Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Edith Cowan University

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 PreService Teachers 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 1000 schools and early learning centres allow for PreService 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 backgrounds Final year PreService Teachers can apply for a place in the internship program in a schoolPreService 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 knowledge and understanding in a particular Learning Area at the graduate level Units are also available in the degree that enable students to complete accreditation requirements to teach in Catholic schoolsCourse learning outcomesApply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical Primary education situationsCommunicate disciplinary Primary education knowledge and values in professional and public contextsDemonstrate 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 perspectiveDemonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity including Indigenous cultural competenceDemonstrate autonomy accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practiceDemonstrate broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in primary educationDemonstrate knowledge of sociocultural backgrounds including Indigenous and their impact on students learning needs 112Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Primary education specific solutionsresponsesThink critically to analyse interpret and conceptualise complex Primary education problemsUse digital technologies and literacies to access evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sourcesWork collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social sustainable and ethical values

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