EDF5826 · Curriculum, planning and assessment

Overview

This unit foregrounds curriculum theories and their application to teaching and learning in early childhood education. It aims to develop your understanding of curriculum guidelines, frameworks, documentation, assessment and evaluation. In addition, the unit considers the regulatory bodies that are pertinent to the early childhood education field nationally and globally. You will critically analyse curriculum documents to develop an understanding of how policies and legislative requirements intersect and inform curriculum development, learning and assessment. You will develop curriculum knowledge to plan, document and assess for learning in ways that meet diverse learners' needs, including attending to the learning strategies to support the learning of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. You will have the opportunity to explore and use technology to provide feedback to, and support learning, among diverse learners.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of curriculum theories and their application to learning and teaching in early childhood education
2. demonstrate understanding of how policies and legislative requirements intersect and inform curriculum development learning and assessment
3. evaluate how social, cultural and political contexts shape curriculum, with particular attention to Indigenous knowledge and values underpinning design, assessment and reporting
4. examine the ways in which data informs learning and planning to support full participation of children of all abilities, including informing early interventions and support for children and families
5. create challenging learning goals by applying knowledge and understanding of planning and assessment
6. demonstrate understanding of assessment and reporting making consistent and comparable judgement on children’s learning and achievements.

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: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

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