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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
have already completed TCH10515 - Play and Pedagogies in the Early Years OR be enrolled in 1107425 - Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)
Unit aim
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
Topic 1: Issues impacting children, families and communities
Topic 2: Historical, social, political, economic and socio-economic factors influencing children and families
Topic 3: Government policy responses to dynamic, family and community contexts.
Topic 4: Diverse backgrounds and characteristics of children and the provision of high quality, well-functioning, socially-just early childhood services.
Topic 2: Historical, social, political, economic and socio-economic factors influencing children and families
Topic 3: Government policy responses to dynamic, family and community contexts.
Topic 4: Diverse backgrounds and characteristics of children and the provision of high quality, well-functioning, socially-just early childhood services.
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 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:
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examine the historical construction of childhood and families
- GA1:
- GA5:
- GA7:
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discuss and compare contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods
- GA1:
- GA5:
- GA7:
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use research and theory to explain the diverse range of issues affecting children, families and communities
- GA1:
- GA5:
- GA7:
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critically analyse of key social and educational policies and their impact upon service provision for children and families
- GA1:
- GA5:
- GA7:
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critically analyse texts, images, and songs in terms of the construction of childhood, and families
- GA1:
- GA5:
- GA7:
Prescribed texts
- Bowes, J, Grace, R & Hodge, K, 2012, Children, families and communities, 4th edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic. ISBN: 9780955740.
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009, Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework, 1st edn, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.