School Of EducationEarly Childhood Professional Experience 2Western Sydney University Unit Code: 101108.1
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
This unit draws on knowledge of other units being studied in previous and current semesters.
Prerequisite
101107 Early Childhood Professional Experience 1
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
This unit is only available to students enrolled in courses 1625 Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) and 1631 Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Early Childhood). Students must have completed Child Protection training and prior to enrolling in this unit students must have: 1) submitted a Prohibited Employment Declaration prior to 1 June 2010 OR a Working with Children Check Student Declaration after 1 June 2010.
About this Unit
In this unit students will interact with either children three to five or five to eight years of age, with the staff who work with them in centres or schools, and with children's familes. Students will apply emerging and developing knowledge about their own professional growth, and children and families to a range of approaches to curriculum with a particular focus on preschoolers and children in the early years of school. Students are expected to apply strategies for connecting curriculum to children's social worlds and for facilitating in-depth investgations and critical thinking. They will focus on the development of their own communication skills and understandings of the role of the ethical early childhood educator to apply and refine strategies for organising the total learning environment in ways that cater for diverse interests, abilities and backgrounds. They will assist in the day to day running of programs for children, focusing on either the 3-5 age group or the 5-8 age group. Students will focus some planning on the personal development, health and physical education, maths, science and technology, prosocial behaviours and transition to school programs.