Information valid for students commencing in 2019.
Bachelor of Education (Primary)
Handbook year | 2019 |
Course code | 109310 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Professional accreditation status | This course is nationally accredited through the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) in association with the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT). Graduates of this course are eligible for Teacher registration in Australia. |
Division | Tropical Environments and Societies |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English, Mathematics A or B or C and Authority Science |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of an overall score of 6.5 in Academic IELTS (or equivalent) with sub-scores no less than 7.0 in Speaking and Listening and no less than 6.0 in Reading and Writing. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. English test results must be no more than two years old at the commencement of the course. Further information is available on the website. |
Additional selection requirements | All applicants for initial teacher education courses must satisfy both academic and non-academic entry criteria. Applicants’ non-academic capabilities will be assessed by way of an instrument applied by QTAC and developed in consultation with the Australian Council of Deans of Education. Students must meet English language proficiency requirements for teacher registration in Australia, either on entry to or on graduation from the program. |
Special admission requirements | Applicants wishing to enter the Remote Area Teacher Education Program (RATEP) must nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Proof of identity documentation is required. Applicants must be located near RATEP sites in Queensland. RATEP students must select the English/Literacy specialisation. |
Post admission | Professional Practice: This course includes prescribed professional placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students Suitability to Work with Children Card (Blue Card): This course includes prescribed professional placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. Students are required to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card (which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland Police) before the start of the first placement. Students must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course. For more information, refer to: English Proficiency: Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds are advised that the Queensland College of Teachers requires graduating teachers to provide evidence of meeting the following English language requirements prior to graduation:
The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. Students are advised that the Queensland College of Teachers requires graduating teachers to provide evidence of meeting the English language requirements as stated above prior to graduation. Further information is available on the website. |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 96 credit points as per course structure |
Additional completion requirements | All students must sit and meet the standard of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) prior to graduation. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. Refer to All students must successfully complete a final-year teaching performance assessment (Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment [GTPA]) embedded in a subject and a professional placement of no less than four weeks in the final year of the degree, prior to graduation that is shown to: a) be a reflection of classroom teaching practice including the elements of planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting; b) clearly assess the content of the Graduate Teacher Standards; and c) demonstrate an understanding of moderation processes that support consistent decision-making against achievement criteria. The GTPA is built into course requirements and assessments. All students must possess dispositional attributes deemed suitable for the profession of teaching. |
Course learning outcomes | On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Primary), graduates will be able to:
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Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
ED1401:03 Education Perspectives and Practice
ED1411:03 Science and Sustainability in Education
ED1421:03 Foundations of Language and Literacy in Education
ED1441:03 Technologies for Primary School
ED1442:03 Arts Education for Primary School
ED1481:03 Educational Psychology: Learners and Learning
ED1492:03 Teaching Mathematics and Numeracy in Primary and Early Childhood Settings
Level 2
ED2190:03 Health and Physical Education for Primary School
ED2193:03 Mathematics Education for Primary School
ED2194:03 English Education for Primary School
ED2195:03 Science Education for Primary School
ED2196:03 Humanities and Social Sciences for Primary School
ED2491:03 Planning for Engaging Learning
ED2991:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Level 3
ED3197:06 Improving Student Learning and Professional Practice: Using data and evidence (Primary)
ED3441:03 Technologies Across the Curriculum
ED3442:03 Inclusive Education: Differentiated Learning for Students with Special Needs and Abilities
ED3443:03 English as an Additional Language/Dialect for Indigenous Learners
ED3095:03 Advanced English Education Primary
ED3497:03 Advanced Mathematics Education
Level 4
ED4460:03 Service Learning or ED4493:03 Advanced Studies in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing (Students in the HPE specialisation must take ED4493 as an alternative to ED4460. This alternative core subject is only available for students completing the HPE specialisation)
ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures
ED4488:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A
ED4490:06 Fourth Year Professional Experience B
ED4621:03 Leading Wellbeing and Sustainability in Learning Communities
ED4623:03 Teachers as Ethical and Collaborative Change Agents
ED4995:03 Education Across Culturally Diverse Contexts
OPTIONS
Select one of the following specialisations:
English/Literacy (RATEP students must select this specialisation)
CU1010:03 Effective Writing
ED4306:03 Students with Reading Difficulties
EL2047:03 Children's Literature
Mathematics/Numeracy
MA1020:03 Preparatory Mathematics or CP1401:03 Fundamentals of Problem Solving and Programming I (students who have completed Maths B or equivalent with a High Achievement or better MUST select CP1401)
MA1580:03 Foundations of Data Science
ED3098:03 Specialist Primary Mathematics Curriculum
Science
EA1110:03 Evolution of the Earth
CH1020:03 Preparatory Chemistry or BS1001:03 Introduction to Biological Processes or BZ1005:03 Introductory Ecology (students who have completed high school Chemistry or equivalent with a High Achievement or better MUST select either BS1001 or BZ1005)
ED3196:03 Science in Context for Primary Science Specialists
Technologies
CP1401:03 Fundamentals of Problem Solving and Programming I
CP1403:03 Design Thinking
CP1402:03 Internet Fundamentals
Health and Physical Education (Townsville only)
HM1061:03 Foundations of Movement and Physical Activity
HM2063:03 Education for Health and Wellbeing
HM3061:03 Advanced Teaching in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing 1
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Cairns | Health and Physical Education specialisation is not available in Cairns |
Distance Ed (Townsville) | Available to RATEP students only (Limited Attendance Mode– administered through Townsville) |
Townsville | |
External | This course is delivered online with the exception of professional experience placement in Australian Educational Institutions as required for professional accreditation. Students will select from either the Maths/Numeracy or the English/Literacy Specialisations Not available to International Students Only available for students wishing to study part time in up to 6 carousel study periods per year Credit is not currently available for this offering |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time *External students studying in continuous carousel delivery will complete in 5.3 years. |
Maximum time to complete | 11 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 3 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | This course includes prescribed professional placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students. To undertake the final Professional Experience and Co-requisite subjects, students must have completed 72 credit points of level 1, 2 and 3 subjects in this course. |
Special assessment requirements | Suitability to Work with Children Care (Blue Card): This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. Students are required to obtain a Suitability to work with Children Card (which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland police) before the start of the first placement. Students must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course. For more information, refer to: Education Blue Card Students who do not complete the required number of days of a professional experience subject or a professional component of a subject, without the approval of the Director of Professional Experience, will be determined to have failed the subject. |
Professional accreditation requirements | Successful completion of all subjects contributes to the requirements for the Queensland College of Teachers Graduate level of the Australian Professional Standards (APST). Please also see `Additional Completion requirements’ in reference to the GTPA. |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Students may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit and Articulation policy and associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 63 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 21 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | Students may seek approval to do concurrent studies at another university in approved disciplines not offered at this university. Students normally will be granted a maximum of 15 credit points of advanced standing for these studies. The maximum advanced standing allowable for professional development courses within the degree is three credit points except where one course is judged to be larger in size than one Division subject. Advanced standing may be granted for professional development courses smaller than a Division subject. However, no credit will be given for courses smaller than two credit points, or equivalent. Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) may apply where a teacher education student can clearly demonstrate outcomes relevant to a specific professional experience component of a Bachelor of Education program. If these outcomes can be demonstrated, the pre-service teacher will be granted advanced standing for a part of the requisite days of the professional experience requirement. Demonstration of attainment of outcomes may be in the form of professional experience reports from other institutions and/or statements of teaching or related service. |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY) |
Approved abbreviation | BEd(Primary) |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not Applicable – this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 72 credit points of study and appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Bachelor of Educational Services. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |