Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching)

This Course is archived with an end date of 13/12/2022

Overview

The Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) enables preservice teacher students to develop the knowledge, skills and capabilities to become a teacher. Students are supported in becoming effective educators with a strong grounding in learning, teaching and curriculum. Professional Experience, or work-based placement, is a key and compulsory component of the … For more content click the Read More button below.

The Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) enables preservice teacher students to develop the knowledge, skills and capabilities to become a teacher. Students are supported in becoming effective educators with a strong grounding in learning, teaching and curriculum. Professional Experience, or work-based placement, is a key and compulsory component of the degree, providing students with opportunities to engage with primary school settings and the broader community, to apply their knowledge and skills. Murdoch Education graduates develop the capacity to be an agent for change and a socially just practitioner. The degree provides a foundation for lifelong professional learning and development and/or further study.

Contacts

Academic Chair

Admission requirements

Enrolment restrictions

Inherent requirements

Teaching is a complex and demanding profession. Teachers are expected to act ethically at all times with the best interests of children in mind. Prospective preservice teachers are expected to be literate and numerate. A prospective teacher is also required to be a physically, emotionally and socially able individual who can navigate the rigours of school and classroom life. In addition, all students must meet Australian Professional Standards for Teachers - Graduate Level in order to graduate and to be eligible to apply for registration as a teacher in Western Australia. For further information please refer to the Teacher Registration Board of WA website.

Special requirements

Entry requirements (onshore)

English language requirements

International availability clarification

Additional progression requirements / restrictions

All students who commence an initial teacher education course in Australia from 2017 onwards are required to complete Literacy and Numeracy Tests for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE), administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Further information is available on the ACER website.All students commencing an initial teacher education course from 2019 onwards will be required to successfully complete Murdoch's SimLab OnEntry Screening to partially demonstrate that they meet the 'Fit for Profession' accreditation requirement set by overarching body, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL).

Structure
96 credit points

Course Core78 credit points

Required units78 credit points

Ideas in Education

Living and Learning with Technology

Understanding Teachers' Work

Thinking Mathematically

Thinking Scientifically

Learning and Teaching

Creating and Managing Effective Learning Environments

Assessment and Reporting

Professional Experience: English in Practice

Teaching The Arts in Early Childhood and Primary

Teaching Health and Physical Education in Early Childhood and Primary

Teaching Mathematics in Early Childhood and Primary

Country, Cultures, Peoples: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives Across the Curriculum

Children, Families and Communities

Professional Experience: Mathematics in Practice

Inclusive Education

Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in Early Childhood and Primary

Teaching Science in Early Childhood and Primary

Professional Experience: Programming Across the Curriculum

Quality Teaching Performance Assessment

Final Professional Experience 2: Primary Teaching

SimLab Entry Screening

LANTITE - Literacy

LANTITE - Numeracy

Teaching and Assessing for Oral Language Development

Teaching and Assessing for Reading and Writing development

Enriching learning through and about children's literature

Supporting writing development for diverse learners in primary schools

Options18 credit points

Credit points in the options section should add up to 18. Choices are in the form of ONE 18 point minor or ONE 12 point minor and 2 x 3 credit point specified electives

Minor 18 credit points

Optional

Minor 12 credit points

Integrating Mathematics, Science and Technology

OR

Inclusive Education

Specified Electives6 credit points

Mathematics for Teaching

OR

Physical Education

OR

Introduction to Health Education

OR

Digital Technology in the Classroom

OR

Nurturing Creativity in the Early Years

OR

Integrating Mathematics, Science and Technology in Primary Classrooms

OR

Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education

OR

Schooling and Society - Research Skills

OR

Society, Culture and Ecology in Asia

OR

Contemporary Asia: Media, Politics and Popular Culture

OR

Carbon and Climate: A Wicked Problem

OR

Thinking Communication

OR

Critical Web Literacy

OR

Introduction to Digital Media Skills

OR

Disruptive Texts: Reading for Change

OR

Subversive Texts: Writing for Change

OR

Atmospheric and Climate Science

OR

Global and Regional Sustainability

OR

Modern Japan: From Samurai to the 21st Century

OR

Introduction to Psychological Health and Wellbeing

OR

Sustainability, Ecology and Communities

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

Teaching Students with High Incidence Disabilities

OR

Teaching English and Literacy to Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities

OR

Wandju Boodja (Welcome to Country)

OR

Tribes TLC Training and Cooperative Learning Skills

OR

Catholic Education: Understanding Jesus and his mission

OR

Catholic Education: Significance of the Sacraments

OR

Catholic Education: Gospels and their role in understanding current moral issues

Alternative exits

Bachelor of Arts in Education Studies

Professional outcomes

Professional recognition

Professional accreditation

Accrediting bodies

Additional information

Research areas:Education