Course results for Curtin University Undergraduate Early childhood education Subjects

Gain an overview of human development from conception to early adolescence. Interpret aspects of development related to age—exploring how the interactions between the child, caregivers, home and school impact children's development.

Discover what the teaching profession means to you and reflect on how this might inform your teaching career. Measure your confidence in what you’ll be teaching. Maximise academic integrity, form your teaching identity, and build your portfolio.  

A final subject to demonstrate your attainment of skills, knowledge and attributes as an early childhood or primary professional. Via a 10-week placement, demonstrate you can plan for and teach children with diverse backgrounds, abilities and needs.

Understand the value of dance, drama and music in society alongside children’s developmental growth. Inquiry-based and praxis-led learning will encourage your creative thinking, self-expression, meaning-making and ability to convey ideas. 

Lay the foundations for meaningful interpretation and implementation of curriculum in the context of science and humantities. Seek answers to local and global social and environmental issues using various information and communication technologies.

Understand literacy and numeracy as dynamic and evolving concepts. Engage with the underlying need for student comprehension of these two key areas. Learn to support development of literacy and numeracy holistically through your teaching.

Get students thinking about careers in about integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (iSTEM). Understand how you can engage pupils through project-based learning. Get set for the classroom as you create and evaluate project plans.

Get practical with work placement and a digital portfolio. Prepare a sequenced teaching plan, bringing context, theory and needs together. Study health, safety and wellbeing maintenance for students.

Familiarise yourself with the principles, planning and delivery of arts education in early childhood settings. Develop arts literacy and capability through personal investment in visual and media arts praxis, reflection and appreciation.

Gain skills to teach STEM (the intersection of science, technology, engineering and mathematics) through digital storytelling. Use design thinking and consider how you might engage students on the same topic in your future.