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TEDN02 - Early Childhood Teaching (Undergraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Teacher Education
Area of Study: Teacher Education
Degrees: BEd (ECE) - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (UAC Preference 300407)
Offered By: ACES - Australian Centre for Educational Studies,
IEC - Institute of Early Childhood

General Requirements

Number of credit points required for the degree96
Minimum number of ECH, ECHH, ECHL, ECHP credit points required84
Maximum number of ECH, ECHH, ECHL, ECHP credit points required90
Minimum number of ECH, ECHH, ECHL, ECHP credit points required at 300 level or above27

Specific Requirements

100 level
Required ECH113 Curriculum Play in Early Childhood: Theory and Practice (3) 3
Required ECH120 Early Childhood Teachers as Researchers (3) 3
Required ECH126 Early Childhood in Australia: The Social Context (3) 3
Required ECH129 Young Children and the Arts 1 (4) 4
Required ECHP122 Early Childhood Reflective Practice 1 (3) 3
Required 6 cp from100 level units (ECHL units only or units offered by other Departments) 6
200 level
Required ECH214 Young Children's Language, Literature and Literacy (4) 4
Required ECH215 Young Children's Mathematics, Science and Technology (4) 4
Required ECH226 Infancy and Early Development (4) 4
Required ECH228 Child Development 3-8 Years: Approaches to Theory and Practice (4) 4
Required ECH229 Health in Early Childhood (3) 3
Required ECHP222 Early Childhood Reflective Practice 2 (3) 3
Required 6 cp from200 level units 6
300 level
Required ECH315 Early Childhood Management 1 (3) 3
Required ECH316 Early Childhood Management 2 (3) 3
Required ECH319 Young Children and the Arts 2 (3) 3
Required ECH320 Developmental Difference and Disability (4) 4
Required ECH326 Family and Communities in a Culturally Diverse Society (3) 3
Required ECHP323 Early Childhood Reflective Practice 3 (3) 3
Required ECHP324 Early Childhood Reflective Practice 4 (3) 3
400 level
Required ECH425 Early Childhood Management 3 (4) 4
Required ECHP422 Early Childhood Reflective Practice 5 (4) 4
Required 16 cp fromECH413 Issues in Early Childhood Mathematics, Science and Technology (4)
ECH416 Advanced Studies in Child Development: Implications for Practice (4)
ECH417 Leadership in Early Childhood: Social Policies and Social Systems (4)
ECH426 Creativity, Arts and Early Childhood (4)
ECH432 Issues in Early Childhood Developmental Literacy (4)
ECH440 Individual Educational Project (4)
ECH441 Early Education for Young Children with Disabilities (4)
ECH445 Family Centred Practice in Early Childhood Contexts (4)
ECHP423 Early Childhood Reflective Practice 6 (4)
ECHP444 Early Childhood Internship (8) 16
Electives
Balance of credit points required
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 96
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