About Education, BEd - at Trinity College Dublin
The degree of Bachelor In Education (B.Ed) is a professional degree, which is intended to provide for the academic and professional requirements of primary school teachers. It is taught jointly by the School of Education and three associated Colleges of Education – the Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines, the Froebel College of Education, Sion Hill, Blackrock, and Colaiste Mhuire, Marino. Students register both with a College of Education and attend further courses, in common with students from the other Colleges of Education, within the School of Education
The degree is an integrated course of study designed to equip student-teachers with the range of knowledge and skills related to the profession of primary school teaching and its curriculum. Accordingly, throughout the degree, considerable emphasis is placed on the study of foundation subjects in Education, the Irish and English Languages, language development and mathematics, with complementary work in areas such as arts education, religious education, physical education, social, personal and health education (SPHE), information and communications technologies (ICT), social, environmental and scientific education (SESE), inclusive education and early childhood education.
School experience is regarded as central to the B.Ed. degree programme and consequently it contains a significant period of school-based practice which is designed to give students an opportunity to develop their practical skills of observation and teaching. An ordinary degree of B.Ed. is awarded at the end of three years. Suitably qualified students may wish to register for a fourth year of University work. In the Senior Sophister year students study wholly within the School of Education. Graduates of these courses are recognised by the Department of Education and Science as trained teachers in accordance with Rule 157 of the Rules of National Schools.
