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Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on 15 January of the year of entry.

Minimum Grades In Leaving Certificate Examination 1992 To-date Applicants who registered for a Leaving Certificate Examination after 1992 must have obtain...

Hide-Age Limit
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on 15 January of the year of entry.

Minimum Grades In Leaving Certificate Examination 1992 To-date Applicants who registered for a Leaving Certificate Examination after 1992 must have obtained the following minimum grades at a single sitting of the examination:

• Grade H5 on a Higher Level paper in not less than three subjects

• Grade O6/H7 in three other subjects (Higher or Ordinary Level) as per Rules and Programmes for Secondary Schools.

Applicants must have obtained the following grades, at minimum, in subjects specified:

Gaeilge Grade H5
English Grade O5 or H6
Mathematics Grade O6/H6

Foundation Level Mathematics does not satisfy the entry requirement in Mathematics.

Combination Of Leaving Certificate Examination Grades
Minimum grades required in Gaeilge, English and Mathematics can be obtained at different sittings of the Leaving Certificate Examination(s).

The requirement to achieve a minimum of Grade C3/H5 in three Higher Level papers and Grade D3 or O6/H7 in three other subjects (Higher or Ordinary Level) must be obtained in a single sitting of the Leaving Certificate Examination.

Student Health Information Form
In order to establish students' fitness to teach, all incoming teacher education students are required to complete a Student Health Information Form.

Garda Vetting
Registration will be conditional upon successful completion of the Garda Vetting process.

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €25 Closing Date: 20th January 2017 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €40 Closing Date: 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €50 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €25 Closing Date: 20th January 2017 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €40 Closing Date: 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €50 Closing Date: 1st May 2017 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2017 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2017 CAO Handbook: Fee €50 Closing Date: 22nd July 2017 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2017 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2017, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2017 CAO Handbook.

Late Applications (Exception to Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are currently undergraduate students in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these three HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2017 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2017 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2017 at 5:15pm.

Expand+The College offers a four-year joint undergraduate honours B.Ed. degree in Primary Teaching and Psychology. This programme, which is awarded by the University of Limerick and accredited by the Teaching Council, is a unique venture in this country, wh...

Hide-The College offers a four-year joint undergraduate honours B.Ed. degree in Primary Teaching and Psychology. This programme, which is awarded by the University of Limerick and accredited by the Teaching Council, is a unique venture in this country, which leads to both an academic and a professional qualification, allowing graduates to pursue careers either in Primary Teaching or in the field of Psychology. The programme would be particularly suitable for, though not confined to, students who might wish to undertake a postgraduate specialisation subsequently in the field of Educational Psychology.

As the Education component of this programme retains all of the key elements of the main B.Ed. degree, graduates of this programme will be eligible to practise as primary school teachers in the normal way. Additionally, in view of their joint specialisation, graduates of this programme will have the option of pursuing postgraduate studies in Psychology. This programme continues to be accredited by the PSI.

Education:
The Education component of the course seeks to equip participants with the competence to teach all levels of primary school (4- 12 year olds). Given the structure of primary school provision, the teacher is required to have a mastery and competence in all the curricular areas of the primary school, inclusive of Art, Drama, English, Gaeilge, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education and Social and Environmental Studies (which includes Geography, History and Science). The foundation studies, professional studies, the school placement and the subject disciplines are carefully planned in light of changing understandings of the nature of learning and the theory-practice relationship. There is an appropriate balance in the programme provision for these areas and their inter-relationship is made explicit.

School Placement The school placement element of the programme is designed to meet the Teaching Council’s requirements, and students will spend approximately thirty weeks in schools during the programme. This period will allow students to engage in observation, class-based and whole-school teaching and learning activities. Working in partnership with schools, the placements are designed to enable students to experience all class levels and a range of school types, and the student is guided and empowered along his/her learning-to-teach journey.

Applied Placement
This placement provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of psychology to an educational environment other than a mainstream Irish national school, and to bring psychological insights to the professional experience.

Cúrsa Gaeltachta/Gaeltacht Course – Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht Ní mór do gach mac léinn B.Oid. freastal ar dhá chúrsa chónaithe sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid den chlár B.Oid. san Oideachas agus sa tSíceolaíocht - Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 1 agus 2. Ní mór Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 1 a dhéanamh i mbliain 1 agus Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 2 a dhéanamh i mbliain 3 den B.Oid. Maireann gach cúrsa coicís.

All B Ed students are required to attend two residential placements in the Gaeltacht as part of the B Ed in Education and Psychology programme - Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 1 agus 2. Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 1 is taken in year 1 of the programme and Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 2 in year 3. Each placement lasts two weeks.

Students will take the oral assessment test at the end of their first year of initial teacher education and must pass this test in order to continue to the second year of the course. A repeat of the oral test is provided by the College.

In addition a small number of online modules will take place in out-of-semester time during Years 1 and 2.

Psychology:
Psychology is studied throughout the four years. Modules will include Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methodology, Personality & Individual Differences, Information Technology & Psychology, Biological Basis of Psychology, the Psychology of Special Educational Needs and Abnormal Psychology.

Students are also required to undertake an undergraduate dissertation in Psychology in their final year.

Expand+B.Ed. in Education and Psychology Honours Degree - Programme Structure

Semester 1:

Student as Learner:

• Language and Literacy 1
• An Ghaeilge agus Múineadh na Gaeilge 1
• STeM 1: Introduction to Mathematics and its Teaching
• Schools and...

Hide-B.Ed. in Education and Psychology Honours Degree - Programme Structure

Semester 1:

Student as Learner:

• Language and Literacy 1
• An Ghaeilge agus Múineadh na Gaeilge 1
• STeM 1: Introduction to Mathematics and its Teaching
• Schools and Society 1
• Psychology of Learning and Development

• School Placement 1
- Focus of placement is on observation of pupils as learners and relating theories of learning to classroom experience.
- Mondays - November
- Middle Classes: 1st - 4th Class
- College arranges placement
- Partnered

• Introduction to Psychology
• Research Methodology 1

Semester 2:

Student as Learner:

• Language and Literacy 2
• An Ghaeilge agus Múineadh na Gaeilge 2
• STeM 2: Introduction to Mathematics and its Teaching 2
• STeM 3: Introduction to Science
• Ethics, Religions and Beliefs
• Understanding the Child as Learner
• Introduction to the Creative Arts 1

• School Placement 2
- Focus is on beginning to teach. Gradual introduction to whole class teaching.
- Mondays & one block week – Feb/March
- Students return to Placement 1 school
- Partnered

• Research Methodology 1
• Tréimhse sa Ghaeltacht 1

Semester 2a*:

Student as a Learner:

•Social Psychology 1

Semester 3:

Student as a Teacher:

• Language and Literacy 3
• An Ghaeilge agus Múineadh na Gaeilge 3
• STeM 4: Introduction to Mathematics and its Teaching 3
• Social Studies
• A biopsychosocial Approach to Inclusive Education for Children with Special Education Needs
• Social, Personal, Health, and Physical Education 1
• Cognitive Psychology 1

• School Placement 3
- Focus of placement is on experiencing a multigrade setting and the role of teacher’s assistant and teacher. There is a combination of observation and teaching.
- January
- Multi-grade classes
- Student arranges placement
- Partnered

Semester 4:

Student as Teacher:

• Language and Literacy 4
• The Creative Arts 2
• Social, Personal, Health, and Physical Education 2
• STeM 5: Pedagogy of Maths and Teaching and Learning with ICT
• School Placement 4
- Focus is on observation and teaching
- 3 weeks teaching
- Senior Classes
- College arranges placement
- Partnered

• Information Technology & Psychology
• Personality and Individual differences

Semester 4a*:

Student as Teacher:

• Psychological Perspectives on Behaviour

Semester 5:

Student as Researcher:

• STeM 6: Teaching Mathematics and Science
• Early Childhood Education: Curriculum, Research and Pedagogy
• Psychological and Educational Assessment
• Creative Arts 3
• Christian Religious Education 1 or Religious Education in Multidenominational Schools Module 1
• Cognitive Psychology 2
• Social Psychology 2

Semester 6:

Student as Researcher:

• Schools and Society 2
• Language and Literacy 5
• Early Primary Education and Advanced Educational Methodology
• Christian Religious Education 2 or Religious Education in Multi-Denominational Schools Module 2
• Research Methods 2
• Biological Basis of Psychology

• School Placement 5
- Focus of placement is on observation and teaching
- Three weeks teaching
- Infant class
- Student arranges placement
- Non-partnered

• Design and ethical Evaluation of Psychological Research
• Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht 2

Semester 6a*:

Applied Placement

- Two weeks in an alternative education setting in a placement of the student's choosing.

Semester 7:

Student as Leader:

• School Placement 6
• School Placement 7
- Two distinct placements in one school over 12 weeks
- Involves observation, planning, whole school placed activities and four weeks of class teaching - Integrated focus on inclusion and differentiation
- Student arranges placement
- Non-partnered

• Portfolio
• Undergraduate Dissertation

Semester 8:

Student as Leader:

• Schools and Society 3
• Developmental Psychology 2
• Abnormal Psychology
• Advanced Issues in Educational Psychology
• Undergraduate Dissertation 2