Moving with Young Children

Unit code:ECE2007Study level:Undergraduate

Credit points

12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)

Location

City Campus
Footscray Nicholson
Online Real Time
Online Self-Paced
St Albans
VU Brisbane
VU Sydney

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

Dominant understandings of physical activity and health as defined in policy documents, stage development theories, and curriculum frameworks teach about movement through concepts of exercise, fitness, movement skills, and physical literacy. This unit focuses on constructing early childhood pedagogies that think with moving, rather than about movement, as pre-service students consider how moving happens in ways that do not fit pre-existing [or inherited] criteria for teaching, understanding, or describing movement. Intentional working with movement through inquiry and wonder offers students an experience in exploring how children move with/in/through the world, and how this informs teaching and learning that is complex, ethical, and political.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

Examine physical activity and health as defined in policy documents, stage development theories, and curriculum frameworks.
Articulate what capable children can do with their bodies across early childhood settings.
Design curriculum reflective of moving with children that is complex, ethical, and political.