Warning! This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Special Requirements for more information.
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Duration
6 weeks
Study method
Online & on-campus
Available loans
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 18 Sep 2023
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Subject details
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- • What is learning and development?
- • Engaging with complexity - world views, meaning making and knowledge creation.
- • Challenging assumptions - considering alternative perspectives about children's learning and development.
- • Teaching and learning in diverse education contexts.
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Prerequisites: Students must be admitted into the following course: EBECEO
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - Professional Placement - (10 days birth to 2 years) Hurdle requirement: 10 DAYS placement is compulsory as this is an accreditation requirement.
This subject examines early childhood education in socially, culturally and linguistically diverse communities. You will learn to use theory to analyse learning and development in contemporary early childhood education and how to think critically about child development. This subject has 10 days professional expenses placement in a birth to two age group.
- Part A: Critical Reading Response diagnostic task (Approx 200 words) (10%). This assessment task will be undertaken within the first 2 weeks of the term. Part B: Critical Reading Response (Approx 1800 words) (40%) (50%)
- Play Event (2000 words) (50%)
- Professional Placement - (10 days birth to 2 years) Hurdle requirement: 10 DAYS placement is compulsory as this is an accreditation requirement. (0%)
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