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Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Overview
The Bachelor of Teaching in Early Childhood Education program
focuses upon developing early childhood teachers as critically
reflective teachers and managers who can work with children across
the age range 0-8 years in a variety of early childhood settings.
Course content covers: Foundations of Education (psychology,
history sociology, and philosophy of early childhood education);
Curriculum Studies (e.g. Mathematics, Science, Language, Creative
Arts, in early childhood education); Managing Early Childhood
Learning Environments; and Child Development and Care. Field-work
is an ongoing component throughout the course, and students are
expected to conduct independent and collaborative inquiry in
the field as part of their learning and assessment tasks.
Approaches to course delivery emphasise students' autonomy and
critical reflection in their learning. Students are involved
in problem-solving; field and library research, which is conducted
in teams, following input provided by lecturing staff. Teamwork
is also used to promote students' interpersonal skills, which
is identified as a requirement for early childhood practitioners.
A three-stage framework that provides scaffolding which is systematically
reduced over the three years of the course, further aims to develop
skills in self-directing team work.
Appropriate arrangements are made to cater for the needs of
students not proceeding through the program at the normal rate,
as defined in the schedule below.
Advanced Standing
Academic credit of 48 credit points is awarded to students who
have completed a TAFE Diploma in Children's Services, or Associate
Diploma in Social Science (Child Studies) or equivalent.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
The New South Wales Department of Education and Training requires
graduates seeking employment with the Department to have completed
any two units of English, or equivalent subjects, and any two
units of mathematics as part of their HSC or university studies,
to gain registration as a teacher.
Course Requirements
Practical Teaching Experience
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood
Education) are required to undertake a practical teaching experience.
Practical teaching experiences include 5-8 year-olds in K-2 classrooms;
3-5 year-olds in preschool and birth -5year olds in long day
care settings; plus a six week extended teaching practicum selected
from these three options. Practical teaching experiences usually
occur in Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Southern Highlands and Southern
Sydney. Opportunities to undertake a practical teaching experience
in countries such as China , Fiji , Malaysia and Thailand , or
in mobile units or Western NSW areas may also be available.
Prohibited Persons Legislation
Teacher education students must complete a "Prohibited Employment
Declaration" before undertaking practical teaching experience
as required by the Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act
1998.
Course Program
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Year 1 - Autumn Session
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EDUF111
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Education I
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6
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EDUT121
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Curriculum and Pedagogy I Early Childhood
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6
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EDUL101
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Language and Literacy Education I
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6
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EDUS122
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Mathematics Education in Early Childhood
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6
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Year 1 - Spring Session
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EDIT102
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Information Technology for Learning
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6
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EDUA111
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Creative and Expressive Arts in Early Childhood Education
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6
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EDUF104
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Early Childhood Learning Environment I
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6
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EDUF106
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Child Development and Care I
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6
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Year 2 - Autumn Session
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EDUF201
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Early Childhood Learning Environment II
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6
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EDUF232
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Early Intervention and Children with Special Needs
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6
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EDUS203
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Human Society and Its Environment
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6
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EDUS213
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Science Education in Early Childhood
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6
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Year 2 - Spring Session
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EDUF204
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Learners with Exceptional Needs
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6
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EDUF212
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Education II
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6
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EDUP201
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Personal Development Health and Physical Education
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6
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EDUF252
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Child Development and Care II
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6
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Year 3 - Autumn Session
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EDUF303
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Early Childhood Learning Environment III
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6
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EDUF313
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Historical and Philosophical Perspectives of Early
Childhood
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6
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EDUL301
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Language and Literacy Studies in Early Childhood
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6
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EDUF353
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Management of Early Childhood Services
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6
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Year 3 - Spring session
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EDUF304
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Early Childhood Curriculum
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12
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Plus two Elective
Studies subjects to be chosen from the list below or from
200/300 level subjects in the General Schedule. Enrolment
quotas apply to these subjects. Subjects that do not have
sufficient enrolments will not run. |
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EDUE302 |
Aboriginal Pedagogy (Not to
count with ABST 362) |
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EDUE304 |
Teaching Language Through Literature
in the Primary and Middle Years |
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EDUE306 |
Learning Strategies and Communication
in Adult Education |
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EDUE308 |
PDHPE: Health Promotion |
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EDUE314 |
Interactivity and the Web (Designing
Hypertext Multimedia) |
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EDUE316 |
Environmental Education - The
Built Environment |
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EDUE320 |
Behaviour Management (Not to
count with EDUE311) |
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EDUE321 |
Reading Difficulties (Not to
count with EDUE312) |
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EDUE323 |
Educational Psychology in Teaching & Learning |
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EDUE324 |
Gender & Social Justice |
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EDUE326 |
Curriculum & Program Evaluation |
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EDUE336 |
Practicum or Project in Second
Language Teaching |
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EDUE340 |
Materials and Technology in
Second Language Teaching |
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EDUA331 |
Creative Arts Key Learning Area Elective
II |
6 |
EDUL335 |
Language Education Key Learning Area Elective
II |
6 |
EDUM333 |
Mathematics Education Key Learning Area
Elective II |
6 |
| EDUP335 |
Personal Development, Health and Physical
Education Key Learning Area Elective II |
6 |
EDUS333 |
Science and Technology Education (K-6)
Key Learning Area Elective II |
6 |
EDUS335 |
Human Society and Its Environment Key Learning
Area Elective II |
6 |
Professional Recognition
The Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) is recognised
by the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales, the New South Wales
Department of Education & Training ,the New South Wales Department
of Community Services and is a registered VETAB Early Childhood
Teacher Education course. |
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