Bachelor of Early Childhood Education – Birth to 5
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education – Birth to 5
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education Degree (BECE) is designed to provide graduate early childhood teachers with the knowledge, skills and understanding to provide a quality early childhood education and care to young children in Australia. The course is designed to support childhood teaching students in building a deep understanding…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education Degree (BECE) is designed to provide graduate early childhood teachers with the knowledge, skills and understanding to provide a quality early childhood education and care to young children in Australia.
The course is designed to support childhood teaching students in building a deep understanding of child development, early childhood contexts, educational issues, teaching theories and considerations for the diverse needs of children, five years old and under.
There is a vast opportunity in studying this early childhood education course either as an undergraduate or even for your professional development. A continuing shortage of well qualified staff in the early childhood sector in Australia makes it only more vital that we continue providing this course for students interested in educating the future. Graduates of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education degree will have a sound theoretical foundation of the fundamental knowledge and practical skills required of an early childhood educator with a particular focus on:
• agentic and play-based approaches to early childhood education (Broadhead, Howard and Wood 2010; Fleer 2013)
• using a range of effective, contemporary educational techniques and strategies to plan, deliver and assess effective learning for a complex and diverse range of children and family populations in a continually changing society
• creating a safe and challenging educational environment to facilitate learning and wellbeing
• key theorists and theoretical perspectives in the fields of education, in general and early childhood in particular
• demonstrating a sound knowledge of the professional behaviour and ethical conduct expected of an educator
• meeting the AQF level 7 criteria and ACECQA outcomes.
The Early Childhood Education course is particularly suited to:
Individuals seeking an undergraduate qualification to become an early childhood teacher in Australia and acquiring the experience to teach in early childcare institutions and schools.
Where this will take me
The Course is designed to meet the ACECQA standards and AQF level 7. As such, graduates of this 4 year degree will be equipped with comprehensive, coherent knowledge and skills of early childhood education as well as the ability to apply this experience in a range of early childhood teaching environments.
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants with recent secondary education are those whose admission is primarily based on the completion of year 12 within the last two years. This also includes applicants who may have completed their senior secondary studies with a TAFE or VET provider within the last two years and includes applicants whose secondary education was undertaken interstate or overseas.
Applicants with recent secondary education may be admitted to the Bachelor of Early Childhood (Birth to 5 years) if they have successfully attained the NSW Higher School Certificate or interstate or overseas equivalent and they meet the English Language Proficiency.
Overseas students applying for admission to Excelsia College courses must have reached the age of 18 years by the commencement of their studies. Excelsia College will not admit overseas students who have not yet reached 18 years of age.
English Language Proficiency – Minimum Score of IELTS 6.0 with no band less than 6.0; PTE Academic – 50 with no score less than 50
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1983, Excelsia College is one of Australia’s leading Christian higher education providers based in Macquarie Park. We are an innovative and creative community of people who are passionate about excelling and growing academically, professionally, personally and spiritually. We offer a variety of courses across business, counselling, creative and performing arts, education and social work. Our students and alumni embark on a journey of lifelong learning and leadership.Excelsia is a community where people excel, are inspired and challenged by our motto ‘Participare Lumen’ (Share the Light) to benefit our world as we share the light of Christ and benefit of higher education within the world. Our educators seek to walk alongside each student on their unique and individual learning journey. With smaller classroom settings, students get to know their classmates and lecturers better and become part of the community.Excelsia promotes and fosters quality in teaching and learning through the implementation of our vision, mission, and institutional values. We provide academic skills support and pastoral support in the form of Mission Engagement Coordinators as well as free counselling services to our students. We also run student-led events throughout the year coordinated by our Student Representative Council (SRC).In the 2022 QILT Student Experience Survey (SES), 83.1 per cent of undergraduate students had a positive overall experience, higher than the national average of 75.9 per cent. Excelsia College has also achieved great results in undergraduate skills development, rating at 88.9 per cent, and teaching quality, rating 88.6 per cent. We are proud to have over 58 nationalities represented at our College, including the Philippines, Singapore, Nepal and India. Over 80 per cent of our students speak a language other than English.Within many of our courses, students undertake practical training in the form of placement opportunities so they can go out as confident, innovative individuals prepared to make a difference in their selected field.CRICOS provider number: 02664KTEQSA provider ID: PRV12064
