EDEC5000 (v.1) Early Childhood Professional Experience 1: Planning and Documentation
| Area: | School of Education |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Fieldwork: | 1 x 120 Hours Once-only |
| Equivalent(s): |
EDEC5013 (v.1)
MTEC501 Early Childhood Professional Experience 1: Planning and Documentation
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| Prerequisite(s): |
EDEC5003 (v.1)
Early Literacies and Play-Based Pedagogies
or any previous version
OR EDUC5011 (v.1) Developing Positive Learning Environments or any previous version OR EDUC5005 (v.1) Theories of Development and Learning or any previous version |
| Other Requisite(s): | Working with Children Clearance: |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Additional Tuition Pattern Information: | The fieldwork for this unit includes a 15-day professional experience placement in an Early Learning Centre. This placement will comprise of 1 day per week for 5 weeks, immediately followed by a block of 10 consecutive days. The block placement must be undertaken on a full-time basis. |
| Syllabus: | This unit is the first in the suite of professional experience units. It will critically examine the principles and practices appropriate to plan and implement appropriate learning experiences for children in Early Learning and Care settings. The unit will focus on exploring intentional teaching and child centred approaches to teaching and learning during a professional experience placement. Pre-service teachers will be introduced to the importance of developing teacher resilience. Relevant national and local policies and frameworks will be scrutinised. The overall pass requirement for the unit consists of a mark of at least 50% for the theory component and a pass for the professional experience placement. |
| Field of Education: | 070101 Teacher Education: Early Childhood |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Uni Term 2 | Y | ||||
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Uni Term 1 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Uni Term 2 | Y |
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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
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