Professional Experience and Reflection 1: Introduction to Early Childhood Educators' Practices

Course aim

To enable students as teachers to develop awareness of the social and community contexts of early childhood settings for infants and toddlers, the roles of teachers, and the links between childcare settings and other agencies in providing for children’s learning and welfare.

Course content

Students will undertake a supervised placement and study the social, economic and political contexts of child care service provision. Students will investigate community and interagency links, the teacher's role in the child care services, the organisational and legal requirements, policies and practice, and the centrality of relationships in learning and teaching. The students will reflect on the learning environments for infants and toddlers, child protection and wellbeing issues and teaching individuals and small groups. The students will also reflect on self as learners, and through observation and data analysis, report on own professional practice in the child care setting.

Textbook(s)

Sims, M & Hutchins, T 2011, Program planning for infants and toddlers, 2nd edition, Pademelon Press, Castle Hill, NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 5198	Social and Emotional Development M

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 9 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 9 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	Full day x 20 days
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online learning activities)	3 hours x 9 weeks
External (Professional Experience Placement)	Full day x 20 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 placement, Professional folio, Project

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

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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