Bachelor of Education (Primary)

The Bachelor of Education (Primary) qualifies graduates to teach in Tasmanian primary schools and, with mutual recognition, in other Australian states, and it's shaped in part by Tasmania's specific education challenges: the state has historically had lower rates of Year 12 completion and adult literacy than the national average, and the university's teacher education faculty has built a reputation around place-based and community-engaged approaches to literacy and numeracy teaching as a direct response to that local context, rather than importing a generic national curriculum framework unchanged.

The degree includes substantial supervised professional experience placements in schools across the state, satisfying the practicum requirements set by the Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania and the national Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership standards, and students move through progressively more independent teaching placements from first observation-based rounds to a final extended internship.

Graduates are registered to teach in Tasmanian government and independent primary schools, with the state's own persistent teacher shortages in regional and rural areas meaning local graduates are often recruited directly out of their final placement school.