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
VU Brisbane
VU Sydney
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 teaching practices portfolio
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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