Undergraduate - UnitEDF4321 - Health and wellbeing in early childhood settings

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	Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day) Singapore Term 4 2015 (Online) Peninsula Term 4 2015 (Off-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Rosemary Bennett

Synopsis

In this unit students critically examine principles, practices and issues of health and wellbeing. They explore how society and culture influence community practices, legal and quality assurance requirements relating to the health and wellbeing of children and adults in early childhood settings. The unit prepares students with strategies to maintain high quality health, safety and nutritional standards in children's services and to balance work and life commitments through emotional, physical, social and spiritual self-care.

Outcomes

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

understand the importance of maintaining healthy lifestyles for staff and children
appreciate a range of perspectives on health and wellbeing
manage health and safety routines in early childhood settings according to appropriate laws and regulations
reflect on the implications of child health and safety issues in early childhood educational and care settings
apply strategies to manage their own wellbeing.

Assessment

Essay (2000 words, 50%)
Tutorial presentation and/or diagrammatic map (2000 words or equivalent, 50% )

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester/term comprising:

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

24 hours per semester

(b.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan based students:

one intensive block comprising two week nights and weekend days, normally from Thursday to Sunday
at least four hours of online study per term

(c.) Additional requirements (all students):

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Rosemary Bennett