Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Duration:
4 Years

Mode of Study:
Full-Time

Programme Coordinator:
Mr Ugyen Namdel

Programme Overview

The programme will prepare students with adequate content knowledge, pedagogical skills and assessment procedures that are comparable to international standards of primary school teachers. Students will be able to teach the primary curriculum in alignment with the 21st century skills and competencies effectively and competently in the country and beyond. Every module will address the current needs and practices of primary education.

Learning Outcomes & Skills

Upon completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
1. Use language and literacy skills for their personal and professional growth.
2. Apply ICT skills in teaching any subject from Pre-primary to class VI.
3. Apply critical thinking skills to justify their opinions and teach the same skills to their students.
4. Plan lessons using a wide range of pedagogies to teach any subject from Pre-primary to class VI.
5. Use theories of early childhood, creative arts, diversity, and special needs education to be responsive, sensitive, flexible and effective in teaching and learning processes.
6. Design a variety of effective and relevant teaching learning materials for any subject from Pre-primary to class VI.
7. Design appropriate, reliable and authentic assessment procedures for any subject from Pre-primary to class VI in a fair and constructive manner.
8. Reflect critically on their teaching processes to continually improve as a teacher.
9. Practice the right values and attitudes required of a primary school teacher.
10. Use lifelong learning skills to enhance their professional and personal skills.

Who the Programme Is For

Students will be employed in government schools by the Ministry of Education. However, some may opt to be self-employed or employed in private schools or in other countries.

Curriculum Structure

Year I ( Semester I )

Modules
  • DZG101(རྫོང་ཁ་བརྡ་དོན་སྤྲོད་ལེན།)
  • PER101 (English Communication skills)
  • APC101 (Information Technology Literacy),
  • ACS101 (Academic Skills)
  • PSY102 Child Development

Year I ( Semester II )

Modules
  • SSA101 (Teaching Social Studies I)
  • PSY104 (Learning Process)
  • CAA101 (Creative Arts for Lower Primary)
  • MTA101 (Mathematics in Lower Primary I)
  • PED101 (Skills for Effective Teaching)

Year II ( Semester I )

Modules
  • EAS208 (Introduction to Early Childhood Education)
  • ENA201 (Teaching Sounds in Lower Primary)
  • PED203 (Project Approach to Teaching and Learning)
  • MTA202 (Mathematic s in Lower Primary II)
  • PER103 (རང་ལུགས་སྙན་ཆའི་ངོ་སྤྲོད།)

Year II ( Semester II )

Modules
  • PED205 (Teaching Methods)
  • ENA202 (Teaching Literacy Skills in Lower Primary)
  • EDT201 (ICT in Teaching and Learning),
  • ASE201 (Assessing and Evaluating Learning)
  • SCA201 (Teaching Primary Science I)

Year III ( Semester I )

Modules
  • SSA302 (Teaching Social Studies II)
  • ENA303 (Reading and Writing in Upper Primary)
  • CAA303 (Creative Arts for Upper Primary)
  • RES301 (Introduction to Action Research)
  • CUR301 (Curriculum Studies)

Year III ( Semester II )

Modules
  • PRT302 Professional Experience

Year IV ( Semester I )

Modules
  • CUR403 (Bhutanese Education System)
  • PER102 (སྒྲིག་ལམ།)
  • ISA401 (Teaching Children with Special Needs)
  • MTA403 (Mathematics in Upper Primary I)
  • SCA402 (Teaching Primary Science II)

Year IV ( Semester II )

Modules
  • EAS409 (Play in Early Childhood)
  • ENA404 (Children’s Literature)
  • EDT403 (Teaching IT in Upper Primary)
  • MTA404 (Mathematics in Upper Primary II)
  • Optional – EDC401 (Guidance and Counselling)
  • Optional – PED406 (Multigrade Teaching)
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