StudyQA — Bachelor: Education — Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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Description Contents Requirements

Make an impact on the lives of others with a globally-recognised qualification that is always in demand.

RMIT offers a variety of teaching degrees that allow you to work in the field of education that appeals to you most.

Specialised streams

BP046PBU – Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) - Bundoora

BP046PBR – Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) - Brunswick

Our program prepares primary teachers for the demands of twenty-first century learning and teaching.

Our elective courses allow you to broaden your understanding in a range of areas, including teaching languages, indigenous studies, sustainability in schools and coaching children’s sport.

BP046PEC – Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood Education) - Bundoora

This specialised degree provides a professional qualification that allows you to work in a \ range of primary and early childhood education settings locally and internationally.

BP046PDS – Bachelor of Education (Primary Education and Disability Studies) - Bundoora

This specialised degree provides a professional qualification in both primary education and disability studies. You’ll be prepared to teach learners with special needs in either special or mainstream schools.

What you will gain through this program

Studying Education at RMIT, you’ll gain the necessary skills needed to become a dynamic teacher and to inspire the next generation.

Our professional experience placements are offered within a variety of educational settings, so you can spend time in diverse classrooms to get a head start in your career.

Why study a Bachelor of Education at RMIT?

By choosing RMIT, you’ll be studying at an institution that has over 50 years of experience and a reputation for excellence in the area of teacher education.

Our programs combine hands-on experiences with leading research to expose you to rich and engaging tasks linked directly to the teaching profession. м

RMIT is renowned for teacher education and it's how we link theory with practice that makes us different.

You will acquire in-depth knowledge of learning, teaching, curriculum and assessment in the education sector.

Core courses cover essential learnings and content knowledge for literacy, numeracy, science and technology, health and physical education, the arts and humanities.

Elective courses allow you to broaden your understanding in areas such as teaching languages, indigenous studies, sustainability in schools and coaching children’s sport.

You’ll learn to demonstrate creativity, critical thinking and innovation when identifying and solving problems in diverse educational contexts, including the application of communication technology to support your teaching practice.

You’ll work with others in a range of roles and contexts, demonstrating cultural, environmental and social awareness and ethical and reflective practice.

You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent senior secondary school qualification).

Prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; and a study score of at least 20 in any Mathematics.

Selection tasks

You must submit a personal statement addressing:

your reasons for wanting to study this course
your motivation to teach
your strong interpersonal and communication skills
your willingness to learn
your resilience, self-efficacy and conscientiousness
your organisational and planning skills.

Working with children check

Applicants will be required to hold a valid Working with Children (WWC). Check prior to undertaking professional placements as part of this course.

Literacy and Numeracy Test

Enrolled students are required to complete the Literacy and Numeracy test in their first year of study.

Students are allowed a maximum of three attempts and the test must be passed by the end of the second year of enrolment in order to graduate from the program. Students who do not pass the test will have access to counselling and support services.

The literacy and numeracy test costs $185 (per attempt) and is mandated by the Federal Government and will be administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

Can I complete this program?

In order to complete this program, students are required to meet the inherent requirements.

About inherent requirements

This information is provided to inform you about:

the types of activities which you may reasonably expect to undertake throughout your program
and
the non-academic abilities you may need for these activities.

The description of inherent requirements below will help you to:

understand more about each program
determine if you may need support during your program
make an informed decision about the suitability of various programs

If there are any activities outlined which may be difficult for you to undertake, please discuss this with your program co-ordinator, program manager or the Disability Liaison Unit.

RMIT is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion. We support students with a disability, long term illness and/or mental health condition by making reasonable adjustments to our teaching and learning, assessment, professional experience and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement activities to enable students to participate fully.

In order to receive adjustments, you need to register with the Disability Liaison Unit (DLU).