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Understanding Culturally Diverse Learning and Development

Undergraduate | LTU-EDU2ULD | 2022

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Study method
Online & on-campus
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
6 weeks

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Understanding Culturally Diverse Learning and Development

About this subject

    1. Understand the need for different theoretical perspectives for different contexts of children's development.
    2. Demonstrate understanding of a range of contemporary theories to analyse children's learning and development in socially, culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
    3. Demonstrate research informed practices of critiquing contemporary theories of child development to understand children's learning and development in socially, culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

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-2022 - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

Others

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.

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

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UndergraduateLAT-ECE-DEG

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

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