Early Childhood Professional Experience: Formal Learning Environments for 5 to 8-year-olds

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate understanding and application of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in a review of their professional portfolio
  2.  examine and explain strategies for ensuring positive learning environments and the health safety and wellbeing of children in diverse Junior primary settings
  3. synthesise the use of theories and practices taught in this unit to develop a comprehensive sequenced teaching plan for a diverse junior primary classroom
  4. evaluate and implement assessment strategies, moderation procedures and reporting to stakeholders for children aged five to eight years old
  5. use of both a high level of effective communication and developing teaching skills to maintain positive learning environments for a diverse group of children in a junior primary setting.

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• Assessments

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• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-ECE-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)

Elective

• CUR-FAST-DEG-2026 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• CUR-EDE310-Early Childhood Professional Experience 3: Kindergarten to Pre-Primary Learning Environments

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• CUR-EDE220-Early Childhood Professional Experience 1: Learning and Teaching in Junior Primary (no longer available)

Additional requirements

• Placement requirements - The professional experience practical assessment is a three (3) week full-time block placement with children aged five to eight years old in a school-based setting intended to enable practical application of knowledge and skills covered in the theory, along with providing further insights into the complexity of the role of teacher.
• Other requirements - All required clearances to work with children must be obtained and current, and all other professional experience requirements met.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.