Bachelor in Education
The Bachelor in Education Degree is an integrated course of study designed to equip student-teachers with the range of knowledge and skill related to the profession of primary school teaching and its curriculum. From the first year class entering September 2010 onwards, the course of the Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) is a four year Honours Level degree which is awarded by NUI Maynooth. Classes in all four years of the B.Ed programme will be delivered until September 2013 on the Froebel Blackrock campus, and after September 2013 in the new, purpose-built Froebel Centre for Primary and Early Childhood Education on the Maynooth campus, as Froebel College of Education moves to Maynooth.
New Froebel Maynooth Brochure (pdf)
CAO Entry requirements 2009
Mature Entry Requirements 2010
From September 2010 until September 2013, all the courses in the B. Ed. programme will be on the Blackrock campus. These include:
- Arts Education (Visual Arts, Drama, Music)
- Curriculum Studies
- English
- English Methods
- Educational Psychology (including Child Psychology, Language Development, etc.)
- History of Education
- ICT
- Inclusive Education (Special Education Needs, Educational Disadvantage, Intercultural Education)
- Irish
- Irish Methods
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Methods
- Philosophy of Education
- Physical Education
- Professional Development
- Religious Education
- Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE)
- Social, Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE)
- Sociology of Education
From September 2010, 2nd (SF), 3rd year (JS) and 4th year (SS) Honours B.Ed. students will continue their Trinity College accredited degree courses on the Froebel Blackrock campus. From September 2013, all courses will be delivered at the new Froebel Centre for Primary and Early Childhood Education on the NUI Maynooth campus.
The evaluation of work for degree involves a combination of continuous assessment and final examination. In order to advance with their class, students must satisfactorily complete the assignments of the year and must pass the required examinations. The annual examinations are held in May /June. Candidates who are unsuccessful at the annual examination may be granted a supplemental examination.
A minimum of 20 weeks of school experience is incorporated into the Bachelor in Education Degree Course. Students who do not achieve satisfactory competence in teaching practice may be offered supplementary or repeat placements. External examiners from the University and the Department of Education and Science moderate students' final teaching practice assignments.
The Froebel College does not offer a special subject choice, however, the College does offer expanded study through electives in second and third year, all of which are related to the above curricular areas.
For those students who have begun the B.Ed. before September 2010, the optional fourth year for the purpose of obtaining an Honours Degree from Trinity College may be undertaken at any time after the ordinary Degree has been completed. Starting in September 2010 all four years of lectures for the B.Ed. degree will be delivered on the Froebel Blackrock campus. The fourth year lectures will be held in the afternoons, so teaching positions may be held by those who follow the course. Students who successfully undertake this year may proceed to postgraduate studies.
For those who begin their studies in September 2010 or later, the B.Ed. programme will be a full, four year Level 8 Honours Degree programme accredited by NUI Maynooth. In September 2013, Froebel College of Education will move to a new, purpose-built centre for education on the NUI Maynooth campus. The fourth year of the 2010 entering B.Ed. class will then be taught along with the other years on the Maynooth campus. After the Teaching Council revised regulations will come into effect in the Spring of 2013, Level 7 degrees will not be sufficient to be considered qualified for primary teaching. Thus, the question of teaching during the morning and then continuing a fourth year course in the afternoon will not arise.
For those who already have a three year B.Ed degree from Froebel and wish to do the Senior Sophister year beginning Sept 27, 2010, we are now receiving applications. In 2010-2011, the 4th year course lectures will run in the first semester on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Thursdays from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. In the second semester, the lecture courses will run on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Thursdays from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. This schedule is designed to permit those who hold a daytime teaching position to also take part in the course.
All students will be required to pay a Registration Fee which is currently set at €1500 for the whole year. Free tuition fees for this programme are available to students who have not already begun another Level 8 progamme.
4th Year Application Form in pdf
All applicants must have reached their 17th birthday on or before January 15th of their first year of entry.
Applicants must apply directly to the Central Applications Office (CAO). For 2010, the CAO Course Code is FR 001. For Gaeltacht candidates only, the 2010 CAO Course Code is FR 002. Points are calculated on one Leaving Certificate only but the three qualifying subjects of Grade C3 in Higher Level Irish and the grades in English and Mathematics may be achieved in other Leaving Certificate examination(s) but will not be counted for points.
As part of the new partnership with NUI Maynooth all students entering Froebel College of Education in September 2010 through these FR 001 and FR 002 codes will be registered as NUI Maynooth students, while taking courses for the first three years on the Froebel Campus in Blackrock. Entrants applying through the 2011 CAO process will be using updated NUIM Maynooth codes, MH 001 and MH 002 (Gaeltacht) to reflect this.
NUI Maynooth Access Programme (MAP)
Under the Maynooth Access Programme (MAP), we encourage students from underrepresented groups to enter third-level education (see www.accesscollege.ie), and we provide them with support when they do so. Such groups include underrepresented school leavers, mature students, students with disabilities, members of the travelling community, and students from new Irish communities. We endeavour to provide appropriate support for these students on campus, whether financial, academic, social, or personal assistance is needed.
For more information or advice, contact Maeve McCaldin, the Access Student Advisor. Telephone: 01 708 3721, or email maeve.mccaldin@nuim.ie.
The College welcomes applications from mature students. Applicants, who must be 23 years or over on January 1st of the proposed year of entry, should apply directly to the college for entry procedures prior to March 1 or to the CAO by February 1.
The Leaving Certificate examinations with: Grade C3 Higher Level in not less than three subjects; Grade D3 in three other subjects; Grade C3 in Higher Level Irish; Grade C3 in English Ordinary level or D3 Higher Level; Grade D3 in Mathematics (either Ordinary or Higher Level).
See Department of Education and Science Regulations.
The College is non-residential. A list of comfortable accommodation within easy reach of the College is available on request.
Students who wish to defer entry should contact the College immediately. The procedures to follow are those agreed with the other Colleges and as outlined in the CAO/CAS Joint Handbook.
Prior to entry, candidates must complete a Health Declaration Form issued by the Department of Education and Science.
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