Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
AUD 33,800 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Introduction
Make a significant contribution to the lives of children. Demand for graduates is growing and our course is flexible and responsive to your needs.
Highlights
- Queensland’s #1 choice for early education courses
- Commencing your studies in semester 1 gives you the option to fast-track your studies, completing a full-time on-campus degree in 3.5 years.
- Complete this 4-year full-time degree in 2.5 years if you have an early childhood diploma and work experience.
- Gain real-world experience through diverse professional experience placements from your first year of study, organised by QUT.
- Graduate and work in Queensland as an early childhood teacher in early learning centres, kindergartens, and Prep to Year 3 in primary schools
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 real-world opportunities that prepare you to teach in early childhood.
Nationally, the number of early childhood teachers required in early childhood education and care services is expected to grow by 21.6% between 2021 and 2026, according to the Australian Government's Job Outlook (June 2023).
This puts you, as an early childhood graduate teacher, in the box seat for leadership in the early childhood education and care sector.
Learn from the best
You’ll learn from inspiring and innovative lecturers who are committed to providing a quality experience for the early childhood teachers of the future. Our lecturers have real-world experience in early childhood education and care services and schools and have a wealth of knowledge and advice to set you on the right path.
We’ve been recognised among the nation’s most outstanding teaching and learning programs. In the past nine years, QUT Education has received nine Australian awards or citations for university teaching.
Admissions
Curriculum
- Feb and July entry - FT - Commence 2024 onwards
- Feb entry - FT - 3.5 year accelerated - Commence 2024 onwards
- Diploma advanced standing - Feb and July entry - FT - Commence 2024 onwards
- Diploma and work experience advanced standing - Feb entry - FT (2.5 years) - Commence 2024 onwards
- QUT You (24 credit points)
- Bachelor of Education Unit Options
Program Outcome
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.
Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it’s like to study education and where a QUT degree can take you.
Professional experience
We organise professional experience placements, supervised by practising teachers, to give you experience in a diverse range of environments including school classrooms, kindergartens and early learning centres.
Specialisation for primary teaching
As this course qualifies you to teach to Year 3, you will undertake a primary specialisation as required by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership in literacy. This will enhance your skills in a national area of priority for a primary school setting.
Along with careers in early childhood centres and kindergartens, this keeps career paths open to teach from Prep to Year 3 in primary schools.
Real-world facilities
Experience our state-of-the-art Education Precinct at the heart of Kelvin Grove campus. With five levels dedicated to world-class teaching, you’ll have access to imaginatively designed face-to-face and online interactive learning spaces. A centrepiece of the Precinct is the Sphere, a digital LED globe suspended over two floors with a changing menu of innovative visual content.
To prepare you to be an inspiring, innovative and confident teacher for the future, you’ll be able to experiment and innovate in preparation for professional experiences in schools and early childhood centres. The spaces facilitate just the right balance of collaborative learning, interaction and quiet individual research.
Our expert teaching staff will inspire you to push boundaries, be curious and innovate. Qualities you will in turn foster in the students you teach.
Learn more about QUT's Education Precinct
Specialisation for primary teaching
As this course qualifies you to teach to Year 3, you will undertake a primary specialisation as required by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership in literacy. This will enhance your skills in a national area of priority for a primary school setting.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
As early childhood specialists, graduates are prepared to work as qualified teachers in early learning centres and kindergartens. The early childhood degree also prepares you to teach in Prep to Year 3 in primary school and can allow you to work across Australia and overseas.
Early childhood teachers develop a range of skills, knowledge and practices as a result of their own unique combination of work experiences and personal qualities. You will be empowered to shape your own career path and explore the many ways to make an impact. You can explore a range of careers, including:
- childcare centre or kindergarten director
- education policy and program implementation
- training and development roles in private and public organisations
- education and outreach roles
- developing products for the early childhood sector
- learning designer
- entertainment industry roles
- consultancy
- education research.
Professional recognition
This course meets professional teaching standards for the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership and Queensland College of Teachers. Graduates are eligible to apply for teacher registration. Graduates are also recognised as qualified early childhood teachers under the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority framework.