ECP128 - Professional Knowledge (0-2 Years)
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | This unit has an indicative number of professional experience placement days. For the most up-to-date advice regarding your placement please see here. |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online), CBD* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Karen Guo |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E330, E333 or E334 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ECP127 |
| 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: | 1 x 2-hour online workshop per non-placement teaching week (approx. 6-9 weeks) and 2 x 1-hour online class per trimester, 1 x conference per trimester |
| In-person attendance requirements: | The unit also includes a Professional Experience placement (5-days) |
Note:*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery | |
Content
This unit will provide students with opportunities to engage with the education and care of children from birth-2 years of age. In a professional experience placement, students will engage with infants and very young children, teachers and families and will be able to critically analyse and reflect on the components of quality environments and programmes for infants and very young children.
Students will be able to make critical connections between theory and practice, and incorporate their understandings about the National Quality Framework legislative and regulatory requirements, including the child care accreditation requirements and National and Victorian Curriculum documents in the context of teaching, learning and care for children from birth-2 years of age.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Evaluate and apply knowledge of the regulatory requirements and their implications for teachers’ professional practice with children aged under 2 years | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Understand what and how children under 2 years learn, and use this knowledge to generate a portfolio of learning experiences that respond to their developmental needs, that incorporates knowledge of teaching resources and strategies to support learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Incorporate knowledge of curriculum, policy and regulation required of teachers into their professional practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO4 | Reflect critically on own professional practice, and set learning goals that respond to professional learning needs | GLO4: Critical Thinking GLO5: Problem Solving GLO6: Self-management |
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 - Analyse and support child learning | 1600 words | 40% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Reflection on professional practice in an under 2’s environment | 2400 words | 60% | 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.
Hurdle requirement
Satisfactory completion of the 5-day professional experience placement is required in order to pass this unit
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECP128
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.
Unit Fee Information
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