ED2590 - Early Childhood Education and Care 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Education

Core subject for BEd (ECE) students.

This subject explores early childhood curriculum, pedagogy and development. It relates child development to the <i>Early Years Learning Framework</i> and Queensland's <i>Early Years Curriculum Guidelines</i> Early Learning Areas - Social and Personal Learning; Health and Physical Learning; Language Learning and Communication; Early Mathematical Understandings; and Active Learning Processes, and key components of effective early years curricula. Along with (10) half-days of professional experience, this subject examines play and other early childhood learning contexts to forge a link between theory and practice in early childhood settings.

Learning Outcomes

• develop skills in monitoring and assessing learning and development of young children as part of the curriculum decision-making process;
• explore the relationships between early childhood development and pedagogy; and between theory and practice;
• critically examine early childhood curriculum documents and a range of pedagogies and activities for young children.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Assumed Knowledge:	Assumed knowledge in this subject includes an understanding of the development of the young child in terms of physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development as studied in ED1481:03 Foundations of Educational Psychology.
Prerequisites:	6 credit points of level 1 ED subjects

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Reesa Sorin
Contact hours:	25 hours professional experience
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30%); participation (10%); assignments (60%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of the 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.