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ABEC120: Play for ATSI Children
This unit examines the role of play and inquiry in children's learning and development. Students develop an understanding of the characteristics of, and theoretical approaches to, play and inquiry in early childhood education, and explore how environments, resources and teaching techniques can be structured to facilitate children's active and meaningful engagement in the learning process. A major emphasis is the role of play materials in enabling ATSI children to explore their world; to reflect upon and represent their experiences; and to communicate about these in the context of ATSI cultures, rural and urban. The unit details relationships between children's play and inquiry across the range of developmental and curriculum areas, and provides students with practical opportunities to engage in and analyse experiences which foster learning in early childhood.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | On campus session |
| When Offered: | X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (Session Dates: Block session |
| Staff Contact(s): | Early Childhood Staff |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to BTeach(ECS) |
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| NCCW(s): | ECH113 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Institute of Early Childhood |
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