2010 Course Handbook
ECED822: Issues in Early Childhood Policy and Pedagogy
This unit involves field visits, please contact the unit convenor for dates and details.
Early childhood teaching takes place in contexts of political, philosophical and educational change. This unit enables students to analyse current practice within these contexts and to position themselves within debates regarding policy and pedagogy. While identifying current challenges on the professional early childhood landscape, students will analyse two issues in greater depth.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: No session) |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Alma Fleet |
| Prerequisites: | Admission to MTeach(Birth to Five Years) or MECh or MEdLead(ECE) or MED or PGDipEChild or PGCertEChild or MEd or PGDipEdS |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | ECED843 |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Human Sciences Institute of Early Childhood |