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Unit of Study TCHR3001 - Early Childhood Matters (2025)

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Provides students with an understanding of the key issues, debates and challenges in contemporary early childhood education and care (ECEC). Students develop skills to investigate and critically examine issues from a range of perspectives and argue their position on these issues with reference to authoritative literature and their personal approach/philosophy of learning, development and teaching within ECEC.

Unit content

Module 1:  Contemporary issues in early childhood education and care

Module 2: Investigating issues of importance to the EC profession

Module 3: Issues of importance to parents

Module 4: Issues of importance for children

Module 5: Issues identified by media; local/national and international communities 

Module 6: Positioning a professional view on a selected issue within ECEC 

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term1,3,4
Term1,3,4
Melbourne
Term1,3,4
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Online
Term1,3,4
Term1,3,4
Sydney
Term1,3,4
Term1,3,4

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

identify a range of issues important in early childhood education and care

analyse a range of positions highlighted in authoritative literature on contemporary issues related to early childhood education and care

critically reflect on their personal approach/philosophy of learning, development and teaching within early childhood education and care in relation to contemporary issues

argue a position on current issues in early childhood education and care, in relation to the literature

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