Children in Families and Communities

Course aim

To further student understanding of the family and community contexts of care and education processes within education settings to equip students with the capacity to research, analyse and practically address social issues affecting children and families’ safety and well-being.

Course content

This course covers common social contexts of adversity and challenge for children and families such as poverty, parental mental illness, family breakdown, domestic violence, child protection, abuse and the effects on children and early childhood services/personnel; family law, child welfare law and the intersections with educators’ work.

Textbook(s)

Briggs, F & Hawkins RMF 1997, Child protection: a guide for teachers and early childhood professionals, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 12 weeks
Field Placement (Fieldwork)	3 hours x 1 week
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online learning activities)	3 hours x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Discussion boards, Essay, Tutorial presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.