About Bachelor Of Arts (honours) Early Childhood Education & Care in Institute of Technology Carlow

Children learn and grow when provided with experiences that enable them to feel confident about their place in the world. Students of this course become professional early years educators and develop their knowledge, skills and experience in a range of areas such as children’s play, creative studies, child development, pedagogy, special needs and social policy.

A supervised work placement in a variety of settings enables students to integrate theory into practice. As supervised work placement brings students into direct contact with children and/or vulnerable adults, offers for the course are conditional and may be withdrawn subject to Garda vetting.

The design and content of the course enables students to become professional, reflective practitioners with an integrated approach to early childhood education and care.

Special Features:

• Innovative practice-led course where students learn how to combine theory and practice and to develop as reflective practitioners.

• Active learning environment achieved through lectures, seminars, workshops, enquiry-based learning with children’s learning materials.
• Supervised placements in a variety of early years settings is a key element of the course allowing students to learn from practice as well as theory.

What will I be able to do when I finish the course?

Graduates have the skills to manage and operate at the level of experienced
practitioner according to the Model Framework for Education, Training and Professional Development for the early childhood education and care sector. Graduates are able to work with, or on behalf of young people in a range of settings as managers, directors, coordinators or leaders such as: pre-schools; crèches; special needs services; family support centres and community services in the statutory, voluntary, community, private sectors, government agencies and public agencies.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Completion of All India or State Board HSC (XII): 60% or higher in relevant subjects.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: 5.5 IELTS(minimum of 5.0 IELTS in each component)
• TOEFL: iBT 70 , CBT 213 , PBT 550
• PTE: 50 - 57