EDUC4882 Respectful Teaching With Infants And Toddlers

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Overview

Respectful teaching involves the careful consideration of what very young children do as they relate to and seek to discover more about the people and the world around them. Focusing on the role that attachment and attunement play in early learning and development, this topic encourages pre-service teachers to explore contemporary and international perspectives on the foundational elements of high-quality curricula for very young children. The reciprocal nature of the educator-child relationship will be of key consideration, using observation, reflection and planning techniques to question: what does it mean to teach infants and toddlers? Pre-service teachers will have the opportunity to study first-hand how to shape engaging and supportive educative care programs for very young children through 16-days of professional experience in a birth-2 setting. This elective topic involves placement visits Monday-Thursday, and a workshop on Friday, for 4-weeks. This supports pre-service teachers to complete the ACECQA accreditation requirement of a minimum of 10-days placement in Birth-2.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

Stimulate students to question the purposes and possibilities of respectful teaching approaches with very young children
Support students to consider how to observe for, shape & implement a high quality curriculum for infants and toddlers
Provide students with opportunities to apply their developing knowledge and understanding of infant/toddler curricula

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Critically analyse and effectively support the socio-emotional, intellectual and physical needs, creativities and curiosities of infants and toddlers, in light of their familial, cultural and community contexts

Rationalise how curriculum for very young children is distinct from curricula for children over 3 years, noting parallels with the students own teaching philosophy and that of the early years sectors

Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the role that the educator-child relationship plays in very young childrens learning and development

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Requisites information

Pre-requisites:

1 Admission into BEDECBA-Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Bachelor of Arts
1a Admission into BEDECSEBDS-B Education (Early Childhood & Special Ed), B Disability Studies
1b Admission into MTEC-Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
1c Admission into BECE-Bachelor of Early Childhood Education - Birth to 8
2 1 of EDUC1221, EDUC9222
3 1 of EDUC1238, EDUC2421

Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c) and 2) and (3)

Assumed knowledge

Proficiency with information technologies.

Handbook

Respectful Teaching With Infants And Toddlers

EDUC4882

4.5 Units