Identity: The Early Childhood Profession(al)
Duration
- One Semester or equivalentThis unit will be delivered on-line in Semester 2 2020.
Contact hours
- On-campus: 24 hours Face to face Swinburne online - Nil
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2024 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
237.5 cps from:
Corequisites
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Identify and analyse the complexities and characteristics of the early childhood profession.
2. Discuss and critique contemporary trends, policies and movements in the profession within Australia and internationally.
3. Investigate and describe the key legal obligations that impact the early childhood profession and their implications for teaching.
4. Describe how engaging in reflective practice and ongoing learning contributes to a culture of professional growth in the early childhood workplace.
5. Critically reflect on their own professional identity, including strengths, challenges and uniqueness and articulate what it means to be a professional.
Courses with unit
BA-EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
DP-EDU Diploma of Education Studies
AB-EDU Associate Degree of Education
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
On-campus
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
On-campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Specified Activities Various | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 5.5 | 12 | 66 |
TOTAL | 150 hours / 12.5 credit points |
Swinburne Online
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A | ||
Online Contact | N/A | ||
Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 12 | 72 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 150 hours /12.5 credit points |
Assessment
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Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Report | Individual | 60% | 1, 2, 3, |
Reflection | Individual | 40% | 4, 5 |
Content
• Commonwealth and jurisdictional policies and initiatives in early childhood.
• International perspectives and contexts of early childhood.
• National Quality Reform Agenda.
• Care-education divide.
• Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics and Victorian Teaching Profession Code of Conduct.
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Key components of early childhood education.
• What it means to be a professional and a member of a profession.
• Professional learning and identity.
• Personal and professional resilience and wellbeing.
• Reflective practice and mentoring.
• Professional associations, networks and collaborations and communities of practice.
• Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
Study resources
- Reading materials.