Critical and Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education

    Unit code: ECE3004 | Study level: Undergraduate
    Credit points
    12
    (Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
    Location
    Footscray Nicholson
    Online Real Time
    Online Self-Paced
    St Albans
    Prerequisites
    N/A
    Overview
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    Overview

    In this unit preservice teachers will engage formally and informally with place as a means of moving towards a reconciled and respectful teaching and learning practices in early childhood settings. Students will formulate an understanding of a diverse range of scholarship and contemporary research paradigms that respond to a range of educational contexts and situations, both locally and globally.

    Learning Outcomes

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

    1. Critically review formal and informal engagements with place, drawing from diverse theoretical scholarship and contemporary research paradigms, towards a reconciled and respectful practice.
    2. Formulate critical actions that respond to diverse early childhood contexts and situations, both locally and globally.
    3. Recommend strategies and challenges of collaborative engagement with peers, families and communities.

    Assessment

    For Melbourne campuses

    Assessment type: Portfolio
    |
    Grade: 30%
    Building inclusive practices
    Assessment type: Presentation
    |
    Grade: 30%
    Listening practices
    Assessment type: Presentation
    |
    Grade: 40%
    Professional development & presentation

    Required reading

    Links to required texts will be available in VU Collaborate.

    As part of a course

    This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

    Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
    EBEC | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years
    Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Leadership
    EBCL | Bachelor degree | Duration: 4 years
    Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching
    EBEI | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years

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