Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education

Programme Director: Dr PANG, Vanessa H K 

The Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education (BEd (Hons) in ECE) programme aims at developing the professional knowledge and skills of secondary leavers who are interested to develop their careers in early childhood education and childcare services as well as enhancing the professional growth and competence of those working in the early childhood settings.

To align with the government’s initiative in upgrading the academic qualification of early childhood educare practitioners, graduates of the programme will be trained to become self-reliant early childhood professionals equipped with in-depth knowledge, lifelong learning skills, and commitment to their profession, with the ability to facilitate learning in a constantly changing world and to promote high quality and innovative education and care for young children in the local early childhood education settings.

Mode of Study

Face-to-face mode will mainly be adopted to cater for the needs of the students and to encourage interaction between lecturers and students. The process of re-thinking teaching beliefs and behaviour will further be facilitated through peer interaction as well as the stimulus which comes from a challenging classroom learning environment.

In addition, practical sessions will be provided for students to apply the theoretical concepts acquired.

Assessment

Students are expected to complete all the requirements of the programme before being awarded the BEd (Hons) in ECE degree. The grading will be in accordance with the Hong Kong Baptist University’s Grade Point Average (GPA) ruling.   Assessment in each course will vary but will be continuous with a mixture of assignments, practical work, research and examinations.

Programme Structure

The programme consists of 128 units with 13 units under the university core domain, 18 units under the general education domain, 64 units under the major domain and 33 units under the elective domain. The programme consists of all the essential Certificate in Early Childhood Education (C(ECE)) components and graduates will thereby become qualified for registration as teachers serving in kindergartens and kindergarten-cum-child care centres. They will also meet one of the requirements for registration as kindergarten principals. Furthermore, the programme is recognised by the Social Welfare Department for registration as Child Care Workers (CCW) and Child Care Supervisors (CCS). Graduates who have successfully completed the stipulated specialised courses will be recognised by the Social Welfare Department as having covered the training areas of the One Year In-Service Course in Special Child Care Work (SCCW) for special child care workers.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I) Professional Studies Courses 18 units
II) Curriculum in Early Childhood Education Courses 21 units
III) University Core Courses 13 units
IV) General Education Courses 18 units
V) Elective Courses 33 units
VI) Practicum Courses 14 units
VII) Specialised Courses 6 units
VIII) Honours Project 5 units
    128 units

Requirements

I. Professional Studies Courses 18 units
  HECE1010 Child Development: An Overview 3 units
  HECE1020 Health, Nutrition and Safety for Young Children 3 units
  HECE2030 Observation and Assessment of Young Children 3 units
  HECE3015 Administration and Management for Early Childhood Services 3 units
  HECE3025 Parent Education 3 units
  BECE4010 Research Methods 3 units
     
II. Curriculum in Early Childhood Education Courses 21 units
  HECE2110 Mathematics for Young Children 3 units
  HECE2120 Music and Physical Fitness for Young Children 3 units
  HECE2130 Creative Drama and Visual Arts for Young Children 3 units
  HECE2140 Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood 3 units
  HECE2150 Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood Education: Play 3 units
  HECE2160 Science and Technology for Young Children 3 units
  HECE3110 Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Education: Design, Evaluation and Innovation 3 units
     
III. University Core Courses 13 units
     
IV. General Education Courses 18 units
   
 V. Elective Courses  33 units
  Students will be required to take 33 units from the following courses:
  BECE3510 Appreciation and Writing of Children’s Literature  3 units
  BECE3530 Early Childhood Education Practices: A Sociological Perspective  3 units
  BECE3540 Introduction to Art Therapy  3 units
  BECE3550 Introduction to Play Therapy  3 units
  BECE3560 Issues in Early Childhood Education  3 units
  BECE3570 Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood Education: Learning and Motivation  3 units
  EECE2820 Developing Leadership and Management Skills 3 units
  EECE2880 Understanding Civic and National Education 3 units
  EECE2890 Appreciation of Music 3 units
  EECE3520 Child Development: Self and Society 3 units
  EECE3590 Young Children’s Literature and Literacy Development 3 units
  EECE3600 Elementary Putonghua for Early Childhood Educators 3 units
  EECE4510 Advanced Putonghua for Early Childhood Educators 3 units
  EECE4525 Early Intervention for Children with Diverse Needs I 3 units
  EECE4530 English Linguistics for Early Childhood Educators 3 units
  EECE4540 Expressive Arts: Music and Movement 3 units
  EECE4550 Introduction to Counselling Theory and Skills 3 units
     
VI. Practicum Courses 14 units
  HECE1511 Field Practice I 3 units
  HECE2511 Field Practice II 3 units
  BECE3511 Field Practice III 4 units
  BECE4511 Field Practice IV 4 units
     
VII. Specialised Courses 6 units
  Students are required to select one of the following specialised streams (A, B, C, D or E) and each of them comprises two courses:
  Stream A
  BECE4310 Early English Learning I  3 units
  BECE4320 Early English Learning II  3 units
   
  Stream B
  BECE4330 Early Intervention for Children with Diverse Needs II  3 units
  BECE4340 Early Intervention for Children with Diverse Needs III  3 units
   
  Stream C
  BECE4350 Expressive Arts: Creative Drama  3 units
  BECE4360 Expressive Arts: Visual Arts  3 units
   
  Stream D
  BECE4370 Management and Intervention of Young Children’s Behavioural Difficulties  3 units
  BECE4380 Counselling and Guidance in Early Childhood Education  3 units
   
  Stream E
  BECE4390 Pedagogy of Putonghua Teaching in Early Childhood Education I  3 units
  BECE4400 Pedagogy of Putonghua Teaching in Early Childhood Education II  3 units
     
VIII. Honours Projects 5 units
  BECE4451 Honours Project  5 units
     128 units
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