EDF5776 · Examining inclusion in children's media

Overview

This unit explores issues around diversity and inclusion within children's everyday experiences with media and digital technologies. You will develop your skills in critically viewing, using, curating, analysing, evaluating and creating a range of media, as a means towards becoming critical media makers and media mentors to parents, colleagues, and children. You will explore a range of media, digital technologies, literature, games, fandom, film, popular culture, and counterstories to gain an understanding of media that engenders ethical and equitable spaces for learning. By developing your critical eye for media intended for children/families and classrooms, you will gain the ability to design praxis that challenge and combat institutional ableism, racism, sexism, xenophobia, discrimination based on sexual orientation/gender identity as well as bullying and bias. You will learn to use, select, and make media within the classroom and home settings that demonstrate inclusivity / social justice leadership.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. develop research-based knowledge of the diversity of new media and technology relevant to early years education
2. display skills in using a range of new media and technologies creatively
3. develop knowledge of the range of media and diversity of genres
4. critically analyse current issues and debates concerning children's engagement with new media and technologies and teaching and learning in early childhood
5. understand the influence and develop an appreciation of the role of media and emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) can have on the arts, sustainability, health and wellbeing, intercultural understanding and Indigenous Australian and Asian people's cultures and perspectives
6. demonstrate expertise in planning and implementing effective, inclusive use of new media and technologies in the early childhood curriculum for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities
7. demonstrate awareness of relevant issues and strategies that support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.