Bachelor
Deakin's Bachelor of Education (Early Years) allows you to teach young children in early childhood and primary school settings. With professional experience opportunities and the option to choose from a range of curriculum areas, you'll graduate with a qualification that's in high demand, meeting the significant growth of the Australian early childhood education sector. Are you interested in an exciting and rewarding career teaching children?
Deakin's dual accredited early years degree opens up a range of career opportunities, spanning the early childhood and primary education sectors. Studies focus on contemporary issues in children's learning and development, curriculum theories and pedagogies, discipline knowledge and the changing work context within early childhood and primary education.
Early years teaching specialisations include:
Primary teaching specialisations include:
The Professional Experience Program is a key part of every Deakin teaching student's course experience. Working with more than 1400 schools across Australia, we'll arrange at least 115 days of placements for you in schools where you'll learn from experienced teachers.
Students also have access to specialised teaching spaces on campus to prepare for teaching.
Give your studies a different perspective and take part in our Global Education Program. Learn about Aboriginal culture while teaching in remote communities in the Northern Territory, or head to countries including Chile, Nepal or Vanuatu and learn about intercultural education.
Deakin maintains close links with the education sector to ensure our courses are developed and reviewed with industry and professional input. You'll be taught by staff members who have industry experience and who are recognised as leaders and innovators in their fields. This means you can be confident that what you learn at Deakin will be relevant to your future teaching career.
Choose to study at our award-winning Cloud Campus and have the additional flexibility to balance work, life and study. Studying online is collaborative and engaging, while still allowing you to complete your studies when and where it suits you.
Before beginning your degree, prospective teaching students need to successfully complete the CASPer test - an online, video scenario-based test that lets you demonstrate your suitability for a teaching career.
Start your journey to becoming an early years teacher with a Deakin degree and learn how you can change the lives of others.
Deakin University offers admission to undergraduate courses through a number of Admission categories.
All applicants must meet the minimum English language requirements
Please note that meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee selection, which is based on merit, likelihood of success and availability of places in the course.
For more information on the Admission Criteria and Selection (Higher Education Courses) Policy visit the Deakin Policy Library
Entry for applicants with recent secondary education (previous three years) will be based on:
Refer to the VTAC Guide for the latest pre-requisite information www.vtac.edu.au
Entry for applicants with previous Tertiary, VET, life or work experience will be based on their performance in:
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All Applicants must complete an additional selection tool for non-academic attributes. Deakin University is using the CASPer test. CASPer is an online, video-scenario based situational judgement test, designed to measure non-academic suitability for teaching.
There's an increasing demand for qualified early childhood teachers, with a 22% projected employment growth expected in the sector, to 2023.
Graduates are qualified to work in early childhood settings as early childhood teachers, educational leaders, coordinators or advisers. They are also qualified to work as a primary teacher working across all year levels from foundation through to grade 6.
Early years graduates may also find careers within:
For more information go to DeakinTALENT
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Education (Early Years), students must complete 32 credit points comprising:
This course includes 115 days of supervised professional experience, and students must successfully complete the Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment.
Students are also required to complete below two zero (0) credit point units ELN010 and ELN011 as part of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) in order to graduate from their course.
The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.
The Bachelor of Education (Early Years) provides an approved pathway from the Diploma of Early Childhood Education (Previously Diploma of Children's Services) offered through TAFE. Applicants who have completed the Diploma of Early Childhood Education may receive 8 credit points of Recognition of Prior Learning reducing the total course duration by 2 trimesters of full-time study.You can also refer to the Recognition of Prior Learning System which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.