School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Working with Infants and Toddlers
  • Unit Code

    CHN1103
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Rosa Maria NAPOLITANO-LINCOLN

Description

This unit focuses on working with families and providing high quality environments for children under three years of age. Attention is given to the particular needs of very young children and supporting their relationships with primary caregivers. Students will learn to plan care routines for very young children based upon their individual needs and family preferences develop an understanding of infection control procedures, the identification of children who may be unwell and appropriate responses to emergencies and accidents.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from CHN1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CHN2100, CHN3108, CHN4126

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge and skills of working with infants and toddlers within a range of settings.
  2. Develop collaborative relationships with childrens families and communities within diverse social and cultural contexts.
  3. Identify the principles of quality education and care for infants and toddlers and apply them to a range of settings.
  4. Plan for childrens health, safety and physical well-being.
  5. Plan physical and social environments that support all areas of young childrens development.
  6. Plan rituals, transitions and care routines that meet the diverse social and cultural needs of individual children.
  7. Respond to infants and toddlers' cues and build positive relationships.

Unit Content

  1. Emergent curriculum and its links to Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standard.
  2. Infection control, accident and emergency procedures, supervision, nutrition and child protection.
  3. Meals, toileting, sleep routines and settling techniques within diverse social and cultural contexts.
  4. Physical and social environments for infants and toddlers.
  5. Principles of building collaborative relationships with childrens families and communities within diverse social and cultural contexts.
  6. Principles of positive interactions with infants and toddlers.
  7. Professional placement in an infant and toddler setting.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 5 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops, e-learning and simulated workplace learning environments.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
PortfolioPortfolio of professional placement.
ONLINE
TypeDescription
PortfolioPortfolio of professional placement.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Working with Infants and Toddlers
  • Unit Code

    CHN1103
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Rosa Maria NAPOLITANO-LINCOLN

Description

This unit focuses on working with families and providing high quality environments for children under three years of age. Attention is given to the particular needs of very young children and supporting their relationships with primary caregivers. Students will learn to plan care routines for very young children based upon their individual needs and family preferences develop an understanding of infection control procedures, the identification of children who may be unwell and appropriate responses to emergencies and accidents.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from CHN1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CHN2100, CHN3108, CHN4126

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge and skills of working with infants and toddlers within a range of settings.
  2. Develop collaborative relationships with childrens families and communities within diverse social and cultural contexts.
  3. Identify the principles of quality education and care for infants and toddlers and apply them to a range of settings.
  4. Plan for childrens health, safety and physical well-being.
  5. Plan physical and social environments that support all areas of young childrens development.
  6. Plan rituals, transitions and care routines that meet the diverse social and cultural needs of individual children.
  7. Respond to infants and toddlers' cues and build positive relationships.

Unit Content

  1. Emergent curriculum and its links to Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standard.
  2. Infection control, accident and emergency procedures, supervision, nutrition and child protection.
  3. Meals, toileting, sleep routines and settling techniques within diverse social and cultural contexts.
  4. Physical and social environments for infants and toddlers.
  5. Principles of building collaborative relationships with childrens families and communities within diverse social and cultural contexts.
  6. Principles of positive interactions with infants and toddlers.
  7. Professional placement in an infant and toddler setting.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 5 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops, e-learning and simulated workplace learning environments.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
PortfolioPortfolio of professional placement.
ONLINE
TypeDescription
PortfolioPortfolio of professional placement.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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