For those who are passionate about children’s education, Deakin University’s Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education opens the door to a range of inspiring career opportunities. Spanning the early childhood and primary education sectors, the university's dual-accredited degree focuses on contemporary issues in children’s learning and development, curriculum theories and pedagogies, discipline knowledge and the changing teaching and learning context within early childhood and primary education.
Through the Professional Experience Program students will not only gain key practical knowledge and skills, but invaluable insight into the classroom environment. With the option to combine their personal interests with a range of curriculum areas, students will undertake placements in early childhood and primary school settings that enrich and solidify their studies so that they graduate with the confidence and aptitude to meet the significant growth of the Australian early childhood education sector.
Deakin University maintains close links with the education sector to ensure the university's courses are developed and reviewed with professional input. Students will be taught by staff members who have teaching experience and who are recognized as leaders and innovators in their fields. This means students can be confident that what they learn will be relevant to their future teaching career.
In Australia, primary school teachers complete a specialisation in an area of expertise during their initial teacher education. Primary teaching specialisations include:
- literacy
- science
- mathematics
- language other than English
