Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- On-campus: 12 hours Face to face + Blended Swinburne online - Nil
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2022 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
NilCorequisites
NilAims and objectives
2.Respond to world issues through the teaching and learning program
3.Compare the differences and similarities of local and global childhoods and how policies, programs and policing govern childhoods
4. Examine the notion of the global child and childhoods as both political and politicized
5. Describe and evaluate current debates in contemporary society impacting on children’s experiences of early childhood including social media, use of technology, transition to school, competency frameworks, advocacy and voice
6. Identify ethical issues associated with digital technologies
Courses with unit
BA-EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
BA-EDUPRI Bachelor of Education (Primary)
DP-EDU Diploma of Education Studies
BA-EDU Bachelor of Education
BA-EDUPRI1 Bachelor of Education (Primary)
AB-EDU Associate Degree of Education
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Seminar |
2 |
6 |
12 |
Online Contact Online | 1 |
12 |
12 |
Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 8 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL |
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| 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A |
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Online Contact | N/A |
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Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 12 | 72 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL |
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| 150 hours/12.5 cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Presentation | Individual | 30% | 1, 2, 3 |
Report | Individual | 30% | 3, 4, 5 |
Essay | Individual | 40% | 6, 7 |
Content
• Views of global childhoods as both political and politicized
• World issues and how they are represented in a teaching and learning program. Debates in contemporary society impacting on children’s experiences of early childhood
• Digital technologies, social media and representations of childhood
• Ethical issues associated with digital technologies
• Local and global policies and practices on school transition and school readiness
• Globalising and universalising childhoods
• Local and global discourses of protection, rights, welfare and policy and how they govern different types of childhoods.
• Researching children and childhoods and how it informs policy and practice.
Study resources
- Reading materials and recommended reading.