Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online | Session 2 | N/A |
Unit aim
Builds knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues facing children, families and communities, fostering attitudes of compassion and engagement in ECEC. This unit is concerned with the complexity, diversity and changing nature of contemporary childhood and families within the community. The influence of historical, social, political, economic and socio-economic factors will be considered as an influence upon children’s everyday lives.
Unit content
Module One: Children and Families
- The Australian context
- Establishing relationships with children
- Supporting wellbeing: Social and emotional learning
- Connecting with families: Collaborative partnerships
- Linking policies to practices
Module Two: Communities
- The Australian context
- Community collaborations
- Cultural competency
- Identifying fragile contexts
- Linking policies to practices
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | examine the historical construction of childhood and families | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Cultural competence | ||||
| 2 | discuss and compare contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Cultural competence | ||||
| 3 | use research and theory to explain the diverse range of issues affecting children, families and communities | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Cultural competence | ||||
| 4 | critically analyse of key social and educational policies and their impact upon service provision for children and families | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Cultural competence | ||||
| 5 | critically analyse texts, images, and songs in terms of the construction of childhood, and families | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Cultural competence | ||||
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009, Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework, 1st edn, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
- Grace, R, Hodge, K & McMahon, C, 2017, Children, families and communities, 5th edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic. ISBN: 9780190304461.
Teaching and assessment
Online
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning Self paced (10 weeks) |
| Tutorial online 1 hour (10 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Workbook | 50% |
| Workbook | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Commencing 2019 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.