ECE404 - Inclusive Education for Young Children

Unit details

Note: You are seeing the 2022 view of this unit information. These details may no longer be current.
Year:

2022 unit information

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Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online), CBD*

Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online), CBD*

^2023 is the final Trimester 3 offering for this unit

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Nicole Downes
Trimester 3: Nicole Downes
Cohort rule:

Students must be enrolled in course E330, E333, E334 or E359

Prerequisite:

Students must have completed 10 credit points

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 and 1 x 1-hour online workshop per non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks), 1 x conference per trimester

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Trimester 2:
1 x 2-hour online workshop per non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks) and 2 x 1-hour online class per trimester, 1 x conference per trimester

Trimester 3:
1 x 2-hour online workshop per non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks), 1 x conference per trimester

Note:

*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery

Content

This unit informs students’ practice in the promotion of inclusion and equity of children and their families who experience or may be at risk of vulnerability. Through critical inquiry into contemporary theories, policies and practices on inclusive education and diversity, this unit develops students’ understanding of a range of differences that can influence children’s engagement and learning outcomes in early childhood and school contexts (e.g. individual ability, disability, family structure, social, socioeconomic, cultural and religious). The unit also aims to develop students’ awareness, knowledge and skills of why and how inclusive education can be created. Rights-based pedagogical approaches which position teachers as change agents frame the unit. Topics include conceptualizing inclusivity, social justice, policies and discourses on the rights of children, indigenous community, people with disabilities, working with children who are gifted, and children’s social, cultural and linguistic diversity. PSTs will engage with legislation, the ECA Code of Ethics and the VIT Code of Conduct to examine the challenges, contexts and issues that inform inclusive practice.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Critically find, examine and reflect on contemporary research, policies and practices to enhance knowledge of inclusive education and to inform inclusive teaching practices, incorporating diversity in 21st century learning environments and promoting a rights-based approach to education

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving
ULO2

Use in depth understanding of the individual characteristics, as well as the physical, social and cognitive development of children to design, plan and implement inclusive teaching strategies that support the learning styles and needs of individual children to help them achieve positive outcomes

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving
ULO3

Apply discipline specific knowledge to recognise the challenges faced by vulnerable children and their families, and then to create solutions to overcome those challenges to support the learning and wellbeing of all children

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4

Use knowledge and understandings of the individual learning styles and needs of children to ensure all children are able to actively engage in the learning environment and educational experiences regardless of ability

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving
ULO5

Engage professionally and effectively in a small group, utilising online technologies to collaborate, create and disseminate ideas that contribute towards a shared understanding of inclusive teaching practices

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO7: Teamwork

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
Assessment 1 - Essay 1600 words
or equivalent		 40% Week 5
Assessment 2 - Report 1600 words
or equivalent		 40% Week 10
Assessment 3 - Online group work 800 words
or equivalent		 20% Week 11

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 ECE404
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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