2010 Course Handbook
ECHS05P - Early Childhood (Postgraduate Study Pattern)
| Major: | Early Childhood |
| Area of Study: | Early Childhood Studies |
| Degree: | PGDipEChild - Postgraduate Diploma in Early Childhood |
| Offered By: |
The Faculty of Human Sciences |
| Admission Requirements: | Bachelor of Education or Bachelor degree in education, social sciences or humanities; AND professional or academic practicum experience with infants and children (0-8 years) and their families |
| Fees: | |
| Attendance Modes: | Internal External |
Study Loads: | Full Time (1.0) Part Time |
| Commencing Study Periods: | FH SH |
General Requirements
| Minimum number of credit points | 24 |
| and completion of other specific requirements as set out below |
Specific Requirements
| 800 level | ||||
| Required | ACES800 | Introduction to Educational Research (4) | 4 | |
| Required | 20 cp from | ACES801 | Designing Educational Research (4) | |
| ACES802 | Searching and Constructing a Literature Review (4) | |||
| ACES803 | Conducting and Communicating a Research Project (4) | |||
| ACES845 | Organisation of Early Childhood Education (4) | |||
| ECED819 | Early Childhood Development 1 (4) | |||
| ECED820 | Families in Context (4) | |||
| ECED822 | Issues in Early Childhood Politics and Pedagogy (4) | |||
| ECED823 | Language and Literacy in Early Childhood (4) | |||
| ECED824 | Early Childhood Development 2 (4) | |||
| ECED826 | Leading and Managing Early Childhood Services (4) | |||
| ECED828 | Creativity and the Arts: Contemporary Perspectives (4) | |||
| ECED830 | Early Intervention: Theory and Practice (4) | |||
| ECED886 | Image, Text and the Child (4) | 20 | ||
| Electives | ||||
| Balance of credit points required | 0 | |||
| TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM | 24 | |||