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Teaching (Early Childhood)

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 14 January 2025.
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Unit of study table

Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)

Students must complete 96 credit points, including:
(a) 48 credit points of units of study in Year 1, including;
(i) 18 credit points of Core Education units of study; and
(ii) 30 credit points of Curriculum and Professional Studies units of study
(b) 48 credit points of units of study in Year 2, including;
(i) 30 credit points of Core Education units of study; and
(ii) 18 credit points of Curriculum and Professional Studies units of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Year 1

Core Education
EDMT5704
Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
6 C EDMT5705
EDMT5705
Foundation Studies in ECE
6  
EDMT5707
EC Professional Experience 1 (0-2 Years)
6 P EDMT5704 and EDMT5705 and EDMT5685 and EDMT5687
C EDMT5690
Curriculum and Professional Studies
EDMT5685
Development in the Early Years
6  
EDMT5686
Early Childhood Health and Wellness
6 P 12 credit points of EDMT coded units
N EDMT5556
EDMT5687
Language and Communication in EC
6 C EDMT5704
N EDMT5550
EDMT5690
Creative Arts in Early Childhood
6 P 24 credit points
N EDMT5555 or EDMT5551
EDMT5696
History and Philosophy of ECE
6 P 12 credit points of EDMT coded units

Year 2

EDMT6643
Ec Professional Experience 2 (3-5 Years)
6

P 48 credit points
C EDMT5689 and EDMT5691 and EDMT6633
N EDMT5688

If you are undertaking professional experience/field education placement as part of your enrolment in this unit of study, please assess your specific needs and requirements for the safe and successful completion of an external placement within a host organisation. You will be given the opportunity to disclose any health issues that have a work health and safety significance before arranging a placement so that your safety, and the safety of others, can be properly assessed. The Professional Experience Coordinator/Field Education Manager will work to ensure that the workplace assignment to you is appropriate for your needs and requirements. If you are experiencing disability, and require reasonable adjustments to be arranged, please contact Disability Services as early as possible prior to commencing the internship. Please note, in all cases, and for the purpose of organising reasonable adjustments, only the impact and not the nature, of your disability will be disclosed to the host organisation.

EDMT6632
Early Childhood Leadership
6 P 60 credit points
EDMT6633
Family, Community and Contexts
6 P 48 credit points
C EDMT6643
EDMT6009
EC Internship and Practitioner Inquiry
12 P 72 credit points
C EDMT6631 and EDMT6632

Curriculum and Professional Studies

EDMT5689
Science, Technology and Sustainability
6 P 42 credit points
N EDMT5558
EDMT5691
Mathematics for the Early Years
6 P 42 credit points
EDMT6631
Inclusion and Early Intervention in EC
6 P 60 credit points
N EDMT6502

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
14/01/2025 Prerequisites (P) for EDMT5707 published as:
"EDMT5704 and EDMT5705 and EDMT5687 and EDMT5690"
Prerequisites (P) for EDMT5707 amended to:
"EDMT5704 and EDMT5705 and EDMT5685 and EDMT5687"
14/01/2025 Co-requisites (C) for EDMT5707 published as:
"EDMT5685"
Co-requisites (C) for EDMT5707 amended to:
"EDMT5690"