Assessment and Reporting in Early Childhood Education
UndergraduateLTU-EDU3ARE2025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Assessment and Reporting in Early Childhood Education
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Explore the various tools of assessment throughout Early Childhood Services.
- Identify the authentic assessment and diagnostic tools utilised locally for assessing and reporting in Early Childhood Education.
- Demonstrate quality observations and documentation to monitor, interpret, plan for, and reflect upon a child's interests, emerging development, thinking styles, social interactions, emotional status, physical abilities and capabilities.
- Assessment, an Early Childhood Perspective
- Philosophy and Assessment
- Acting on Assessment Information
- Assessment, a Shared Vision
This subject introduces students to the theories and strategies for developing authentic assessment and reporting in early childhood education. Students examine assessment and evaluation as an integral part of the teaching and learning process. They also explore the use of assessment for diagnostic and curriculum development purposes.
- Assessment Task 1. Critiquing assessment - Diagnostic task (200 words) This task will be undertaken in the first 2 weeks. (10%)
- Assessment Task 2: Critiquing Assessment Practices (1800 word equivalence) (40%)
- Assessment Task 3: Communicating the implications of Assessment (2000 word equivalent) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed EDU2ARE (Personalised Assessment and Reporting) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
UndergraduateLAT-ECE-DEG