ED5833 - Issues in the Education and Care of Young Children

[Offered in odd-numbered years in Townsville. ]

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

Available to Postgraduate Certificate, BEd (Professional Development) and Master of Education students.

This subject examines contemporary issues in Early Childhood education and care, and how our ways of knowing impact on our understanding of and interacting with these issues. Topics taken from research and media may include: child development and pedagogy; gender; inclusivity; childhood; brain research; and policy.

Learning Outcomes

• critically evaluate contemporary issues in the field of early childhood education;
• critically reflect on the ways that contemporary issues impact on beliefs and professional practice;
• explore possibilities for reconceptualising early childhood policy and practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to appraise information critically;
• The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise;
• The ability to make constructive contributions to project teams or collegial activities.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Reesa Sorin.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	scenario response (30%); individual project (40%); critical reflections (30%).
JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 52
Census Date 21-Jul-2011
Face to face teaching (Block mode dates to be advised)
Coordinator:	Dr Reesa Sorin
Lecturer:	Dr Robyn Anderson.
Assessment:	responses to topics (40%); project plan/annotated bibliography (20%); individual project (40%).

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.