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Qualification:
Bachelor of Education (BEd) in Primary Teaching
Availability:
Murdoch campus (internal)
Murdoch campus (external) (except for one school experience [not EDU101] and one week intensive for EDU207)
Rockingham campus (internal)
Restriction:
Enrolment in this course is subject to restriction.
Duration:
4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Primary Teacher Education graduates are qualified to teach from Years 1 to 7 in primary schools. Minors are available for primary teachers in Inclusive Education and Science Communication (quotas apply to some minors in this course -- see the descriptions of the minors).
For students who want to graduate with a Bachelor of Education degree in primary teaching there are three study options available:
* A four-year Bachelor of Education degree (BEd):
This is the most common choice for students who wish to become primary school teachers. The course leaves room for units which enable students to broaden their general education or develop a specialty teaching or interest area
* A two-year Bachelor of Education (Primary) Graduate degree is available for students who already have a non-Education Bachelor degree.
* A student may enrol concurrently in a joint degree: a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and a BA in Australian Indigenous Studies (four years).
Employment Prospects:
A recent survey of all Murdoch teacher education graduates for the past decade showed that almost all were employed in teaching within a year of graduating. Murdoch graduates are employed in government and non-government schools and other education-related occupations.
Admission Requirements: Onshore course offerings:
As per normal undergraduate admission requirements.
English competence.
Internet access is required for students studying externally; exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Special Requirements:
All people wishing to work with children must have two checks to enable them to teach in Western Australian schools.
The first is the WA Department of Education Criminal History Record Check. Refer to the Study at Murdoch section of this Handbook for details on this important matter. Application forms for this check are available on the WA Department of Education web site or from the Murdoch University School Experience Office.
The second is the Working with Children Check from the Department of Community Development. The application forms are available from the Murdoch University School Experience Office.
It is important to understand that these two checks are mandatory and students are not permitted to enter schools without obtaining them.
Recommended Minors:
Ethics; Inclusive Education; Media Studies; Science Communication
Excluded Majors:
Education (BEd) [Primary Teaching] (Four Years) + Australian Indigenous Studies (BA); Education (BEd) [Primary, 1-10 Health and Physical Education]; Education (Graduate) (BEd) [Primary Teaching] (Two Years)
Exemptions/Credit and School Experience:
Students seeking exemptions must be able to provide documentary evidence in support of their application.
Students who have had at least two years of full-time recent relevant and satisfactory teaching experience in an Australian school context may seek partial exemption from the School Experience unit/s. Whilst Murdoch recognises that some students may have prior and/or current teaching experience, it requires that a student's classroom competence be assessed before exemptions from School Experience can be given.
Students who have been employed as a teacher and have had at least one year of full-time equivalent recent, relevant and satisfactory teaching experience in an Australian school context may seek exemption from EDU101 Introduction to Teaching.
Students cannot receive exemption from the School Experience component of EDU377 Professional Internship Prelim: Primary BEd, EDU378 Professional Internship: Primary BEd, EDU383 Professional Internship Prelim: Prim BEd/Inclusive Education or EDU384 Professional Internship: Primary BEd/Inclusive Education, but those who are currently employed in relevant teaching positions may seek permission to complete one Primary practicum in their school. Students must contact the School Experience Office.
If seeking uncredentialled credit students must submit a case in writing, with supporting documentary evidence to explain how the outcomes of units have already been achieved through prior experience. All applications for exemption and credit must be directed to the Accreditation Officer.
External Study:
Not all required units in these majors are offered completely externally. Some are offered as short-term sessions on-campus or in Perth metropolitan schools.
a) External students must undertake the first School Experience unit (does not include EDU101) in a Perth metropolitan school and under the guidance of a Murdoch University Supervisor. Subject to satisfactory completion of this unit, students may arrange, in consultation with the School Experience Office, to complete their subsequent school experience in a non-metropolitan school.
b) For students enrolled in Primary and Early Childhood Teacher Education, on-campus attendance is required for a one-week intensive workshop during winter term (date to be announced) for EDU207 Primary Curriculum IIA (external BEd students).
Alternative Entry Pathway (Rockingham campus):
An alternative entry pathway exists via the Primary Teaching Combination from Challenger TAFE (Rockingham) to Murdoch University Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching). This pathway will provide applicants with advanced standing once they enter the University.
For more information see here
Select one Foundation Unit from the Foundation Units section in this Handbook.
EDU162 Cultural Mathematics -- 3 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal
EDU103 Principles of Language and Literacy -- 3 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal
EDU113 Introduction to Science -- 3 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal
EDU101 Introduction to Teaching -- 6 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal
Select from any 100-level units offered by the University, subject to individual unit prerequisites.
Part-time and external students should contact Faculty Student Administration when creating their study plan, particularly as it is necessary for concurrent enrolment in the School Experience and Primary Curriculum units. A sample full-time study plan is available on the Faculty Student Administration web site. Students wishing to take a minor should refer to the Minor structures in the Handbook.
Students should enrol concurrently in:
EDU3151 School Experience: Primary BEd -- 3 pts
Murdoch: AW3-external
Rockingham: AW3-external
AND
EDU282 Primary Curriculum I (English) -- 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external
Rockingham: UW2-internal
EDU207 Primary Curriculum IIA -- 6 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2H-external
Rockingham: S2-internal
EDU242 Learning and Assessment: Theory and Practice -- 6 pts
Murdoch: Y-internal, Y-external
Rockingham: Y-internal
EDU260 Learning through the Arts -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, SB6-internal
Rockingham: S1-internal
EDU230 Education for Social Justice -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal
Students should enrol concurrently in:
EDU285 Primary Curriculum III (Mathematics) -- 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external
Rockingham: UW2-internal
AND
EDU3153 School Experience: Primary BEd -- 3 pts
Murdoch: SP7-external
Rockingham: SP7-external
Or, with Academic Chair approval
EDU300 School Experience: Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities -- 3 pts
Murdoch: AU9-external (quota of 20 places)
Rockingham: AU9-external (quota of 20 places)
EDU231 Schools in Context -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-external
Rockingham: S1-internal
Students should enrol concurrently in:
EDU286 Primary Curriculum IV (Society and Environment, Science) -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal
AND
EDU3154 School Experience: Primary BEd -- 2 pts
Murdoch: AU9-external
Rockingham: AU9-external
OR, with Academic Chair approval
EDU3001 School Experience: Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities -- 2 pts
Murdoch: AU9-external (quota of 20 places)
Rockingham: AU9-external (quota of 20 places)
EDU380 Inclusive Education -- 4 pts
Murdoch: Y-internal, Y-external
Rockingham: Y-internal, Y-external
Students should enrol concurrently in:
EDU377 Professional Internship Preliminary: Primary BEd -- 2 pts
Murdoch: AU1-external, W12-external
Rockingham: AU1-external, W12-external
(requiring two weeks in schools)
AND
EDU378 Professional Internship: Primary BEd -- 6 pts
Murdoch: AU13-external, SP26-internal, SP26-external
Rockingham: AU13-external, SP26-internal, SP26-external
(requiring six weeks in schools)
Students who have completed four semesters (48 points) of the course may enrol in specified 400-level units in Education for which they have the prerequisites.
Select from the following:
EDU445 Adult Learning in Education and Work -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external
EDU425 Australian Indigenous Education -- 4 pts
NA 2010
EDU321 Children, Families and Schools -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal
MCC321 Children and the Media -- 4 pts
NA 2010
EGL213 Children's Theatre -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal
EDU251/EDU451 Creating Effective Learning Environments -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal
(students currently enrolled, or intending to enrol, in the minor in Special Needs Education/Minor in Inclusive Education should enrol in the higher-level unit)
EDU263 Aboriginal Studies Across the Curriculum -- 4 pts
Murdoch: SB6-internal
EDU446 Cultural Diversity in Learning and Working -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
EDU488 Curriculum Development for Practitioners -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, Y-external
EDU427 Development and Education -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external
EDU458 Education Policy and Teachers' Work -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external
EDU450 Environmental Education for Sustainability -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external
EDU440 Facilitating Lifelong Learning -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
EDU424 Critical Pedagogy: Gender, Race and Social Class in Education -- 4 pts
Murdoch: SB6-internal
EDU205 ICT in the Classroom -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
EDU409 Inclusive Education: Contemporary Perspectives and Practices -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external
EDU323 Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal
EDU417 Learning and Teaching with ICT -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external
EDU471 Mentoring -- 4 pts
Murdoch: W3-internal
EDU475 Opportunities with e-learning -- 4 pts
Murdoch: W2-internal
EDU444 Tertiary and Adult Education Policy -- 6 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
EDU322 Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal
EDU470 Professional and Action Learning Project -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external, S2-external
EDU464 Reading through Multiliteracies -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external
EDU461 Connecting to Students' Lives -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external
EDU398 Science Communication -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
EDU276/EDU2761 Second/Foreign Languages and the Curriculum -- 4 pts or 2 pts
EDU276:
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external
EDU2761:
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
SOC222 Social Research Methods -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
THE246/THE2461 Teaching Religion in Schools -- 4 pts or 2 pts
NA 2010
EDU447 Collaborative Learning, Creativity and Motivation -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external
EDU403 Introduction to Research for Educators -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external
EDU420 Curriculum Leadership, Inquiry and Stimulating Conversations -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external
EDU414 Psychology and the Curriculum -- 4 pts
NA 2010
EDU437 Program Evaluation -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external
EDU418 Professional Development Portfolio -- 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external, S2-external, W3-internal
Select from any 200- to 400-level units offered by the University, subject to individual unit prerequisites.
Students should ensure they are familiar with the University's internal legislation, including provisions specifically relevant to their studies. See the University Regulations and Rules.
Cancellation of Courses, Minors and Units
The University reserves the right to cancel, without notice, any course, major, minor or unit if the number of students enrolled falls below limits set by the University.