Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five) in Kelvin Grove Australia | Queensland University of Technology

Learn best practices in early childhood settings, focusing on play-based learning and the role teachers play in enriching and extending play and learning.
Develop your ability to support children’s agency in learning, promote child rights and strengthen child safety.
Gain insights into the diversity and evolving nature of contemporary childhoods, families, and communities and strategies to promote inclusive education.
Strengthen your knowledge of Indigenous Australian histories, cultures and perspectives, and how to create culturally safe and responsive learning environments.
Increase your personal and professional knowledge to teach children about social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Build your capability to support children living with the outcomes of complex trauma.
Consider the role of digital technologies in early childhood learning and teaching.
Explore professional responsibilities and engage in effective communication and collaboration with families and other child and family services.
Develop the ability to understand learners with complex profiles and plan curriculum adjustments for inclusive classrooms in early childhood contexts.
Pathways:
This degree also provides a pathway to further qualifications and career opportunities in education. Graduates from the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education who later wish to teach in schools may be eligible for entry into the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary programs).Real-world learning:
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five) requires a total of 81 days of professional experience. This is made up of:55 days professional experience, including 15 days working with young children from birth to 3 years, and at least 40 days working with children in a kindergarten setting; and,
26 days work integrated learning project
There is opportunity to complete one professional experience placement and all work integrated learning projects at your current place of employment, provided the setting meets agreed conditions to ensure the quality and integrity of supervised professional experience.Through these professional experience placements, you will connect theory, research and practice and expand your professional knowledge and skills to support and extend children's learning while also learning about the role of teachers as leaders in creating and sustaining effective environments for collaboration and teamwork. Our expert teaching staff will inspire you to push boundaries, be curious and innovate, learning dispositions that you will in turn foster in the children you teach.
Careers and outcomes:
On completion of this degree, students will be able to:teach in prior-to-school early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings, including kindergartenpreschool, long day care, and family day care
become an educational leader responsible for leading educational programs and practices in an ECEC setting
take on other service leadership roles such as director in an ECEC centre or coordinator in a family day care or outside school hours care service.
Professional recognition: Upon graduating from this course, you will hold a professional early childhood teacher qualification that is recognised nationally by the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA). This course will not lead to primary or secondary teacher registration. Students looking to attain accreditation to teach in primary schools may also consider the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) or Bachelor of Education (Primary) courses. Alternatively, graduates can apply for entry into the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) and Master of Teaching (Primary) programs.Possible careers:
Early childhood teacher
Early childhood specialist
Kindergarten teacher
Preschool teacher