ED3093 - Inquiries into Early Childhood Learning and Teaching

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:	School of Education

Available only to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Education. Note: some lectures for the Cairns offering of this subject are delivered on-line through LearnJCU and requires students to have access to the World Wide Web for participation in the subject.

The focus of this subject will be the implementation of critically reflective practice in developing effective pedagogies. Students will explore a range of professional practices, identified as productive pedagogies and investigate topics of particular professional and personal significance. Implementing an inquiry approach, this subject will involve a range of adult learning modes and contexts, which may include face-to-face or electronic lectures and tutorials; critical reflections; discussions and collaborative and independent work. Students are required to undertake 25 hours of professional experience.

Learning Outcomes

• further develop knowledge and skills of critical reflection of personal and professional beliefs about learning and teaching;
• develop the skills and attitudes to engage with colleagues and students in a community of inquiry;
• refine skills for examining and developing inclusive pedagogical practices.

Prerequisites:	ED2499 and 42 units of BEd subjects
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED3001 and ED3101

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Sharn Rocco.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours tutorials 6 hours fieldwork 25 hours professional experience
Assessment:	presentations (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of the Professional Experience component.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Reesa Sorin.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures - Flexible delivery (some face to face, some on-line). 26 hours tutorials - Face-to-face. 25 hours professional experience
Assessment:	presentations (35% - 50%); invigilated participation (% - 15%); assignments (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of professional experience component.

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.