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Unit of Study TCHR2013 - Professional Experience: Early Childhood III (2025)

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  • Enrolment information

    Students MUST provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/ Only ONE placement can be completed in a Term unless approval has been granted by the Director of Professional Experience.

Unit description

Focuses on students developing links between research, theory, and practice in early childhood education specifically for transition of preschool aged children to school (5–8 years). Students will build on the development of personal and professional attributes, and abilities for effective interactions with all children and adults in the lives of those children. This professional experience involves 10 days of placement in settings catering for children five to eight years and their families.  

Unit content

Module 1: Workshop Morning: Preparing for professional experience 

Module 2: Workshop Mid-Session: Roles and responsibilities of ECTs

Module 3: Workshop afternoon:

*Introduction to the assessment of professional experience
* Advice from the profession

Module 4: Professional Experience

Module 5: De-brief session: Lessons learned from professional experience

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Location Domestic International
Online
Dual Term2
Dual Term2

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:

demonstrate ethical and professional conduct in the professional experience setting with commitment to and engagement with the early childhood community

create, develop, implement and document early childhood educational programs for children with sound links to understandings of children’s learning, child development, theories of learning, understandings of diverse families and communities and research

demonstrate understanding of professional skills to support children’s pro-social development and competencies

create, design and assess flexible, healthy, sustainable environments that support children’s learning

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