EDUC1242 The Developing Child (Professional Experience: Year 1B)

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Overview

This topic will further develop pre-service teachers’ capacity to apply the methods used to observe, document, and assess children’s learning and development. Pre-service teachers will think critically and apply developmental and sociocultural theories as appropriate. Focusing on the concept of inclusion, pre-service teachers will plan for and justify their teaching … For more content click the Read More button below. This topic continues the professional experience placement from the previous placement topic, engaging pre-service teachers in a metropolitan early childhood setting over an extended period. Visiting the site for 1-day per week for 10-weeks, pre-service teachers track young children’s learning over time and develop an understanding of how a site changes through different seasons. Pre-service teachers begin to see how theory informs practice as they observe young children and make a plan for their learning, working with individual children, small groups and then the whole group. Through a focused inquiry project, pre-service teachers make a valuable contribution to children’s learning and development, combining theory with observations, planning, teaching, evaluation and documentation.

This topic continues the professional experience placement from the previous placement topic, engaging pre-service teachers in a metropolitan early childhood setting over an extended period. Visiting the site for 1-day per week for 10-weeks, pre-service teachers track young children’s learning over time and develop an understanding of how a site changes through different seasons. Pre-service teachers begin to see how theory informs practice as they observe young children and make a plan for their learning, working with individual children, small groups and then the whole group. Through a focused inquiry project, pre-service teachers make a valuable contribution to children’s learning and development, combining theory with observations, planning, teaching, evaluation and documentation.

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Aims

The topic aims to:

Support pre-service teachers to develop and integrate understanding of the theoretical perspectives of children’s physical, social, emotional, language and cognitive development aged birth -8
Enable pre-service teachers to practise a variety of observation/assessment techniques to gain insight into the types of experiences, activities and ideas that engage young children and identify key developmental milestones
Assist pre-service teachers to plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences that link to the curriculum, make a meaningful contribution to children’s learning, and extend their development
Provide pre-service teachers with opportunities to work as a contributing member of the educational team, gathering evidence of developing professional knowledge, practice, and relationships

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The Developing Child (Professional Experience: Year 1B)