ECE111 - Curriculum 1: Pedagogies and Play
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online), CBD* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Karen Guo |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E330, E333 or E334 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week. Students will also engage in a 1-hour online workshop per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 2 x cloud conferences per trimester |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD) refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute
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Content
An understanding of early curriculum theory and its implementation is essential for the early childhood professional. The emergence of Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework of Australia has given a new stimulus for examining early childhood curriculum. There are many different organizational and cultural contexts of early childhood and these differ also according to the age range of service provision. Current models of curriculum exist in early childhood centres in Australia and these will be reviewed critically.
Students need to understand and apply the principles of curriculum development. As a reflective and critical practitioner, they need to be able to make provision for the children in many diverse cultures of multicultural Australia. In addition, there are many contemporary curriculum issues that are important considerations for curriculum design, including attachment theory, the primary caregiver concept and circle of security, continuity in curriculum design, early childhood pedagogies, and assessing developmental learning outcomes, supporting the culture of the home and establishing supportive, respectful and responsive relationships in work with children, families and communities.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Explain the role of play for children’s learning and development in the early years | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO2 | Analyse and discuss types of play children engage in during their early years, and identify how the interpretation of play types allows teachers to monitor children’s development | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical Thinking |
| ULO3 | Analyse and apply contemporary theories, issues and curriculum documents associated with play-based teaching and learning for young children | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Examine and discuss teaching pedagogies associated with play based learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1 - Play and Development Analysis Report | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 - Digital Resource | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3 - Learning environment design | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECE111
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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