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EDEC1005: Introduction to EC Education
2024 unit information
This unit provides students with a critical introduction to early childhood education as a discipline and as a profession in contemporary Australia. Students will explore the historical and socio-political influences that have shaped the development and provision of early childhood education in Australia, and critically examine theoretical, ethical and social justice underpinnings of early childhood policy and practice. In addition to developing a foundational understanding of their role as a teacher of children aged birth to five years, students will explore how this role extends beyond the classroom, requiring the development of authentic, supportive partnerships with families and collaborations with community networks. Students will become familiar with legal and ethical accountabilities, and critically consider their own development as a professional early childhood teacher. Students' successful transition to university will also be supported through a focus on images of children and childhoods and associated academic literacy tasks.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDEC1005 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. articulate the importance of quality early childhood education for young children, and the role early childhood teachers play in providing quality early learning programs
- LO2. critically analyse the historical and contemporary provisioning of early childhood education in Australia
- LO3. recall and apply key ethical and regulatory accountabilities early childhood teachers are required to meet in their everyday practice
- LO4. demonstrate multiple theoretical, partnership and social justice approaches to early childhood education
- LO5. critique dominant constructions of teacher-professionalism as you begin to develop a professional identity and philosophy
- LO6. articulate multiple constructions of children and childhood and critically consider the implications of these for professional practice
- LO7. meet the expectations of academic study, including appropriate referencing, in the context of the discipline of early childhood education.
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