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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: Education and Care C or equivalent.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture/seminar each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- display an extended understanding of some of the many roles of the early childhood professional in contemporary society; and
- critically analyse these roles in terms of the socio-political context in which these roles are undertaken.
Content:
An in-depth examination of the early childhood professional as curriculum designer, decision-maker and advocate. The context in which early childhood professionals operate; the political, social and economic forces which impact upon the early childhood field, and the place of current professional issues in children's services.
Assessment:
An essay or essays equivalent to 3,000 words (80 per cent); practical tasks (20 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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