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| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Term1 | Term1 |
| Online |
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
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | identify a range of issues important in early childhood education and care |
| 2 | analyse a range of positions highlighted in authoritative literature on contemporary issues related to early childhood education and care |
| 3 | critically reflect on their personal approach/philosophy of learning, development and teaching within early childhood education and care in relation to contemporary issues |
| 4 | argue a position on current issues in early childhood education and care, in relation to the literature |
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
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
There is no prescribed text for this unit. All unit readings and materials can be found in the TCH10518 MySCU Blackboard site.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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