Postgraduate - UnitEDF5909 - Placement in early childhood

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Monash Passport category	Internship (Act Program)
Offered	Peninsula Second semester (extended) 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Avis Ridgway

Synopsis

This unit principally comprises up to 30 days of professional placement in settings across the 3 to 8 years age range, 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)

Dr Avis Ridgway

Contact hours

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