EDMT5708: Learning and development 0-2 years

2026 unit information

The first three years of life are a period of rapid growth and development laying the foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing. This unit provides students with a thorough and critical working knowledge of current research, theory and issues in infant and toddler learning and development across the domains of cognitive, social, emotional, language, and motor development. The holistic nature of development and implications for practice in early childhood settings are explored. In this unit, infants and toddlers are viewed as capable and resourceful, predisposed to form relationships and ready to learn from birth.

Unit details and rules

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Arts and Social Sciences

Details

Study level	Postgraduate
Academic unit	Education
Credit points	6

Enrolment rules

Prerequisites: ?	24 credit points of EDMT coded units
Corequisites: ?	EDMT5707
Prohibitions: ?	None
Assumed knowledge: ?	None

Learning outcomes

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Session	MoA ?	Location	Outline ?
Semester 2 2026	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	Outline unavailable

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