Undergraduate - UnitEDF3030 - Diversity in child development

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Berwick First semester 2015 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day) City (Melbourne) Term 1 2015 (On-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Prasanna Srinivasan (Berwick); Ms Robyn Babaeff (City)

Synopsis

This unit develops students' understanding of the factors involved in diverse learners' experiences in childhood development. It focuses on individuals with physical, cognitive or emotional differences and abilities, as well as differences created by social structures such as family, class, gender, and culture. Approaches to catering for children with delayed development, exceptional ability, emotional or behavioural problems are provided for critical reflection and discussion to develop students' ability to respond to varied children's needs. Major theoretical perspectives and current debates related to development are explored and students learn how to interpret and implement curriculum and legislative requirements that impact on professional practice and planning to meet diverse learner needs.

Outcomes

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

develop an understanding of children's developmental and individual needs
explain how individual differences can be created by social and other factors
apply knowledge of how to cater for individual differences in classroom settings
demonstrate the skills required to engage children with emotional, cognitive and behavioural needs in positive learning and developmental experiences
demonstrate an awareness of the skills required to make connections with the home environment and other professional bodies so all children can maximise their capacity to be confident and involved learners
interpret and implement curriculum and legislative requirements that impact on professional practice and planning to meet diverse learner needs.

Assessment

Case based critical analysis of diversity and child development (2000 words, 50%)
Report on developing strategies to teach children with diverse learner needs to meet curriculum and legislative requirements (2000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

2 contact hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Sue Grieshaber

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Early years education
Early years and primary education