood Theory and Practice | CO |
| ELA301 Literacy Capability in Context (new title 2020) | CO | ECL300 Approaches to Literacy in the Early Years | CO | ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy | CO |
| Year 4 | |||||
| EPE312 Professional Experience: Engaging in Evidence-Based Practice (20cp) (previously EPE310) | CO | ||||
| EST302 Researching Classroom Practice | CO | ||||
| Elective | E | ||||
Course fees
Commonwealth supported places
Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements:
(a) Australian Citizenship; or
(b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit.
2020: Information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments.
2021: Information about fees and charges for 2021 are not yet available however will be published prior to 1 December 2020.
International tuition fees
The annual course tuition fee for full time study of 80 credit points for commencing students in 2020 is AUD $26,712.00.
These fees are subject to annual increases each year of your study, effective at the start of each calendar year.
You can find a list of International fees and payments you can expect to pay as part of your studies in Australia.
CDU offers a number of scholarships to international students to assist with the cost of study.