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Enrolment in the; Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education, OR Master of Education (Coursework).

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Unit content:

1. Early childhood then and now: Locating ourselves in the field 2. Children’s learning and development: Contemporary perspectives 3. Play as a medium for creativity, investigation and thinking 4. Looking inside early learning environments 5. Children, their families and communities as participants and partners 6. Children’s ideas and interests: Emergent curriculum approaches 7. Learning and teaching interactions: Socio-cultural approaches 8. Approaches to observation and documentation 9. Action-Reflection: tools for professional development and change 10. Nuts and Bolts: Planning and programming for the ‘real world’ 11. Curriculum and pedagogy in the early years