Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2023-2023

Enrolment rules

Students must be enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Education (C1153) OR the Master of Education (Coursework) (M1313)

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Communicate the necessary elements of a high quality early years program

2.

Practice sound knowledge of the principles and outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum

3.

Justify the necessity for early childhood educators to provide a play based learning environment

Assessments

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Additional information

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