Unit of Study TCHR5001 Play and Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education (2025)

Unit description

Focuses on students acquiring an understanding of play and pedagogies utilised in early childhood education and care. Analyses key issues pertaining to the role of play in learning; the relationships between philosophy, theory and pedagogy to learning environments for young children, and aims to develop a personal response to a range of early childhood education issues associated with play and pedagogies in early childhood education. 

Unit content

Module 1: Foundational Theories of Play and Pedagogies

Module 2: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives of Play and Pedagogies 

Module 3: Facilitating Play for Learning in Early Childhood Settings 

Module 4: Play and the curriculum framework 

Module 5: Whose Play? Inclusive Practices

Module 6: 21st Century Constructions of Play and Pedagogies