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Leading and Managing Early Childhood Settings - ECED826
This unit aims to build students’ capacity to lead and manage quality early childhood education settings. The unit critically examines the social, political and legal contexts within which early childhood education settings in Australia operate, and explores early childhood leadership theory. Students will investigate diverse management structures, regulatory and legislative frameworks, and the ethical and professional roles and responsibilities of early childhood teachers as leaders and managers.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S1 External - Session 1, External (On-campus dates: Compulsory) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor Manjula Waniganayake |
| Prerequisites: |
[Admission to MTeach(Birth to Five Years) and (16cp from ECED or ECEX or ECHX units at 600 level) and (ECED820 or ECEX820 or ECHX820) and (ECED823 or ECEX823 or ECHX823) and (ECED824 or ECEX824 or ECHX824) and (ECED827 or ECEX827 or ECHX827)] or [admission to MEd or MIndigenousEd or MSpecEd] |
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| NCCW(s): | ECED604, ECEX826, EDCN845, ECED745, ECED834 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Institute of Early Childhood Faculty of Human Sciences |
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