博士山學院

Develop the knowledge and skills you need to be an effective early childhood teacher and leader with our early childhood education course. In our course, you'll learn how to demonstrate an exemplary standard of teaching, and how to be adaptable and highly proficient in critical and future thinking with a sound grasp of early childhood teaching and pedagogy.

Our early childhood education course is ideal for teachers who aspire to meet the needs of contemporary early childhood services. You’ll study philosophies, principles and practices of early childhood teaching, and how teaching and learning in discipline areas of language and literacy, mathematics, arts, science, and health and well-being are integrated across early childhood education play-based programs.

Taking our early childhood education course will assist you in further developing your leadership and management skills to lead programs across a range of early childhood service types and allow you to gain an in-depth knowledge of exemplary practice in early childhood service provision in areas such as:

• child development
• early childhood pedagogy and play
• child and family-centred practice
• legal and regulatory compliance requirements
• provision of inclusive environments
• early childhood leadership

You'll gain skills in research methods, professional practice, project management, and professional communication. You will also be required to register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching as an early childhood teacher after graduation, which will enable you to teach across a range of early childhood settings.

This course has national accreditation with the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) and is recognised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching for Early Childhood Teacher registration on graduation.

Pathways & Accreditation

Applicants who have already completed an approved Diploma in Children's Services or similar will be able to pathway into the course, provided they meet all entry requirements, and will receive six subjects credit.

After successful completion, you may be eligible to apply for entry into a Master's in Education at a university of your choice.

This course is accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the qualification is aligned with the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) level 7 and Box Hill Institute Graduate Attributes.

Career & Learning Outcomes

The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education provides you with an early childhood teaching qualification. On completion, you'll be required to register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching as an Early Childhood Teacher.

After successful completion, employment opportunities as a registered early childhood teacher are available at a variety of organisations, including, but not limited to:

• preschools
• kindergartens
• early learning centres
• long day care settings