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EDMT5707: EC Professional Experience 1 (0-2 Years)
2026 unit information
First of three professional experience units in the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) providing opportunities for students to gain teaching experience in early childhood education settings. This unit focuses on the education and care of infants and toddlers and includes a 20-day placement. Students will observe and engage in daily practices and routines with the support of a supervising teacher and mentor including interacting with, documenting observations of, and planning and implementing learning experiences for infants and toddlers. Students gain understandings of the world of early childhood education which form the foundation for subsequent professional experiences.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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24 credit points of EDMT coded units |
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Corequisites:
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EDMT5708 |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Interact and communicate professionally with centre staff, families and children, according to the ECA Code of Ethics
- LO2. Build positive relationships with infants and toddlers by engaging in respectful, responsive and reciprocal interactions
- LO3. Apply a range of observation methods to document and analyse the interests, learning and development of infants and toddlers, including synthesizing information from relevant literature, theory and the EYLF
- LO4. Draw on knowledge gained from documented observations, theory and the EYLF to plan, implement and evaluate intentional, open-ended and play-based learning and caregiving experiences appropriate for infants and toddlers
- LO5. Begin to use respectful and positive behavior guidance strategies to support toddlers’ learning and development
- LO6. Reflect on and evaluate own teaching effectiveness drawing on theoretical knowledge and the EYLF
- LO7. Apply knowledge and strategies gained in other Units of Study to respond to children's interests and support their learning
- LO8. Demonstrate professional organisation, presentation and a high standard of academic literacy in professional experience e-portfolio
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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