Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitEDF4324 - Professional engagement: entering the EC profession

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2012 (Day) Peninsula Term 1 2012 (Off-campus block of classes) Singapore Term 3 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Marie Hammer

Synopsis

This unit prepares students to enter the early childhood education profession. They will continue to develop their ability to become reflective professionals monitoring their own thoughts and actions. They will gain an understanding of employment opportunities, processes and organisational and work conditions. Students will understand the importance of emotional, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing. They will learn strategies to balance work and life commitments. They will have a conscious understanding of themselves as professionals, their relationships with others and the importance of continuing their professional learning.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

continue to be reflective professionals;
be confident in the ways to seek employment;
apply strategies to manage their own well being and see the significance of others; and
understand and be able to articulate who they are as professionals entering the profession.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Managing wellbeing (2,000 words or equivalent, 50%)
Assessment task 2: Multimodal autobiography (2,000 words, 50%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Denise Chapman

Prohibitions

EDF5411