Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Assessment: Practicum 1

About this unit

In this unit, students focus on the dimensions of curriculum and effective teaching of children aged between 2 and 5 years. They undertake a supervised professional experience in an early childhood education setting with children aged 2–5. Students engage in active, careful and critical reflection on their observations and experience and practice a range of strategies and roles involved in teaching young children.

Placement

Type: Early Childhood Setting

Age Group: 2–5 years of age

Duration: 20 days

Minimum Attendance: 7.5 hours per day excluding breaks. Must include 5 hours contact time with children and 2–3 hours of planning or non-contact time per day

Content

• Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) Standards 1–7
• Code of Ethics
• How children learn in the early years
• Teaching with intention
• Expectations for young children
• Self-assessment of teaching
• Learning experiences
• Promoting confidence and engagement in learning
• Adapting teaching methods to the young children’s skills, knowledge and interests
• Demonstrating an awareness of children’s interest contemporary technologies
• Recognising individual difference and supporting learning accordingly
• Engaging collaboratively with colleagues and contributing to reflective practice
• Planning for and assessing children’s learning in the early years
• Creating and maintaining safe, healthy and challenging early years learning environments
• Using relevant documents to plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences
• Intervening effectively to encourage appropriate behaviour and deal with inappropriate behaviour
• Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum and framework documents
• Family partnerships-strategies for communication with families
• Links between theory, research and practice

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