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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

Victoria University

Program Overview

Become an in-demand early-childhood teacher, equipped with effective skills and practical experience, with a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education from VU.

In our early-childhood degree you'll participate in units focused on children from birth to five years. You'll come to understand how early-childhood and kindergarten teaching can include children and families as contributors to the learning process.

You'll graduate with expertise built on a strong sense of social justice, learnt through hands-on experience and critical perspectives on theory.

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  Location

MelbourneAustralia

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  Course Duration

36 Months

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  Tuition Fee

AU$ 27,400

 Score

IELTS: 6.5

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Course structure and units

YEAR 1

 

  • Reconciling Australian Humanities Education
  • Personal and Professional Learning
  • Human Development, Sustainability and Wellbeing
  • Creativity and the Arts in Education
  • Playing with Play
  • Professional Understandings of Quality frameworks in Early Childhood
  • Educational Programs and Practice
  • Safe, Secure and Supportive Relationships and Environments


YEAR 2
 

  • Practice in Partnership 1
  • Practice in Partnership 2
  • History, Philosophy and Early Childhood Education
  • Engaging with Place through Rethinking Childhoods and Development
  • Engaging with Place through Play
  • Materiality in Early Childhood: Visual and Creative Arts
  • Moving with Young Children
  • Music, Movement and Dramatic Arts


YEAR 3
 

  • Thinking with Young Children: Language and Literacy
  • Advocacy in Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Education
  • Practice in Partnership 3
  • Critical and Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education
  • Equity, Social Justice and Diversity in Early Childhood Education
  • Thinking with Young Children: Science, Maths and Technology
  • Practice in Partnership 4
  • Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (VCE or equivalent) including Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English (or equivalent).

    OR:
     
  • Completion of an Australian Advanced Diploma or Diploma (or equivalent).

    PLUS:
     
  • IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score or 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0 in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking).

    OR:
     
  • Completion of a Foundation course or equivalent.

International Fees
 

  • AU$27400

Childcare job openings are expecting massive growth (ACECQA(external link)).

Thanks to the essential experience you’ll get from working in childcare and teaching in a kindergartens during your placement, you’ll be work-ready before you even graduate.

Typically, our students find work in kindergartens and childcare centres, in jobs such as:
 

  • kindergarten teacher
  • early childhood teacher.
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