fchaudari76 wrote:
Any Bachelor of Education (EC) will allow you to teach 0-8 so a 4 year qualification will allow that a 3 year qual will only let you do 0-5yrs
Hi,
I just wanted to say that although it is the case that the vast majority of four year qualifications cover 0-8,not
all of them do so it's important to double check before you enrol. The Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five Years) at Charles Sturt University, for example, is a four year qualification but it's 0-5 (they do have a three year Bachelor of Teaching exit point though so you could exit there and do a fourth year that covers primary teaching somewhere else if you wanted to).
I also studied at USQ briefly and my exam centre was in Melbourne where I live and had I continued I could have organised my own placements in Melbourne.
In terms of quality of teaching I know that Charles Sturt is very good and they are very supportive and committed to getting their students to succeed and be quality teachers when they graduate. I have heard from many sources that Monash is excellent (although I don't know whether there are requirements to attend classes) and I know that Swinburne have a new degree that covers 0-8 that has been/is being designed and delivered by some amazing educators (again, I don't know whether absolutely everything is online or not). I also agree that Macquarie has an excellent reputation but I have a feeling you may have to attend classes or residential schools.
Good luck with it!