Curriculum, Planning and Assessment for Infants: Practicum 3E

EDU30003 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn, Online, Wantirna

Duration

  • One Semester or equivalent

Contact hours

  • 12 Hours face to face + blended + Swinburne Online

On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.

2025 teaching periods

Hawthorn

Higher Ed. Semester 1

Dates:
3 Mar 25 - 1 Jun 25

Results:
8 Jul 25

Last self enrolment:
16 Mar 25

Census:
31 Mar 25

Last withdraw without fail:
24 Apr 25
More teaching periods
Swinburne Online

Teaching Period 1		 Swinburne Online

Teaching Period 2

Dates:
10 Mar 25 - 8 Jun 25

Results:
1 Jul 25

Last self enrolment:
23 Mar 25

Census:
4 Apr 25

Last withdraw without fail:
2 May 25

Dates:
7 Jul 25 - 5 Oct 25

Results:
28 Oct 25

Last self enrolment:
20 Jul 25

Census:
1 Aug 25

Last withdraw without fail:
22 Aug 25
Swinburne Online

Teaching Period 3

Dates:
3 Nov 25 - 8 Feb 26

Results:
3 Mar 26

Last self enrolment:
16 Nov 25

Census:
28 Nov 25

Last withdraw without fail:
2 Jan 26

Prerequisites

150 Credit Points in:

BA-EDUEC Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) 
or
BA-EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
or
BA-EDUECT Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
or
BA-EDUECTS Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
or
BA-EDECP Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)
or
BA-EDECPS Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) 

AND
 
 
AND 
 
Concurrent Pre-requisites (complete prior or at same time)
 
OR
Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Assessment for Primary: Practicum 1 (EDU10027)
 
OR 

Aims and objectives

Pre-service teachers will develop knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to teach infants and toddlers effectively. Within the allocated timeframe, pre-service teachers will undertake 20 days of professional experience in an approved early childhood setting, with children aged birth to two years. Major emphasis is given to respectful relationships, the potential for learning opportunities throughout the child’s total experience in early learning settings and the critical importance of knowing children in the context of family, community and culture. These knowledge, skills and dispositions will be used and extended under the supervision of an experienced and qualified teacher.

Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)  
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Express a clear rationale for using an appropriate curriculum for babies and toddlers
2. Plan and construct rich learning environments indoors and outdoors and use a range of teaching practices and resources that engage infants and toddlers in learning appropriate to their interests, abilities and needs
3. Communicate and relate to families respectfully and in ways that demonstrate awareness of the particular importance of collaboration and shared decision making
4. Plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences that demonstrate the ability to articulate aims, objectives, procedures, outcomes and evaluation practices
5. Assess and document children’s development and learning in collaboration with families in a variety of ways that lead to a deep and broad basis for planning curriculum
6. Model respectful and sensitive interaction with very young children (birth to two years) in ways that lead to establishing and strengthening relationships that support learning
7.  Apply your knowledge and understanding of pedagogical approaches to promote children’s learning and wellbeing in ways that are responsive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, doing and being