Bachelor of Education (Primary)

If you are passionate about teaching children and fostering an enthusiasm for lifelong learning, The University of Notre Dame Australia’s  Bachelor of Education (Primary) degree is the ideal choice for you. The four-year degree has flexible full-time or part-time study options available. Our degree will prepare you to teach primary-aged children in Catholic, Independent and Government Schools in Australia. Contact us today to be the future of education.

Why study this degree?

• If you want to share your knowledge and shape the minds of primary-aged children, we recommend the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Bachelor of Education (Primary) qualification. This nationally recognised four-year teaching degree combines educational theory and classroom learning with an essential practical component.
• When you study for a Bachelor of Education (Primary) degree at Notre Dame you will be inspired by our innovative approach to teaching and learning with the latest in learning technologies. Our degree will provide the academic skills you need to support, engage, and extend primary-aged children by integrating theory and practice.
• As part of your degree, you will choose one specialist subject area. So follow your passion and choose from Science, HASS, Special Needs, Drama, Service Learning and Social Justice, Mathematics, and English.
• You will complete 32 weeks of school-based professional teaching practice as an integral part of your degree. You will experience total immersion in a classroom environment and gain valuable insights into your chosen career. Get in touch today to find out more.
• Please note: Education students in WA must sit the national Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE). The test is administered externally by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). You must register and pay for the test.

Learning outcomes

• Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Primary) graduates will:
• Demonstrate the required knowledge of curriculum as prescribed in the WA Syllabus documents and the Australian Curriculum
• Employ effective practices for planning and implementing teaching and learning engagements for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities, and based on sound understandings of pedagogy that draw on research and theory
• Demonstrate learning gained from applying on-campus studies of research-based theory in multiple, varied and extended Professional Experience opportunities with accomplished teachers in a mentoring context in classrooms and schools
• Have established relevant and current understandings of child development for the physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and cultural domains that will enable accurate and useful planning, programming, and assessment of learning and for learning
• Utilise skills for engaging appropriately and effectively with parents and caregivers, as well as stakeholder professionals and external organisations, through the acquisition of a wide and varied repertoire of assessment, evaluation, reporting and communication strategies; and
• Exemplify dispositions of critical reflection for
• The continual improvement of teaching
• Commitment to ongoing learning to maintain and improve knowledge and skills
• Effective collaboration to engage with professional colleagues within and beyond the school
• Mindfulness of all aspects of children’s achievement and wellbeing within schools and school systems.