Professional Experience 3 (5 to 8 Years)

Course aim

To introduce the students to the contexts of Junior Primary education and to develop appropriate teaching skills and to experience the changing role and expectations of the early childhood professional with particular attention to children’s learning in the arts, society and environment and physical education.

Course content

Transition and continuity in early childhood education; learning through discovery; communicating and questioning; classroom organisation and child management; current policies; guidelines; curricula and practice; observation and record keeping; planning, implementing and evaluating experiences; catering for the individual needs of children.

Textbook(s)

Briggs F & Potter G 1999, Teaching children in the first three years of school, 2nd edition, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 1016	Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
EDUC 2026	Professional Experience 2 (3 to 5 Years)

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 3053	Literacy Birth to 8 Years

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 7 weeks
Seminar	2 hours x 7 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement (undergraduate students only))	N/A x 25 days
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement (postgraduate students only))	N/A x 16 days
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	10 hours x 7 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement (undergraduate external students only))	N/A x 25 days

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

Assessment

Professional experience folder documentation, Teaching placement

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.