This course provides a school and community partnership based approach to teacher education.

Partnerships between schools and the university provide the context in which you will learn the practice and theory of education.

Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching has a strong emphasis on mentoring and support for students and you will develop extensive knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning processes.

You will be qualified to teach in early childhood settings and gain recognition by Early Childhood Australia and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, the registration authorities for all early childhood services.

If applying via direct entry or submitting supplementary information with an Internal Course Application, please complete the Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching Supplementary Information Form

• Location:
  St Albans
• College:
  College of Education
• Study mode:
  Full Time and Part Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus
• Course code:
  AGTE
• Duration:
  1 year
• This information is for Australian residents.
  Click here for the international version of this course

How to apply

Employment as early childhood teachers and directors in a range of early childhood services and programs

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

Within the objectives of Victoria University, the Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching aims to:

• Develop teachers as active and reflective practitioners, equipped with the critical awareness, teaching competence, knowledge and attitudes to teach children in early childhood services and in the 21st century;
• Develop teachers' critical understanding of the changing nature of society (technological, economic, environmental and cultural) and its implications for education;
• Introduce teachers to a range of approaches for the education of children, enabling the development of personal teaching practices which are suitable for teaching in early childhood services in economically and culturally diverse communities;
• Develop in teachers insights into patterns of the cultural and political relations in which early childhood services are located, with particular reference to education in economically and culturally diverse communities;
• Graduate teachers with the commitment to develop their teaching further in their own interests, those of young people and those of the early childhood services and communities in which they teach;
• To provide the School of Education with a suite of preservice teacher education courses which will attract international students and enable them to have extended participation in Australian educational settings needed for them to satisfy teacher registration requirements;
• Enable graduates to complete the proposed Master of Teaching currently being developed by the School of Education.

The course is comprised of 8 units of study plus partnership placements (practicum) in a range of early childhood services

• Early Childhood Development, Learning and Teaching 1

  Unit code

  AEG5115

  Credits

  12

• Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy 1: the Sciences

  Unit code

  AEG5117

  Credits

  12

• Contemporary Issues, Social Contexts of Learning and Social Justice

  Unit code

  AEG5119

  Credits

  12

• Languages and Literacy in Early Childhood

  Unit code

  AEG5121

  Credits

  12

• Early Childhood Development, Learning and Teaching 2

  Unit code

  AEG5116

  Credits

  12

• Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy 2: the Arts

  Unit code

  AEG5118

  Credits

  12

• Professional Issues

  Unit code

  AEG5120

  Credits

  12

• Inclusive Practice in Education

  Unit code

  AEG5122

  Credits

  12

• International: To qualify for admission, applicants must have satisfactorily completed an undergraduate degree of three or more years' duration; or an equivalent qualification, as approved by the School. IELTS minimum 7.5 overall (Speaking & Listening 7.5, Reading & Writing 7.0) or equivalent.
• Mature: To qualify for admission, applicants must have satisfactorily completed an undergraduate degree of three or more years' duration; or an equivalent qualification, as approved by the School. Applicants with an undergraduate degree from a non-English speaking country will have to meet the English language requirements. IELTS minimum 7.5 overall (Speaking & Listening 7.5, Reading & Writing 7.0) or equivalent.