Bachelor of Education (Primary)

University of Tasmania (UTAS)

The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is a pre-service teaching degree that prepares you for roles in Primary teaching, from Prep through to Grade 6.

Throughout your degree, you will study core theoretical aspects and evidence-based practice. You will also investigate childhood development and behaviour, and study the various subjects you will be teaching. You’ll focus on literacy learning, including speaking, listening, reading and writing, while also studying other subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, Art and Music, and Health and Physical Education.

This will give you the opportunity to apply the theoretical and practical skills that you have learnt in a safe and supportive environment.

The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is available online across Australia, and on-campus from the Launceston and Cradle Coast campuses.

Course objectives

Designed in collaboration with professional partners, the Bachelor of Education (Primary) is informed by core theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice in teaching and learning. It is underpinned by a strong research-practice nexus and is guided by our Faculty’s commitment to social justice as a core value for the work educators do.

This degree provides a professional nationally-accredited qualification for teaching Primary school students from Prep – Year 6, preparing graduates for recruitment in local, interstate and international educational systems.

By experiencing a curriculum that embeds indigenous worldviews, education for sustainability, and health and wellbeing across discipline-specific and professional subject areas, our students come to recognise that relationships with self, others, cultures and place are critical to teaching and learning with children. We integrate a foundational understanding that the past experiences and present circumstances of children contribute to their capacity for learning. Our aim is to foster inclusive education practitioners with specific capacities to work with complex communities characterised by geographical isolation, social inequality, and a high incidence of trauma.

By working with partners to provide accredited work-integrated learning opportunities in Tasmania and beyond, we guide and mentor our students to embark on personally and professionally fulfilling learning pathways of their own as they develop:

An empathic, critically reflective and global perspective; Curricular and pedagogical competence; A collaborative and contextual approach; The capacity to work effectively in highly diverse contexts; The capacity to be creative and resilient practitioners, and lifelong learners themselves.

Learning Outcomes

1 Demonstrate the ethical, inclusive and professional values of primary education, throughout all aspects of teaching preparation and practice.
2 Plan and implement high quality, inclusive learning experiences, which recognise diverse primary education perspectives and contexts, supported by well-developed pedagogical knowledge and reasoning.
3 Analyse and evaluate primary teaching practice and apply theory and research incorporating indigenous and global perspectives, to inform further learning.
4 Communicate effectively using a range of modes and technologies in primary education contexts.
5 Demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional learning, sustainability, and community and family partnerships, through constructive feedback, critical reflection, and collaboration

Career outcomes: Graduates of this course have met the expected standard of performance for the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) set by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership and will meet the qualification required to apply for teacher registration in all states and territories of Australia. Our graduates work with students from Prep to Grade 6, throughout Australia and overseas.