Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

Why choose this course?

The early years are a time of rapid growth and development. Early relationships, interactions, and experiences provide the foundation for everything that follows - school, work, life. Early childhood teachers make a significant and lasting contribution to a child’s education and lifelong learning. You will be supported by specialist early childhood academics and will experience unique, real-world opportunities that prepare you to teach in early childhood.

We will ensure you can step into your career with confidence and continue to adapt to ongoing workforce changes and future opportunities. Some key inclusions in the course are:

• a deep understanding of early childhood learning and development
• curriculum and pedagogy knowledge and practices
• creating positive learning environments for young learners
• inclusion and diversity
• building positive relationships with parents, carers, communities and education stakeholders
• digital technologies
• entrepreneurial thinking and leadership
• innovation and creativity
• evaluation, research, and assessment
• developing your professional identity
• global perspectives
• resilience.

Real-world learning

We have extensive partnerships and industry connections within the early childhood education and care field. These partnerships benefit you by connecting you with professionals working across early childhood contexts. We organize professional experience placements to give you the opportunity to experience a diverse range of placements including school classrooms, kindergartens, and early childhood settings, supervised by practicing professional educators.

These experiences allow you to develop your capabilities as you progress through the course. You can complete your professional experiences in a variety of locations including South-East Queensland, rural and remote locations, and overseas. You will be required to undertake the majority of your supervised professional experience in Australian settings.