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EDEC2007: Science and Technology in the Early Years
2025 unit information
Infants, toddlers and young children are naturally curious about the world around them; questioning, making assumptions and conducting experiments through to determine how things work. A major aim of the unit will be to develop in students the skills and confidence to plan, implement and evaluate children's science learning experiences in play-based contexts. This unit will assist students to help infants, toddlers and young children gain a foundational understanding of scientific concepts and technology as part of their everyday world. Understanding the importance of care and sustainability of the environment should begin at an early age. Students will consider strategies to foster environmental awareness in young children to promote lifelong care attitudes. Students will be encouraged to examine their own scientific experiences, conceptions, and knowlege as means to better understand the emerging scientific conceptions of young children.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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42 credit points including EDEC2006 and EDEC2011 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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EDEC3005 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. be knowledgeable about and skilled in the subject of Science and technology, that is, central concepts, tools of inquiry, structure of inquiry, structure of the disciplines engaged in, and the links between these
- LO2. describe the nature and scope of Science and Technology experiences for young children in early childhood services
- LO3. draw on their understandings of concepts in science and technology to extend the interests and curiosities of young children and understand how Science experiences can facilitate children’s development
- LO4. use a variety of strategies and play based experiences to facilitate young children's developing understanding of science and technology concepts
- LO5. engage with and explain the nexus between practice, theory and research in relationship to science and technology in early childhood education
- LO6. develop strategies for partnering with families to extend science concepts for their infants, toddlers and young children
- LO7. identify quality resource materials helpful in science and technology teaching with young children.
- LO8. Devise children’s learning experiences that enable achievement of outcomes in the EYLF and Foundation Year content in the Australian Curriculum.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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