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Unit of Study TCH20002 - Children, Families and Communities (2019)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

Unit description

Builds knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues facing children, families and communities, fostering attitudes of compassion and engagement in ECEC. This unit is concerned with the complexity, diversity and changing nature of contemporary childhood and families within the community. The influence of historical, social, political, economic and socio-economic factors will be considered as an influence upon children’s everyday lives.

Unit content

Module One: Children and Families

  • The Australian context
  • Establishing relationships with children
  • Supporting wellbeing: Social and emotional learning
  • Connecting with families: Collaborative partnerships
  • Linking policies to practices

Module Two: Communities

  • The Australian context
  • Community collaborations
  • Cultural competency
  • Identifying fragile contexts
  • Linking policies to practices

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 examine the historical construction of childhood and families
2 discuss and compare contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods
3 use research and theory to explain the diverse range of issues affecting children, families and communities
4 critically analyse of key social and educational policies and their impact upon service provision for children and families
5 critically analyse texts, images, and songs in terms of the construction of childhood, and families

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. examine the historical construction of childhood and families
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  2. discuss and compare contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  3. use research and theory to explain the diverse range of issues affecting children, families and communities
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  4. critically analyse of key social and educational policies and their impact upon service provision for children and families
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  5. critically analyse texts, images, and songs in terms of the construction of childhood, and families
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.