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EDEC4010: Early Childhood Policy and Advocacy
2025 unit information
Early childhood teachers are potentially leaders in the sector. Leadership requires social and political awareness, and confidence to access and critique current philosophical, political and educational trends. Early childhood teachers also have a professional responsibility to advocate for the development and well-being of young children and families, the advancement of the profession, and for government policies that support a system of equitable, quality early childhood education. To prepare for these responsibilities students will critically analyse national and international approaches to early childhood education, and explore conceptualisations of advocacy and activism in action.
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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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152 credit points including EDEC4007 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Source government provisions that can be used to support teaching, management and leadership practices, and enhance the wellbeing of young children and their families
- LO2. Draw on theory and research to critically read social policy
- LO3. Critically engage with the ever changing socio-political context within which early childhood education services operate
- LO4. Appreciate the professional and ethical responsibility that early childhood teachers have to practice as advocacy leaders
- LO5. Practice as advocacy leaders in centre, community and wider socio-political contexts
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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