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Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years)

Course Code K29

 The Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years) qualifies students to teach at junior, middle, upper primary levels and lower secondary levels in two learning areas.  The award is granted after the successful completion of 480 credit points (four years of full time study or equivalent) and aims to develop professional knowledge, skills and attitudes.

  1. The Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years) is recognised by the Western Australian College of Teaching (WACOT) as meeting the requirements for registration as a teacher in Western Australia. WACOT requires an IELTS score of 8 to teach in Western Australia for teachers from non-English speaking backgrounds.
  2. Catholic Education Accreditation to teach Religious Education requires three units in Catholic Education Studies.
  3. In each year of the program, students undertake a work place learning experience.
  4. This course has been designed to meet the needs of students wishing to fast track their studies.
  5. Opportunities exist for students to complete a semester overseas through the Study Abroad Program.
  6. In the fourth year, students undertake an Assistant Teacher Program (ATP) comprising one term of approximately ten weeks of continuous teaching practice. The Assistant Teacher Program is conducted during the seventh semester of the course in the second term of the school year.
  7. All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years) are required to demonstrate competency in professional communication skills emphasising literacy, ICT and numeracy.

TYPES OF UNITS
Education and Foundation Studies
Studies in the theory of education, educational psychology, primary and middle years teaching studies and practice, and assessment and reporting are central to the course. All students in undertake two foundation units in Communication (Writing and Speaking; Information and Communications Technology).  Education and Foundation studies are compulsory units.

Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies
Study of syllabuses and related teaching methods in the curricula relevant to the phases of schooling: early childhood, middle childhood and early adolescence.  Curriculum studies consist of compulsory and elective units.

Students identify two learning areas of curriculum specialisation for teaching years 8-10.  For each learning area units are selected from the specialised discipline fields of English, mathematics, science, health and physical education and society and environment. 

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE/WORKPLACE LEARNING
The Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years) course requires students to spend a substantial period of time observing and teaching in schools/centre/community programs as part of a coordinated program of practice teaching. Their workplace learning includes one or more placements in rural, regional and remote areas. 

Because of its responsibility for the education, safety and well-being of children in schools and centres, the teaching profession demands the highest professional standards and personal ethics of practitioners.

Before students are able to practise in schools they are required to submit a Department of Education Crim Trac Police Clearance and have a current Working with Children Check from the Department of Community Development.

Please refer to Professional Practice Information, Procedures and Rules (Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary) following the description of the Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years) for further details on professional practices.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Standard University Admission

COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on the South West Campus. Selected units may be available at the Margaret River Campus.

MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full or Part-time mode.

 COURSE STRUCTURE
The Bachelor of Education (Primary to Middle Years) is a 480 credit point degree. 

The only units requiring prerequisites are the workplace learning units: for example to enrol in Work Place Learning 2 will require having passed Workplace Learning 1.  Students will not be permitted to enrol in the Assistant Teaching Practice (included in Workplace Learning 4) if they are two or more core units down in their course.

Mid-year enrolments will be accommodated within the structure, but students will be strongly advised that it will take 18 months to complete the first year (such a model exists in the current course).

Within the course, each year level addresses a focus theme:

  • Year 1: Developing professional practices
  • Year 2: Actively engaging learners and developing discipline-based knowledge
  • Year 3: Developing culturally responsive and inclusive curriculum and pedagogical practices
  • Year 4: Transition from Preservice Teacher to Scholarly Professional Practitioner?

The program consists of the following units:

Education and Foundation Studies (135CP)

  • RPS1100 Communication for the Professions (15cp)
  • RPS1120 Information and Communications Technologies for the Professions (15cp)
  • EDF1105 Becoming More Effective Learners (15cp)
  • EDP3100 Students with Special Educational Needs in the Primary Classroom (15cp)
  • EDF3101 Working with Indigenous Australian Children, Youth and their Families (15cp)
  • EDP4111 Teachers and the Education System (15cp)
  • ERC1114 Working In Rural, Regional and Remote Communities (15cp)
  • ERC1110 Developing Critical and Cultural Understandings of Education (15cp) 
  • ERC2100 Middle Schooling: Philosophy and Practice (15cp)

Literacy and Numeracy (90CP)

  • LIT1010 Literacy and Language Education 1 (15cp)
  • LIT2010 Literacy and Language Education 2 (15cp)
  • LIT3010 Language and Literacies for Diverse Learners (15cp)
  • MAE2010 Primary Mathematics Education 1 (15cp)
  • MAE3010 Primary Mathematics Education 2 (15cp)
  • EDP4105 Diagnosis, Intervention and Enrichment: Focus on Numeracy and Literacy (15cp)

Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies (75CP)
Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies for teaching years 1 -10: Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Society and Environment, Technology and Enterprise, Visual Arts.

  • HPE1010 Health and physical education in primary schools (15cp)
  • SCE2010 Science Education in Primary Schools (15cp)
  • SSE2010 Society and Environment Education in Primary Schools (15cp)
  • TEE2110 Technology & Enterprise Education in Primary Schools (15cp)
  • VAE3010 Visual Arts Education in Primary Schools (15cp)

Work Place Learning Units (120CP)

  • WPL1100 Workplace Learning 1: Introduction to the Primary School Classroom (15cp)
  • WPL2100 Workplace Learning 2: Learner Engagement and Classroom Management (30cp)
  • WPL3100 Workplace learning 3: Inclusive Curriculum Decision Making and Leadership (30cp)
  • WPL4110 WPL 4: Assistant Teacher Program: Professional Preparation and Planning (45cp)

Specialisations (2nd, 3rd, 4th year)

The Course sequence is:
Year 1 (120CP):
Developing professional practices
RPS1120 ICT for the Professions           (15cp)                                   15 
RPS1100 Communications                     (15cp)
EDF1105 Becoming Effective Learners     (15cp)
ERC1114 Working In Rural Communities(15cp)
WPL1100 Workplace Learning 1             (15cp)
HPE1010 Health and Phys. Education     (15cp) 
ERC1110 Developing Critical and Cultural
Understandings of Education      (15cp) 
LIT1010 Literacy/Language Education 1   (15cp)

 

Year 2 (120CP): Actively Engaging Learners and Developing Discipline Knowledge
SSE2010 Society and Environment Education in Primary Schools                         (15cp)
Elective Learning Area A2                       (15cp)
MAE2010 Primary Maths Education 1     (15cp)
Elective Learning Area B2                       (15cp)
Elective Learning Area A1                       (15cp)
Elective Learning Area B1                       (15cp)
WPL2100 Workplace Learning 2: Learner Engagement and Class Management      (30cp)

Year 3 (120CP): Developing Culturally Responsive Curriculum and Pedagogical Practices
VAE3010 Visual Arts Education in Primary Schools (15cp)  
OR
TEE2110 Technology & Enterprise Education in Primary Schools (15cp)

MAE3010 Primary Maths Education 2 (15cp)

EDP3100 Students with Special Needs in the Primary Classroom (15cp)
OR
LIT3010 Language and Literacies for Diverse Learners (15cp)
OR
Elective Learning Area A3/B3 (15cp)

SCE2010 Science in Primary Schools (15cp)
LIT2010 Literacy and Language Education 2 (15cp)
ERC2100 Middle Schooling (15cp)
WPL3100 Workplace Learning 3: Inclusive Curriculum Decision Making/Leadership (30cp)

Year 4 (120CP): Transition from Pre-service Teacher to Scholarly Professional Practitioner
EDP4105 Diagnosis, Intervention and Enrichment: Focus on Numeracy and Literacy (15cp)
Option One
EDP4111 Teachers and the Ed System (15cp)
And
EDF3101 Working with Indigenous Australian Children, Youth and their Families (15cp)

And one of the following Elective/Specialisation Streams (either 30 cps from one specialisation or 15 cps from two different areas).

English (2 x 15 CP)
or
Mathematics (2 x 15 CP)
or
Science (2 x 15 CP0
or
Society and Environment (2 x 15 CP)
or
Health and Physical Education (2x 15 CP) 

WPL4100 Workplace Learning 4: Assistant Teacher Program: Professional Preparation and Planning (45cp)

Option Two
EDU4227 Internship (60cp)

The following are units in each area of specialisation.

English (up to 45CP)

  • CCC1101 Texts and Meanings (15 cp)
  • CMM1101 Reading Media Texts (15cp)
  • CCC3215 Writing for Print Media (15 cp)
  • LIT2012 Teaching English in the Middle Years (15cp)

Mathematics (Up to 45 CP)

  • MAT1107 Functions and Graphs (15cp)
  • MAE2100 Mathematics Education: Integrating Measurement (15 cp)
  • MAE2201 Mathematics Education: Chance and Data in the Middle Years (15cp)
  • MAE4107 Studies in 4-8 Mathematics Education (15cp)

Health and Physical Education (Up to 45 CP)

  • HPE 2020 Performance and Perspectives in Physical Education and Sport (15 cp)
  • HPE2021 Teaching Physical Education: Primary and Middle Years (15 cp)
  • PHE4304 Advanced Studies of Teaching  Physical Education (15cp)
  • PHE4305 Advanced Studies of Teaching Health Education (15cp)
  • NST2105 Dimensions of Mental Health (15cp)
  • SST1209 Skills Analysis in Surfing(15cp)
  • SST3127 Human Biology and Human Performance (15 cp)

Science (Up to 45 CP)

  • SCE2012 Science in the Middle Years (15 cp)
  • SCN1105 Biological Sciences in Nursing 1 (15cp)
  • SCN1106 Biological Sciences in Nursing 2 (15cp)
  • SST1108 Oceans and Atmosphere (15cp)
  • SST1120 Introduction to Physical Science (15 cp)
  • SST2117 Meteorology (15 cp)
  • SST2119 Surf Equipment Design, Materials and Manufacturing (15 cp)

  
Society and Environment (Up to 45 CP)

  • CCI1103 Region and Culture (15 cp)
  • ECF1110 Economics 1 (15 cps)
  • SSE2012 Society and Environment in the Middle Years (15 cp)
  • SST1108 Oceans and Atmosphere (15 cp)
  • SST3128 The Coastal Zone (15 cp)
  • SWK2102 Gender, Family and Social Life (15 cp)

Internship (Up to 60 CP)

  • EDU4227 Internship (60cp)

 

The following is the course structure in the order in which it is recommended or required that units be completed.

YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1
ERC1110   Developing Critical and Cultural Understandings of Education (15cp)     
HPE1010   Health and Physical Education in Primary Schools (15cp)        
LIT1010     Literacy/Language Education 1 (15cp)
RPS1120 ICT for the Professions (15cp) 

YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 2
EDF1105   Becoming Effective Learners (15cp)    
ERC1114   Working in Regional and Remote Communities (15cp)
RPS1100   Communication (15cp)
WPL1100  Workplace Learning 1: Introduction to the Primary School Classroom (15cp)

YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 1
MAE2010  Primary Maths Education 1 (15cp) 
SSE2010   Society and Environment Education in Primary Schools (15cp) 
Elective Learning Area A1 (15cp)                        
Elective Learning Area B1 (15cp)                        

YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 2
Elective Learning Area A2 (15cp)
Elective Learning Area B2 (15cp)
WPL2100 Workplace Learning 2: Learning and Classroom Management (30cp)

YEAR THREE - SEMESTER 1
EDP3100   Students with Special Educational Needs in the Primary Classroom (15cp)       
OR                                                                   
LIT3010     Language and Literacies for Diverse Learners (15cp)    
OR                                                                   
Elective Learning Area A3/B3 (15cp)

TEE2110   Technology and Enterprise Education in Primary Schools (15cp)
OR                                                                   
VAE3010   Visual Arts in Primary Schools  (15cp) LIT2010            Literacy/Language Ed  2 (15cp)  
ERC2100   Middle Schooling: Philosophy and Practice (15cp)

YEAR THREE - SEMESTER 2
MAE3010 Primary Maths Education 2 (15cp)
SCE2010 Science in Primary Schools (15cp)
WPL3100 Workplace Learning 3: Curriculum Decision Making and Leadership (30cp)

YEAR FOUR - SEMESTER 1
EDP4105 Diagnosis, Intervention and Enrichment: Focus on Numeracy/Literacy (15cp)
WPL4100 Workplace Learning 4: Assistant Teacher Program: Professional Preparation and Planning (45cp)

YEAR FOUR - SEMESTER 2
Option One
EDF3101   Working with Indigenous Australian Children, Youth and their Families (15cp)
EDP4111   Teachers and the Ed System (15cp)   
And 30 credit points from one of the following Elective/Specialisation Streams:       
English                                                             
or                                                                     
Mathematics                                                     
or                                                                     
Science                                                            
or                                                                     
Society and Environment                                   
or                                                                     
Health and Physical Education                           
Option Two                                                       
EDU4227   Internship (60cp)

Interested in Early Childhood?
Upon graduation from the Bachelor of Education, you are eligible for admission into a course which will certify you as an Early Childhood Teacher.

One year part time study in the Graduate Certificate of Education (Early Childhood) is available through ECU in Mt Lawley.

This course is studied through:

  • online units; and
  • several weekend intensives

This format suits regional teachers and allows them to complete their professional practice components locally.

Units completed through this course are often eligible for application toward a Master of Education at ECU.

 
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