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BACHELOR OF TEACHING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION (881)
The Bachelor of Teaching in Early Childhood
Education program focuses upon developing early childhood
teachers as critically reflective teachers and managers who
can work with children across the age range 0-8 years in a
variety of early childhood settings. Course content covers:
Foundations of Education (psychology, history, sociology,
and philosophy of early childhood education); Curriculum Studies
(e.g. Mathematics, Science, Language, Arts, in early childhood
education); Managing Early Childhood Learning Environments;
and Child Development and Care. Field work is an ongoing component
throughout the course, and students are expected to conduct
independent and collaborative inquiry in the field as part
of their learning and assessment tasks.
Approaches to course delivery emphasise students'
autonomy and critical reflection in their learning. Students
are involved in problem-solving and field and library research,
which is conducted in teams, and follows from input provided
by lecturing staff. A teamwork approach is also used to promote
students' interpersonal skills, which is seen to be an identifiable
requirement for early childhood practitioners. A three-stage
framework that provides a scaffolding which is systematically
released over the three years of the course, further aims
to develop skills in self-directing team work.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Teaching
in Early Childhood Education are required to undertake a teaching
practicum in each year. Practicum experiences include 5-8
year-olds in K-2 classrooms; 3-5 year olds in preschool and
long day care settings; and a six week extended teaching practicum.
Appropriate arrangements are made to cater for
the needs of students not proceeding through the program at
the normal rate, as defined in the schedule below. Such students
will need to consult with the Early Childhood Education Course
Director, at enrolment.
YEAR 1 - AUTUMN SESSION
| Number |
Subject |
Credit Points |
| EDUF111 |
Education I |
6 |
| EDUT121 |
Curriculum and Pedagogy I Early Childhood
|
6 |
| EDUL101 |
Language and Literacy Education I |
6 |
| EDUA111
|
Creative and Expressive Arts in Early Childhood
Education |
6 |
YEAR 1 - SPRING SESSION
| Number |
Subject |
Credit Points |
| EDIT102 |
Information Technology for Learning |
6 |
| EDUS122 |
Science and Mathematics in Early Childhood
I |
6 |
| EDUF104 |
Early Childhood Learning Environment I |
6 |
| EDUF106
|
Child Development and Care I |
6 |
YEAR 2 - AUTUMN SESSION
| Number |
Subject |
Credit Points |
| EDUF201 |
Early Childhood Learning Environment II
|
6 |
| EDUP201 |
Personal Development Health and Physical
Education |
6 |
| EDUS203 |
Human Society and Its Environment |
6 |
| EDUS213
|
Science and Mathematics in Early Childhood
II |
6 |
YEAR 2 - SPRING SESSION
| Number |
Subject |
Credit Points |
| EDUF204 |
Learners with Exceptional Needs |
6 |
| EDUF212 |
Education II |
6 |
| EDUF232 |
Early Intervention and Children with Special
Needs |
6 |
| EDUF252
|
Child Development and Care II |
6 |
YEAR 3 - AUTUMN SESSION
| Number |
Subject |
Credit Points |
| EDUF303
|
Early Childhood Learning
Environment III |
6 |
| EDUF313
|
Historical and Philosophical
Perspectives of Early Childhood |
6 |
| EDUL301
|
Language and Literacy Studies
in Early Childhood |
6 |
| EDUF353
|
Management of Early Childhood
Services |
6 |
YEAR 3 - SPRING SESSION
| Number |
Subject |
Credit Points |
| EDUF304
|
Early Childhood Curriculum |
12 |
| EDUT312
|
Early Childhood Extended Practicum
|
12 |
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