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2010 Course Handbook

ECED820: Families in Context

This unit involves field visits, please contact the unit convenor for dates and details.

Traditional images of the family continue to underpin a range of political and social responses. This unit challenges prevailing dominant views. A strengths-based approach allows exploration of family diversity. Implications for the early childhood professional will be analysed.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:--
When Offered: D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (On Campus session: No session)
Staff Contact: Dr Emma Pearson
Prerequisites:

Admission to MTeach(Birth to Five Years) or MECh or MEdLead(ECE) or PGDipEChild or PGCertEChild or MEd or PGDipEdS

Corequisites:

NCCWs:

ECED840

Unit Designations: --
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Faculty of Human Sciences


Institute of Early Childhood