Critical Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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

1. Debate the major professional, educational, political and philosophical issues that impact on the work of contemporary early childhood professionals working in a range of contexts;
2. Analyse issues related to the provision of appropriate early childhood services in culturally diverse communities;
3. Generate an investigative report within which the basics of quantitative and qualitative research, research design and the significance of research findings are considered in relation to practice; and
4. Review a range of peer-reviewed research papers on a chosen issue in contemporary early childhood and/or primary education.