This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.
Connections and Transitions: 3-5 Year Old Placement
UndergraduateLTU-EDU3CAT2025
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Start dates
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $578
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Connections and Transitions: 3-5 Year Old Placement
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of the importance of continuity in the learning experience and the key issues which impact on an effective transition between early learning settings and school contexts, with particular consideration given to the correlation between the Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework.
- Articulate a range of strategies used to effectively and sensitively promote partnerships between teachers, children, families and other professionals to support transitions and the continuity of the learning process.
- Demonstrate understanding of skills and strategies that are responsive to sector based policies and practices to support children's wellbeing and safety and their engagement in learning, and which reflect knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and curriculum requirements.
- Transitions and Continuity in Early Childhood Education
- Curriculum Documents: Enablers and Constraints to Transitions and Continuity
- Transition Statements: Policy, Purpose & Partnerships
- Making Transition Inclusive
- Play-Based Curriculum
This subject will present pre-service teachers with understandings and knowledge of the importance of continuity in the learning experience. Pre-service teachers will engage with particular transition practices which form a component of the year prior to formal school and which support young children's entry to the school system. Attention will be given to key issues impacting on effective and supportive transition for students between early learning settings and school contexts. Pre-service teachers will develop skills and strategies that are responsive to sector based policies and practices to support children's wellbeing and safety and their engagement in learning, and which reflect knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and curriculum requirements. Particular consideration will be given to the correlation between the Australian Curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework. A range of strategies to effectively engage families and professional colleagues in these aspects of the learning process will be examined. Professional Experience of 20 days in a 3-5 year old early learning setting is included in this subject.
- Assessment Task 1: Critical reflection - Diagnostic task (10%) (200 words) This assessment task will be undertaken within the first 2 weeks of the term. (10%)
- Assessment Task 2: Critical Reflection (40%) (1800 words) (40%)
- Assessment Task 3: Transition Statement (50%) (2000 words) (50%)
- Assessment Task 4: Professional Practice - 20 Days (0%)
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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
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:
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).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - Professional Experience of 20 days in a 3-5 year old early learning setting is included in this subject.
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