ED5833 - Issues in the Education and Care of Young Children

[Offered in odd-numbered years in Townsville. ]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
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
JCU Singapore, Limited, Study Period 52
Census Date 09-Aug-2012
Face to face teaching 30-Jul-2012 to 03-Aug-2012
Coordinator:	Dr Reesa Sorin
Assessment:	individual project (40%); project plan/annotated bibliography (20%); responses to topics (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.