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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.
This unit explores current research and issues in the construction of early childhood curriculum and the strategies educators employ to make it engaging, effective and appropriate for children birth to eight years. This unit will assist students with the development of socially inclusive curriculum that assists with children's holistic learning in: early literacy and language; early mathematics and science; technologies; creative arts and music; social and environmental education; and physical and health education. Students will explore how concepts across these areas can be integrated and represented in meaningful ways for children. Further, students will explore how the environment is used in curriculum implementation and critique resources and strategies that complement practical learning in engaging ways. This unit highlights young children as competent learners and includes a range of strategies for guiding behaviour.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
A combination of lectures, workshops, guest speakers, videos, required readings and group and individually assigned work are used to achieve the unit outcomes. Students are required to become independent learners, who can adapt to the roles of practitioner or learner as they contribute to workshops as competent team members.
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.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Creating learning centres | 60% |
| Exercise | Contemporary documentation of children's learning | 40% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Creating learning centres | 60% |
| Exercise | Contemporary documentation of children's learning | 40% |
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.
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:
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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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.
This unit explores current research and issues in the construction of early childhood curriculum and the strategies educators employ to make it engaging, effective and appropriate for children birth to eight years. This unit will assist students with the development of socially inclusive curriculum that assists with children's holistic learning in: early literacy and language; early mathematics and science; technologies; creative arts and music; social and environmental education; and physical and health education. Students will explore how concepts across these areas can be integrated and represented in meaningful ways for children. Further, students will explore how the environment is used in curriculum implementation and critique resources and strategies that complement practical learning in engaging ways. This unit highlights young children as competent learners and includes a range of strategies for guiding behaviour.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
A combination of lectures, workshops, guest speakers, videos, required readings and group and individually assigned work are used to achieve the unit outcomes. Students are required to become independent learners, who can adapt to the roles of practitioner or learner as they contribute to workshops as competent team members.
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.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Creating learning centres | 60% |
| Exercise | Contemporary documentation of children's learning | 40% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Creating learning centres | 60% |
| Exercise | Contemporary documentation of children's learning | 40% |
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.
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:
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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