Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood and Primary La Trobe University - Albury-Wodonga Campus, Australia

Get the skills, experience and confidence you need to make a real impact as a qualified teacher from your first day with La Trobe's accredited Bachelor of Education.

Offered at every campus in Victoria, our flexible degree lets you explore your options before deciding what you'll teach – early childhood and primary, primary, or secondary – at the end of your first year. You'll learn how to manage classrooms, design class plans and guide students by spending at least 80 days in schools and education centres across metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria.

By studying La Trobe's Bachelor of Education, you will:

• Build your skillset in digital learning, learning contexts, literacy and numeracy, student development and classroom readiness
• Learn how to design learning environments that meets the needs of a wide range of students inclusive of race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic and Indigenous status
• Explore the most up-to-date and proven approaches to teaching, then put it into practice with placements embedded into the degree
• Benefit from a supportive learning environment where you'll be mentored by teaching staff and learn from leading researchers who are changing the way people learn to read
• Graduate with an accredited degree and the in-demand skills you need to launch your teaching career.

Major: Early Childhood and Primary

Pursue your passion for nurturing our youngest hearts and minds.

Learn how to provide meaningful education for newborns, right through to children aged twelve, with a focus on children up to eight years old. Gain an in-depth understanding of child psychology and how children learn. Get experience teaching younger children how to read and write and how to observe and navigate the world around them. Learn how to engage with a diverse range of learners, how to plan and provide lessons and how to assess your students. Then, apply your learning with supervised placements in early childhood and primary school settings.