A progressive course dedicated to producing future teachers ready to enter the primary education teaching profession. A key feature of this course is the range and number of professional practice experiences offered to pre-service teacher education students, ensuring they can make the essential connection between theory and practice, while building both professional and generic employability skills in real teaching environments. Partnerships between ECU and over 650 schools allow for pre-service teacher education students to gain experience in diverse settings, including public, private, city, or remote schools, working with children from differing economic, social, ethnic and educational circumstances. Another distinguishing feature of this course is the opportunity to complete a formal specialization in your Primary Education qualification. This enables you to obtain a deeper and broader level knowledge and understanding in a particular Learning Area at the graduate level, while maintaining your generalist knowledge. Units are also available in the degree that enables students to complete accreditation requirements to teach in Catholic schools. Course Learning Outcomes Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical Primary education situations. Communicate disciplinary (Primary education) knowledge and values in professional and public contexts. Demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge in the underlying philosophies, theories, principles and processes of learning including how they relate to practice and the role of teachers, from a global perspective. Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence. Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice. Demonstrate broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in primary education. Demonstrate knowledge of socio-cultural backgrounds, including Indigenous and their impact on students' learning needs Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Primary education specific solutions/responses. Think critically to analyze, interpret and conceptualize complex Primary education problems. Use digital technologies and literacies to access, evaluate and synthesize relevant information from multiple sources. Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values. Employment opportunities Successful completion of the course presents graduates with the expertise required to take up employment as outstanding teachers, equipped with the knowledge, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of young people and teach in a classroom of their own. Possible future job titles Primary School Teacher