Unit of Study TCHR6011 Professional Experience: Early Childhood II (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

0
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

Yes

Co-requisites

TCHR5009 - Theory to practice: Education and Care for Infants and Toddlers
Anti-requisites

TCHR6001 - Professional Experience in Early Childhood Education II: Infants and Toddlers

Enrolment information

All students are required to meet participation requirements including compulsory attendance at the residential, either online or face to face. Students enrol by the date specified by the Professional Experience Team to ensure a placement can be arranged. Students are to provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at: www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/

Unit description

Focuses on students developing links between research, theory, and practice in early childhood education specifically for preschool aged children: birth to two years. Students will build on the development of personal and professional attributes, and abilities for effective interactions with all children and adults in the lives of those children. Students will undertake professional experience in early childhood settings catering for children birth to two years and their families.

Unit content

Preparation for placement followed by Professional Experience.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Dual Term3,4	Dual Term3,4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate ethical and professional conduct in the professional experience setting with commitment to and engagement with the children, families and the early childhood community

create, develop, implement and document early childhood educational programs for children with sound links to understandings of children’s learning, child development, theories of learning, understandings of diverse families and communities and research

demonstrate understanding of professional skills to support children’s pro-social development and competencies

create, design and assess flexible, healthy, sustainable environments that support children’s learning

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Placement 20 days (once)

Residential 6 hours (once)

Assessment
Report	SR
Quiz	SR
Participation	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Sims, M.,& Hutchins, T. , 2020, Program planning for infants and toddlers, 3rd, Pademelon Press, Jamberoo, NSW. ISBN: 9781876138578.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

Sims, M.,& Hutchins, T. , 2020, Program planning for infants and toddlers, 3rd, Pademelon Press, Jamberoo, NSW. ISBN: 9781876138578.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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