APPLICANT LOGIN | STUDENT LOGIN | ALUMNI ABOUT COURSES SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BLENDED LEARNING REQUEST INFORMATION RESEARCH MEET US BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (HONS) IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION NEXT START DATE: AUTUMN 2022 COURSE INFORMATION REQUEST FIRST NAME* LAST NAME* EMAIL* PHONE* RELEVANT LEVEL OF QUALIFICATION* Select Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9 None NAME OF QUALIFICATION* COUNTY* SELECT COUNTY Antrim Armagh Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Derry Donegal Down Dublin Fermanagh Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Tyrone Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow Other START TERM* DESIRED START Autumn 2022 Autumn 2023 Autumn 2024 Future By continuing you agree to be contacted by Hibernia College. OVERVIEW PROGRAMME DETAILS REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSIONS FAQS BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (HONS) IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The Bachelor of Education (Honours) Degree in Early Childhood Education aims to provide the early childhood sector with holistic, highly competent, and research engaged practitioners. This 4-year programme, is a 240-credit award at Level 8. It is a blended learning programme where students will engage in a variety of face-to-face and online engagements. Course content includes videos, presentations, audio, reflective activities, quiz questions, collaborative activities and directed reading. Assessments enable students to demonstrate learning through innovative ways. They include for example photo-presentations, short videos, blogs, short questions, setting observations and reflective writing tasks. VIEW SAMPLE COURSE CONTENT In addition, through Professional Practice Placement and the provision of a well-structured mentoring Professional Support Team (PST), students will engage across the four years of the programme in multiple opportunities to act and reflect on their emerging understanding of knowledge, practice and values and critically examine their commitment to quality in diverse situations. This degree programme is distinctive as it offers the current Early Learning and Care (ELC) workforce a flexible professional development opportunity that is innovative, creative and focused on career progression. Graduates of the programme will have engaged in special education, inclusion and diversity in early intervention and early education, and research methods to enhance research-informed practice across all four stages of the programme. The programme satisfies the aims outlined in the Department of Education and Skills (2019) Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines for Initial Professional Education (Level 7 and Level 8) Degree Programmes for Early Learning and Care (ELC) Sector in Ireland and the Government of Ireland (2019) Update Workforce Development Plan for the ELC/SAC Sector. On successful completion of the programme, graduates will obtain a Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education. DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME BROCHURE COURSE CONTENT We have specifically developed the programme content with you, the learner, in mind. Therefore, the content is structured into three units of learning, each taking approximately one hour to work through. Within each unit of learning, the content is further broken down into smaller, more manageable, bite-sized elements. These elements are presented in a variety of formats to make them as engaging and interactive as possible for the learner. These include videos, presentations, audio, reflective activities, quiz questions, collaborative activities, directed reading and so on. Because of the variety of learning activities and the structure of the content, you can easily access and study your content anywhere on your mobile or laptop. This will allow you to organise your study around your working day. There are plenty of opportunities for reflection throughout this programme. For example, regularly through the content you will be asked to ‘think about’ how a concept being discussed is relevant to you in your everyday practice. You will be invited to add your ideas and experiences too, we have built a structure into the content to enable you to make contributions to the programme. Assessments are realistic to your practice and will enable you to demonstrate your learning through innovative ways. Assessments include for example photo-presentations, short videos, blogs, short questions, setting observations and reflective writing tasks. Hibernia College Block B, The Merrion Centre, Merrion Road, Dublin 4. Phone: +353 (0)1 661 0168 info@hiberniacollege.net Connect with us CONTACT PRIVACY POLICY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY GAEILGE TESTIMONIALS CAREERS NEWS © 2021 Hibernia College. All rights Reserved. Hibernia College is a private unlimited company registered in Ireland under number 328066 with its registered office at Block B, The Merrion Centre, Merrion Road, Dublin 4. Hibernia College, Coláiste Hibernia and the Hibernia College crest are trademarks of Hibernia College.