Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education

Course overview

Duration
1 YEAR FULL-TIME
Scholarship
YES
Fee
A$36,000
Intake
MARCH

Overview

> 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.

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