Want to equip the next generation with the emotional intelligence, social and critical-thinking skills to flourish? Study the Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education and discover how to help young children learn important concepts like empathy and self-confidence through play.
Ready to start a meaningful career, shaping tomorrow’s leaders?
Whether your background is in education or you’re looking to make a meaningful career change, this course will equip you with the knowledge to work across diverse early childhood settings. Our nationally recognised academics will guide you towards specialised teaching using a play-based approach so you can:
Create safe and inclusive learning environments
Practice Social justice, diversity and equity
Develop numeracy and literacy in young learners
Support arts and STEM creativity in a child’s life
Be a leader for educational change
In addition, you will put your academic knowledge into practice with over 60-days of professional experience placements. The course is designed to blend your classroom experience with your academic learning, culminating in a final hurdle task, the Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment, that ensures you graduate with the experience and rigour you will need to enter the teaching profession with confidence.
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Career outcomes
As an early childhood education graduate, you could go on to secure teaching roles within early childhood settings across the private, independent, or public education sectors. You could also find employment in a range of other education-adjacent fields, including in early years service management, policy, consultancy, NGOs, research community and government organisations.
Entry requirements
To be considered for admission to this degree you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of a bachelor degree or higher in a different discipline
completion of a bachelor degree or higher in primary or secondary teaching
To meet the English language proficiency requirements of this course, you will need to demonstrate at least one of the following:
IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 7.0 (with no individual band less than 7.0) speaking and listening 7.5
PTE Academic: minimum score of 65 (with no communication band less than 65) speaking and listening 73
English-speaking education:
completion of a bachelor or master degree in a recognised English-speaking country or completion of DUELI English for Teaching program, with a WAM of 60
Fees and scholarships
Estimated tuition fee - full-fee paying place
$36,000 for 1 yr full-time AUD
A Deakin scholarship could help you pay for your course fees, living costs and study materials. If you've got something special to offer Deakin - or maybe you just need a bit of extra support - we've got a scholarship opportunity for you.
