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Bachelor of Education (Primary) Edith Cowan University
Introduction
This nationally accredited course is dedicated to producing future teachers ready to enter the primary education teaching profession.
A key feature of this course is the range and number of professional practice experiences offered to pre-service teacher education students, ensuring they can make the essential connection between theory and practice while building both professional and generic employability skills in real teaching environments.
Partnerships between ECU and over 1,000 schools and early learning centres allow for pre-service teachers to gain experience in diverse settings, including public, private, metropolitan, regional, rural or remote schools, working with children from diverse economic, social, ethnic and educational circumstances.
Pre-service teachers also have the opportunity to complete a formal specialisation in their Primary Education qualification. This enables you to obtain a deeper and broader level of knowledge and understanding in a particular Learning Area at the graduate level. Units are also available in the degree that enables students to complete accreditation requirements to teach in Catholic schools.
Professional Recognition
Accredited by: Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA)
Admissions
Curriculum
Course Details
Semester availability
- Semester 1: Study full-time at Joondalup, Mount Lawley, South West
Course Structure
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| LIT1200 | Personal Literacy | |
| NUM1200 | Personal Numeracy |
Students must complete the above two units LIT1200 (Personal Literacy) and NUM1200 (Personal Numeracy) to satisfy the requirements of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE). All students who enrol in an accredited pre-service teacher education course (undergraduate and graduate) from 1 January 2017 will have to successfully complete tests about personal levels of literacy and numeracy to graduate. Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) will need to complete successfully both components of the personal Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) to enrol beyond 240 credit points within their course.
Year 1 - Semester 1
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| EDL1240 | Introduction to Teaching | 15 |
| EDL1250 | Learning and Learners | 15 |
| MAE1250 | Foundations of Primary Mathematics | 15 |
| AED1260 | The Arts in Education 1 | 15 |
Year 1 - Semester 2
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| EDL1260 | Children's Growth, Development and Learning | 15 |
| LAN1260 | Spoken Language in Primary School | 15 |
| SCE1260 | Science Education in Primary Schools 1 | 15 |
| PPA1260 | Professional Experience 1 | 15 |
Year 2 - Semester 1
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| HPE2240 | Health and Physical Education in Primary Schools | 15 |
| LAN2240 | English in the Early Years of Primary School | 15 |
| MAE2250 | Teaching and Learning in Primary Mathematics 1 | 15 |
| HSS2240 | Humanities and Social Science in Primary Schools 1 | 15 |
Year 2 - Semester 2
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| HSS2260 | Humanities and Social Science in Primary Schools 2 | 15 |
| EDU2260 | Positive Learning Environments | 15 |
| AED2240 | The Arts in Education 2 | 15 |
| PPA2360 | Professional Experience 2 | 15 |
Year 3 - Semester 1
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| SCE3240 | Science Education in Primary Schools 2 | 15 |
| EDF3101 | Working with Indigenous Australian Children, Youth and their Families | 15 |
| EDS3240 | Including Children with Special Educational Needs | 15 |
| LAN3280 | English in Middle and Upper Primary School | 15 |
Year 3 - Semester 2
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| EDU3265 | Assessing and Evaluating Learning | 15 |
| MAE3270 | Teaching and Learning in Primary Mathematics 2 | 15 |
| LAN3240 | English for Speakers of Other Languages or Dialects | 15 |
| PPA3260 | Professional Experience 3 | 15 |
Year 4 - Semester 1
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| TPA4100 | Teaching Performance Assessment | 15 |
| ATP4440 | Professional Experience 4 - Assistant Teacher Programme | 30 |
| Unit from Specialisation | x 1 | 15 |
Year 4 - Semester 2
Students are required to select one of the following options:
Option 1
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| DTM4260 | Materials Design and Technology | 15 |
| Unit from Specialisation | x 3 | 45 |
Option 2
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| EDU4226 ^ | School-based Project | 60 |
Option 3
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| EDU4227 ^ | Internship | 60 |
^ Core Option
Program Outcome
Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical Primary education situations.
- Communicate disciplinary (Primary education) knowledge and values in professional and public contexts.
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge in the underlying philosophies, theories, principles and processes of learning including how they relate to practice and the role of teachers, from a global perspective.
- Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice.
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in primary education.
- Demonstrate knowledge of socio-cultural backgrounds, including Indigenous and their impact on students' learning needs (1,12).
- Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Primary education-specific solutions/responses.
- Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex Primary education problems.
- Use digital technologies and literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources.
- Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values.
Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
Successful completion of the course presents graduates with the expertise required to take up employment as outstanding teachers, equipped with the knowledge and skills to make a positive difference to the lives of young people and teach in a classroom of their own.
Possible future job titles
Primary School Teacher.