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Unit of Study TCHR2003 - Curriculum Studies in Early Childhood (2024)

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Unit description

Develops conceptual knowledge of the holistic approach to curriculum in the early childhood setting. A focus is on an integrated approach to learning key curriculum areas of science and technology, mathematics, creative arts, language, history and physical wellbeing for children aged from birth to five years. Students develop children’s conceptual knowledge of these areas, with links made to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) (AGDE, 2022) and the National Quality Standard (ACECQA, 2020). 

Unit content

Module 1: Defining curriculum in early childhood education (ECE).

Module 2:  Integrating curriculum approaches in ECE.

Module 3: Integrating science, mathematics and technology into ECE.

Module 4: Integrating language and literature, and creative arts into ECE.

Module 5: Integrating physical and emotional wellbeing into ECE.

Module 6: Integrating history and culture, time, equity and social justice into ECE.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3
Term3
Melbourne N/A
Term4
Online
Term1,3,4
Term1,3,4
Sydney N/A
Term4

Learning outcomes

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:

describe and justify curriculum in early childhood education and care services

understand and demonstrate conceptual knowledge related to key learning areas for children from birth to five years

argue, with reference to the literature, how curriculum key learning areas can be applied to support children’s learning

create and analyse learning environments of curriculum key learning areas for children’s development and learning explain the role of the early childhood educator

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