Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

2017 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2017 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Campus	Burwood (Melbourne) Cloud (online)* Hume Global Learning Centre - Craigieburn Deakin Learning Centre - Dandenong Rosebud (Chisholm, Mornington Peninsula Campus) Swan Hill Learning Centre Werribee Learning Centre * with compulsory intensives held at Waurn Ponds campus
Duration	4 years full-time, 3 year fast-track or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	078148B Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Warrnambool
Deakin course code	E330
Deakin Learning Centre course codes	Deakin Learning Centre students must enrol in the course code applicable to their centre: Hume Global Learning Centre - Craigieburn E330CR Deakin Learning Centre - Dandenong E330DA Rosebud E330RO Werribee Learning Centre E330WE
Note: Offered to continuing students in E330PO Portland Learning Centre and E330SH Swan Hill Learning Centre from 2014
Offered to continuing students only from 2017

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The course teaches students to apply an understanding of child development, curriculum theories and pedagogies in designing and implementing child-centred, play-based and developmentally appropriate programs in childcare, preschool and school contexts. Students also learn to identify and respond positively to contemporary issues and the changing work context within early childhood and primary education.

The course meets new national and international standards in early childhood education, and includes a primary teaching component, allowing students to teach children from early childhood across the whole range of primary schooling.

Professional recognition

This program has been approved by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) as an early childhood teaching qualification in Australia.

This program is accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as an initial teacher education program against the Australian professional standards for teachers. Graduates of this course who are intending to apply for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) may be required to provide further information. You are advised to check the VIT registration requirements carefully.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities	Acquire broad and coherent body of knowledge of education principles and practice and in depth theoretical, technical and applied knowledge of early childhood education. Use knowledge and understanding of child development in Australian society to work effectively with children aged from birth to eight years, in a range of early childhood and primary school educational settings. Apply curriculum theories, pedagogies in the design and implementation of child-centred, play-based and developmentally appropriate programs, in a range of early childhood and school educational contexts.
Communication	Have well-developed cognitive, technical and communication skills, and be able to select and apply these skills and technologies to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others in early childhood education and the care of children. Communicate effectively with a diverse range of families and communities acknowledging the need to support and respect differences in child rearing and family cultural expectations.
Digital literacy	Employ a range of technologies to collect, analyse, synthesise and evaluate and disseminate information for the purposes of teaching and learning in a rapidly-changing global environment.
Critical thinking	Identify contemporary issues in early childhood education and the changing work context and be able respond positively to these issues. Use cognitive and technical skills to critically review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge as demonstrated in a range of class activities, including responding to set questions.
Problem solving	Use critical and analytical skills to determine solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems in teaching and learning and to adapt these solutions to diverse contexts and learners. Analyse and evaluate information in relation to content knowledge, and applied practice and generate and transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems.
Self-management	Apply knowledge and skills in early childhood education and school contexts with autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility requiring self-directed work and learning. Justify and understand leadership and advocacy for collaborative work-based practices in early childhood contexts and schools. Acquire understanding of the importance of reflective practice to plan and deliver coherent teaching and learning experiences for young children. Demonstrate abilities and dispositions underpinning lifelong learning and personal attributes that enable a positive contribution to society including critical thinking, creative and problem solving skills.
Teamwork	Take responsibility for personal learning and accountability in professional practice in collaboration with others. Selected group assignments will foster collaboration and team work. Justify and understand leadership and advocacy for collaborative work-based practices in early childhood contexts and schools.
Global citizenship	Demonstrate understandings of the diversity of Australian society and the influences on development of culture, family contexts, gender and disability and the influences of these on the education and care of children. Adapt knowledge and skills to culturally and socially diverse contexts and communities.
Approved by Faculty Board June 2014