Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECEd)

• General Information
• Introduction to course
• Objectives
• Admission requirements
• Credit provision
  • Pathways from TAFE
• Course structure
  • First year
  • Second year
  • Third year
  • Fourth year
• Length of course/workload required
• Further information

General Information

Peninsula campus
Course code: 1515
Contact: Ms Jill Robbins (please telephone 9904 4291 for initial inquiries)

Introduction to course

On completion of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, graduates may seek employment in preschools, childcare centres, primary grades, and other children's services and specialist early childhood settings.

Objectives

The major objectives of the course are to provide students with a program of studies and experiences which should enable them to:

• develop knowledge of, and critically reflect on, the theoretical foundations of human development and of education, especially those relevant to early childhood education;
• relate their own views and experiences in education, family and society to those of others and critically reflect on these;
• appreciate the implications the family, social, cultural and political contexts have for children's development and learning, and how they impact on early childhood services;
• understand the professional role of the early childhood educator in a diverse and complex society which is undergoing rapid and continuous social and technological change;
• develop skills that will enable them to instigate and respond to change and to advocate effectively for young children, families and the early childhood profession;
• demonstrate competence in general care, appropriate curriculum planning and teaching skills, as well as administration and management across a range of children's services;
• develop effective communication and interpersonal skills;
• have the skills and attitudes that foster a positive view of continued personal and professional development.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have satisfactorily completed the Victorian Certificate of Education or its equivalent. Within the Victorian Certificate of Education, English must be included in the applicant's `best four' subjects and applicants must have satisfactorily completed any two VCE mathematics units (or their equivalent).

Credit provision

Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit prior to enrolment but currently enrolled students may also apply. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merits within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer which are contained in a booklet Learning from experience available from the Professional Development Institute, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill 3842 ($7 postage and packing).

Pathways from TAFE

Students who have completed an Associate Diploma in Social Science - Child Care (or equivalent) and have achieved an average of at least distinction level across all subjects studied may be considered for admission to the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, with credit for up to one year's study.

Course structure

The degree consists of two groups of studies:

• teaching and curriculum studies, including teaching practica, totalling 120 points;
• education studies, concerned with major issues in education, especially early childhood education, totalling seventy-two points.

First year

• EDF1301 Perspectives on learning
• EDF1302 Perspectives on teaching
• EDF1203 Curriculum studies: Primary English
• EDF1204 Curriculum studies: Primary mathematics
• EDF1514 Visual arts in early childhood
• EDF1513 Early childhood music
• EDF1201 Computer essentials
• EDF1503 Foundations of early childhood

Second year

• EDF2201 Child Development 1
• EDF2202 Child Development 2
• EDF2203 Primary Studies of Society and Environment
• EDF2204 Primary science
• EDF2501 Child development 3 : child, health and safety
• EDF3202 Primary Health and physical education
• EDF2507 Early childhood teaching studies 1
• EDF2508 Early childhood teaching studies 2

Third year

• EDF3501 Early childhood literacy
• EDF3502 Family studies
• EDF3201 Primary art and music
• EDF3506 Early childhood Studies of society and environment
• EDF3203 Primary technology
• EDF3504 Early childhood expressive arts
• EDF3507 Early childhood teaching studies 3
• EDF3508 Early childhood teaching studies 4

Fourth year

• EDF4201 Child development 4: exceptional children
• EDF4502 The early childhood professional
• EDF4501 Early childhood maths, science and technology
• EDF4504 Contemporary issues in early childhood
• EDF4303 The teacher as a researcher
• EDF4506 Administration and management
• EDF4507 Early childhood teaching studies 5
• EDF4508 Early childhood teaching studies 6

Length of course/workload required

This course consists of four years full-time study taken on-campus. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.

Further information

Students are referred to the subject descriptions, including reading material, following the course information in this handbook for details of the subjects offered in the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education degree.
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the senior administrative officer, Faculty of Education, Peninsula campus (telephone 9904 4291) or visit our web site at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/

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