Unit of Study TCHR3001 Early Childhood Matters (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Unit description

Provides students with an understanding of the key issues, debates and challenges in contemporary early childhood education and care (ECEC). Students develop skills to investigate and critically examine issues from a range of perspectives and argue their position on these issues with reference to authoritative literature and their personal approach/philosophy of learning, development and teaching within ECEC.

Unit content

Module 1: Contemporary issues in early childhood education and care

Module 2: Investigating issues of importance to the EC profession

Module 3: Issues of importance to parents

Module 4: Issues of importance for children

Module 5: Issues identified by media; local/national and international communities

Module 6: Positioning a professional view on a selected issue within ECEC

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1,4	Term1,4
Online	Term1,4	Term1,4

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify a range of issues important in early childhood education and care

analyse a range of positions highlighted in authoritative literature on contemporary issues related to early childhood education and care

critically reflect on their personal approach/philosophy of learning, development and teaching within early childhood education and care in relation to contemporary issues

argue a position on current issues in early childhood education and care, in relation to the literature

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	50%
Position Paper	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	50%
Position Paper	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

There is no prescribed text for this unit. All unit readings and materials can be found in the TCH10518 MySCU Blackboard site.

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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