ED3090 - Social and Environmental Education for Early Childhood

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
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The subject is organised around teachers decision making in planning and implementing learnings in social and environmental education in early childhood settings in keeping with new syllabus developments in Queensland, and current trends within Australia and beyond. It aims to develop preservice teachers competence in planning, implementing and assessing engaging and effective learning experiences and programs that position young children as active participants in their society. Students are introduced to principles, debates, key concepts, processes and values in social and environmental education.

Learning Outcomes

• analyse young childrens development in social and environmental understanding;
• critically examine the theoretical orientations, sources of knowledge and pedagogy of social and environmental education for young children;
• design engaging, effective and inclusive units which use current syllabus policies, provide significant learnings in social and environmental education, cater for a variety of learner characteristics, needs and contexts and scaffold literacy practices;
• explain links between principles and policies in studies of society and environment and their implementation in planning, delivering and evaluating such programs in early childhood settings.

Prerequisites:	6 units of level 1 ED subjects
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED3001 and ED3101

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	jc144747.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (70%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	edhm
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
Assessment:	(20%); (30%); (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.