Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)
Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)
This course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and experience to graduate ready for the classroom, and for the profession. Develop your knowledge and understanding of how children learn and the implications for teaching and how to create safe, inclusive, engaging and supportive learning environments, combined with hands-on learning as…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and experience to graduate ready for the classroom, and for the profession. Develop your knowledge and understanding of how children learn and the implications for teaching and how to create safe, inclusive, engaging and supportive learning environments, combined with hands-on learning as you spend over 100 days of professional placement in primary schools, starting from your first semester.
Make a real difference to young children’s lives and equip them with the skills, knowledge and values needed to succeed in the world, now and in the future. This distinctive undergraduate teaching degree prepares you to be a teacher from Pre-primary to Year 6 and gives you the skills and knowledge to be classroom and profession-ready.
Why study this course?
Gain practical experience with over 100 days of professional placement, starting from your first semester.
Additional opportunities to gain hands-on experience including paid EA work and volunteering.
Be inspired by our innovative lecturers who are focused on preparing you for success.
Enhance your career-readiness through completing an action research project in your final year, relating to your chosen specialisation.
Close partnerships with primary schools that offer additional opportunities for further learning and connections with practising teachers.
Course structure
In your first three years, you will complete units that familiarise you with all of the learning areas of the primary school curriculum, as well as developmental and learning theory that enables you to design effective learning programs.
You’ll learn to
Teach and manage a classroom with up to 100 days professional placement in schools.
Design programs of learning for primary school children linked with the Australian and Western Australian curriculum.
Utilise a range of resources, including educational technologies, to enhance teaching and engage students in learning.
Career opportunities
Teaching in government and non-government schools in WA and Australia.
It’s a portable qualification that can be used for teaching positions overseas. Additional opportunities in a range of education-related industries.
Job titles
Primary school teacher
Educational administrator
Community educator
Education publications writer
Professional tutor
Further study opportunities
Further your professional development and learning with one of the following courses:
Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
Master of Education (with specialisations in mental health and emotional wellbeing; educational leadership; learning and teaching)
Graduate Certificate in Educational Research
Doctor of Education (EdD) or PhD
REQUIREMENTS
Entry requirements may vary from country to country. Students are required to complete an international academic qualification equivalent to Australian High School (or equivalent).
English language requirements:
IELTS (academic): Overall minimum score of 6.5, no band lower than 6.0
TOEFL Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): an overall score of 82 or above with a minimum score of 22 in writing, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 20 in listening
Pearsons Test of English (PTE) (academic): An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 59 in the speaking and writing sections, and no less than 54 in the other sections
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a proud member of the Group of Eight and is the only university in Western Australia to be ranked in the world top 100 universities (QS World University Rankings 2023).UWA’s main campus is located in Perth, Western Australia and is home to more than 23,000 students. Perth is Australia’s fourth-largest city with over two million people from a variety of cultures worldwide, a strong economy and vibrant lifestyle. Perth is one of the country’s most affordable cities, the closest major Australian city to Asia, and in the same time zone as most of Asia.
