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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

    Child Rearing

  • Unit Code

    CHN3203

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Rosa Maria NAPOLITANO-LINCOLN

Description

In this unit students will examine the relationship between changing social, cultural and family structures and approaches to child rearing. Attention will be placed on examining the goals, assumptions and strategies underpinning a variety of approaches to child rearing and the application of these approaches to both the home and external environment. Students will also examine issues related to the teaching of child rearing to parents. This unit is linked to CHN4211. Students who have completed CHN2201 or CHN4211 are not eligible to enrol in CHN3203.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-campus, Off-campus and Off-shore

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from CHN1101, CHN1102

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CHN2201, CHN4211

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the relationship between changing social, cultural and family structures and approaches to child rearing in the Australian and international context.
  2. Discuss a range of approaches in parenting education programs.
  3. Discuss the role of cultural competence in understanding, interpreting and managing children's behaviour.
  4. Explain the influence of culture and gender in the Australian and international context in the determination of what is deemed socially acceptable behaviour for children from birth to twelve years of age.
  5. Identify factors in the human and physical environments that influence childrens behaviour from birth to twelve years of age.
  6. Identify the underlying assumptions, goals and strategies applied in humanist, behavioural and cognitive behavioural approaches to child rearing.
  7. Observe, interpret and evaluate childrens behaviour using a range of recording techniques.
  8. Plan strategies aimed at facilitating the development of pro-social behaviour that are suited to the individual needs of children from birth to twelve years of age and their families.

Unit Content

  1. Examination of the link between autocratic and democratic social, cultural and family structures and approaches to child rearing and management in the Australian and international context.
  2. Influence of authoritarian, authoritative and permissive child rearing styles on the development of prosocial behaviour and the effects of the mass media, peer pressure and bullying on the behaviour of children in early and middle childhood.
  3. The impact of context, setting, cultural mores and gender on the perception of socially acceptable behaviour for children between four and twelve years of age.
  4. The impact of cultural competence on managing children's behaviour in children and family services.
  5. Approaches to parenting; humanist, behaviourist and cognitive behavioural principles and related strategies and their application to group care settings and parenting programs.
  6. Objective observation, interpretation and evaluation of children's behaviour; adopting strength based approach to recommendations and planning; strategies to facilitate prosocial behaviour.

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 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot 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

Lectures, tutorials and e-learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework 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
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
EssayEssay50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
EssayEssay50%

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

    Child Rearing

  • Unit Code

    CHN3203

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Rosa Maria NAPOLITANO-LINCOLN

Description

In this unit students will examine the relationship between changing social, cultural and family structures and approaches to child rearing. Attention will be placed on examining the goals, assumptions and strategies underpinning a variety of approaches to child rearing and the application of these approaches to both the home and external environment. Students will also examine issues related to the teaching of child rearing to parents. This unit is linked to CHN4211. Students who have completed CHN2201 or CHN4211 are not eligible to enrol in CHN3203.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-campus, Off-campus and Off-shore

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from CHN1101, CHN1102

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CHN2201, CHN4211

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the relationship between changing social, cultural and family structures and approaches to child rearing in the Australian and international context.
  2. Discuss a range of approaches in parenting education programs.
  3. Discuss the role of cultural competence in understanding, interpreting and managing children's behaviour.
  4. Explain the influence of culture and gender in the Australian and international context in the determination of what is deemed socially acceptable behaviour for children from birth to twelve years of age.
  5. Identify factors in the human and physical environments that influence childrens behaviour from birth to twelve years of age.
  6. Identify the underlying assumptions, goals and strategies applied in humanist, behavioural and cognitive behavioural approaches to child rearing.
  7. Observe, interpret and evaluate childrens behaviour using a range of recording techniques.
  8. Plan strategies aimed at facilitating the development of pro-social behaviour that are suited to the individual needs of children from birth to twelve years of age and their families.

Unit Content

  1. Examination of the link between autocratic and democratic social, cultural and family structures and approaches to child rearing and management in the Australian and international context.
  2. Influence of authoritarian, authoritative and permissive child rearing styles on the development of prosocial behaviour and the effects of the mass media, peer pressure and bullying on the behaviour of children in early and middle childhood.
  3. The impact of context, setting, cultural mores and gender on the perception of socially acceptable behaviour for children between four and twelve years of age.
  4. The impact of cultural competence on managing children's behaviour in children and family services.
  5. Approaches to parenting; humanist, behaviourist and cognitive behavioural principles and related strategies and their application to group care settings and parenting programs.
  6. Objective observation, interpretation and evaluation of children's behaviour; adopting strength based approach to recommendations and planning; strategies to facilitate prosocial behaviour.

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 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot 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

Lectures, tutorials and e-learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework 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
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
EssayEssay50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
EssayEssay50%

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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