LadyArtemis
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Hello everyone 
I would love to become a teacher and work with young children. I have been researching universities and the education/teaching degrees they offer and I'm also considering Macquarie University amongst my options.
I have read on Macquarie University's website that they offer a degree called:"Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (Birth to 12)" which enables you to teach in long day care, preschool and primary school settings. I think this is a great option for someone like me and I'm happy to have found it. I have several questions about it:
1. Will this degree still be available/on offer in 2015 and beyond?
2. In terms of practice teaching: what year and semester would it start in? How long would it last? How often would it happen? Would it occur in both preschool settings and primary school settings? Also, I have heard that compared to other universities, Macquarie starts their practicums later on in the degree. Do you think that this is beneficial or detrimental?
3. Does this degree offer further specialisation in the education field, such as: special education, TESOL or Aboriginal education? I mean this within the same degree, the Bachelor degree, not as a Master's or a different degree. If yes, in what year can you start, for how long does it last and how many can you choose, just one or more? Would there be any practice teaching in the areas of special education, TESOL and Aboriginal education?
4. Does this degree offer you the possibility to further specialise, such as in a foreign language? For example, besides being a primary school teacher and an early childhood teacher, I would greatly love to continue studying French and specialise in it so I can be able to teach it if the opportunity will ever arise.
5. In terms of how well prepared I would be, do you think that this combined degree will prepare me just as well as a simple degree would? I mean, I would be studying for 4 years both early childhood and primary education, whilst someone else will spend the same amount of time studying just one of the two, so given that, would/could I still be just as well-prepared? Would this also impact negatively on my chances of finding full-time employment or it would not affect it at all?
6. In terms of prestige and fame, I have read and heard that the University of Sydney is more prestigious and famous than Macquarie University and many people seem to recommend University of Sydney for any education degrees; would these aspects have any serious impact on future full-time employment prospects?
Any advice and answers would be greatly appreciated! Also, if you have any extra information or advice you could share about any of the above, please do not hesitate to do so! Thank you for your time
I would love to become a teacher and work with young children. I have been researching universities and the education/teaching degrees they offer and I'm also considering Macquarie University amongst my options.
I have read on Macquarie University's website that they offer a degree called:"Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (Birth to 12)" which enables you to teach in long day care, preschool and primary school settings. I think this is a great option for someone like me and I'm happy to have found it. I have several questions about it:
1. Will this degree still be available/on offer in 2015 and beyond?
2. In terms of practice teaching: what year and semester would it start in? How long would it last? How often would it happen? Would it occur in both preschool settings and primary school settings? Also, I have heard that compared to other universities, Macquarie starts their practicums later on in the degree. Do you think that this is beneficial or detrimental?
3. Does this degree offer further specialisation in the education field, such as: special education, TESOL or Aboriginal education? I mean this within the same degree, the Bachelor degree, not as a Master's or a different degree. If yes, in what year can you start, for how long does it last and how many can you choose, just one or more? Would there be any practice teaching in the areas of special education, TESOL and Aboriginal education?
4. Does this degree offer you the possibility to further specialise, such as in a foreign language? For example, besides being a primary school teacher and an early childhood teacher, I would greatly love to continue studying French and specialise in it so I can be able to teach it if the opportunity will ever arise.
5. In terms of how well prepared I would be, do you think that this combined degree will prepare me just as well as a simple degree would? I mean, I would be studying for 4 years both early childhood and primary education, whilst someone else will spend the same amount of time studying just one of the two, so given that, would/could I still be just as well-prepared? Would this also impact negatively on my chances of finding full-time employment or it would not affect it at all?
6. In terms of prestige and fame, I have read and heard that the University of Sydney is more prestigious and famous than Macquarie University and many people seem to recommend University of Sydney for any education degrees; would these aspects have any serious impact on future full-time employment prospects?
Any advice and answers would be greatly appreciated! Also, if you have any extra information or advice you could share about any of the above, please do not hesitate to do so! Thank you for your time