Postgraduate - UnitEDF5909 - Placement in early childhood

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Synopsis

This unit principally comprises up to 25 days of professional placement in prior-to-school settings, supported by regular in-centre tutorial sessions during block placements.

Outcomes

In this unit students will actively develop, to the level of a beginning teacher, their skills to:

• Foster professional relationships with children, families, and colleagues;
• Systematically plan and implement curricular practices that draw on explicit links to children's experiences in their families and communities;
• Effectively manage children's activities in the early childhood setting; and
• Collaborate with professional colleagues to assess their own personal professional learning and development.

Assessment

Satisfactory completion of professional placement fieldwork (Equivalent 5000 words; 60%); and Professional Experience folder/tasks (3000 words or equivalent; 40%)

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Marie Hammer

Contact hours

Equivalent to an average of 24 hours per week including 3 contact hours