Curriculum, Planning and Assessment for Infants: Practicum 3E
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- On-campus: 12 hours Face to face+Blended plus 10 days placement Swinburne online: Fully online plus 10 days placement
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 | |
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Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
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Prerequisites
EDU10001 Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Assessment: Practicum 1
AND
EDU20002 Mathematics in Practice
AND
EDU20006 Curriculum, Planning and Assessment for Primary: Practicum 2 (not required for students in BA-EDUECT/EDUECTS)
OR
EDU20053 Curriculum Planning and Assessment: Practicum 2 (not required for students in BA-EDECP/BA-EDECPS)
AND
100 Credit Points in:
BA-EDUEC Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
or
BA-EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
or
BA-EDUECT Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
or
BA-EDUECTS Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
or
BA-EDECP Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)
or
BA-EDECPS Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)
Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
1. Express a clear rationale for using an appropriate curriculum for babies and toddlers
2. Plan and construct rich learning environments indoors and outdoors and use a range of teaching practices and resources that engage infants and toddlers in learning appropriate to their interests, abilities and needs
3. Communicate and relate to families respectfully and in ways that demonstrate awareness of the particular importance of collaboration and shared decision making
4. Plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences that demonstrate the ability to articulate aims, objectives, procedures, outcomes and evaluation practices
5. Assess and document children’s development and learning in collaboration with families in a variety of ways that lead to a deep and broad basis for planning curriculum
6. Model respectful and sensitive interaction with very young children (birth to two years) in ways that lead to establishing and strengthening relationships that support learning
Courses with unit
BA-EDUEC/EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-campus Seminar | 2 | 6 | 12 |
Online Contact Lab | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Placement Placement | 37.5 | 2 | 75 |
Unspecified Activities Independent learning | 4.25 | 12 | 51 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Placement Placement | 37.5 | 2 | 75 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 6.25 | 12 | 75 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual | Pass/Fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Professional Experience Report | Individual | Pass/Fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Hurdle requirements
External accreditation requires that student meet both the theoretical and practical components for all placement units.
Content
- Infant learning and development
- Self-assessment of teaching performance
- Planning and assessing infant learning
- Recognising individual differences and supporting learning accordingly
- Engaging collaboratively with colleagues and families
- Creating and maintaining healthy, safe and rich learning environments that support learning
- Helping infants begin to learn to guide their own behaviour
- Strategies for evaluating learning and teaching programs to improve learning
- Teaching strategies and resources for supporting and assessing infant learning
- Routines and transitions
- Sensorial play
- Attachment theory and its implications for practice
- Code of Ethics and professional standards
Study resources
- Reading materials.