Early Childhood Professional Experience and Reflection (Preschool)

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
EDUC 5257

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
No

Course ID
162701

Unit Value
9

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
UniSA Education Futures

Future Student Enquiry Current UniSA Student Enquiry

Course aim

To support teacher candidates in developing capacities to work as a member of the teaching team in a preschool setting in planning and engaging with children in co-constructing play-based curriculum, pedagogy and documenting learning.

Course content

Students will explore the role of the teacher in a preschool context. Students will focus on content exploring, global and local context for preschool education, constructivist based pedagogy for engaging children in learning through play (emergent curriculum, inquiry- based, Reggio inspired), the role(s) of the environment, teacher/educator and documentation in a preschool setting.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 5270	Play, Learning and Development

Students must successfully achieve both the literacy and numeracy components of LANTITE, in the semester prior to the programs' final Professional Experience course, to be eligible to enrol in EDUC 5257 and EDUC 5250.

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 5250	Curriculum Specialisation

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture (Online)	1 hour x 7 weeks
Workshop	3 hours x 7 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	8 hours (or as required) 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

Placement, Portfolio, Reflective journal

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

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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.