DESIGNING EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRICULUM

EDU2DEC

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students investigate concepts of integrated curriculum for young children. They examine the idea that integrated curriculum is an educational approach that prepares children for lifelong learning, by looking at education as a process for developing abilities required for life. Key features of integrated curriculum are investigated. Some of these ideas are interdisciplinary, emphasis on projects; play based learning, relationships among concepts, 'big ideas' as organising principles, rich tasks, flexible schedules and flexible student groupings. Practical aspects of implementing an integrated curriculum approach are considered.

Faculty: Faculty of Education

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Jennifer Masters

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in course EBECE Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, EBEL Bachelor of Early Learning, or requires Coordinator's approval.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Early Childhood Curriculum: Planning, Assessment and Implementation	Recommended	McLachlan, E., Fleer, M., & Edwards, S. (2010)	MELBOURNE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Readings	Teaching as Inquiry: rethinking Curriculum in Early Childhood Education	Recommended	Hill, L., Stremmel, A., & Fu, V. (2005)	BOSTON: PEARSON

Bendigo, 2014, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Masters

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Plus one hour of online learning per week"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
Curriculum Planner (equiv. 1800 words)		40
Learning environment design (equiv. 800 words)		20
Reflective blog - weekly (equiv. 1800 words)		40

Online, 2014, Week 48-08, Online