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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Education
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Course code: 1515 + Course abbreviation: BECEd + Total
credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time (part-time available)
On-campus (Peninsula)
This
course is designed to provide students with a program of studies and
experiences, which should enable them to:
- develop knowledge of, and critically reflect on, the theoretical
foundations of human development and of education, especially those relevant to
early childhood education
- relate their own views and experiences in education, family and society to
those of others and critically reflect on these
- appreciate the implications the family, social, cultural and political
contexts have for children's development and learning, and how they impact on
early childhood services
- understand the professional role of the early childhood educator in a
diverse and complex society which is undergoing rapid and continuous social and
technological change
- develop skills that will allow them to instigate and respond to change and
to advocate effectively for young children, families and the early childhood
profession
- demonstrate competence in general care, appropriate curriculum planning and
teaching skills, as well as administration and management across a range of
children's services
- develop effective communication and interpersonal skills
- have the skills and attitudes that foster a positive view of continued
personal and professional development.
The
degree consists of two groups of studies:
- teaching and curriculum studies, including teaching practica, totalling 120
points
- education studies, concerned with major issues in education, especially
early childhood education, totalling 72 points.
- EDF1201 Computer essentials
- EDF1203 Curriculum studies: primary English 1
- EDF1204 Curriculum studies: primary mathematics 1
- EDF1301 Perspectives on learning
- EDF1302 Perspectives on teaching
- EDF1503 Foundations of early childhood
- EDF1513 Early childhood music
- EDF1514 Visual arts in early childhood
- EDF2201 Child development 1
- EDF2202 Child development 2
- EDF2203 Curriculum studies: primary studies of society and environment
- EDF2204 Curriculum studies: primary science
- EDF2501 Child development 3: child, health and safety
- EDF2507 Early childhood teaching studies 1
- EDF2508 Early childhood teaching studies 2
- EDF3202 Curriculum studies: primary health and PE
- EDF3201 Curriculum studies: primary art and music
- EDF3203 Curriculum studies: primary technology
- EDF3501 Early childhood literacy and studies of society
- EDF3502 Australian family studies
- EDF3504 Early childhood expressive arts
- EDF3506 Cultural studies (early childhood)
- EDF3507 Early childhood teaching studies 3
- EDF3508 Early childhood teaching studies 4
- EDF4201 Child development 4: exceptional children
- EDF4303 The teacher as a researcher
- EDF4501 Early childhood maths, science and technology
- EDF4502 The early childhood professional
- EDF4504 Contemporary issues in early childhood
- EDF4506 Administration and management
- EDF4507 Early childhood teaching studies 5
- EDF4508 Early childhood teaching studies 6
This is a conceptual
outline only. It gives a general indication of how the course will progress. It
is subject to change without notice.
On
completion of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, graduates may seek
employment in preschools, childcare centres, primary schools, and other
children's services and specialist early childhood settings in Victoria. For
interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local
authorities.
Inquiries:
telephone +61 3 9904 4291, email
undergraduate.peninsula@education.monash.edu.au or visit
http://www.education.monash.edu.au/.
Ms
Marie Hammer
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