1997 QUT Handbook

■ EAB507 EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP &
MANAGEMENT IN THE SOCIO-CULTURAL
CONTEXT
Administration of early childhood services; leadership styles;
managing people; professional issues; selection of personnel;
outcomes for children and families; management theory and
practice; program administration; financial matters; features
of comprehensive programs, planning and communication.
Courses: ED42 Credit Points: 16
■ EAB508 FIELD PROJECT (CHILDREN 0-12
YEARS)
A significant social, political or curriculum issue affecting the
delivery of a child care and education service; teaching file of
recorded observations, summaries, relevant centre records,
management and teaching strategies, community resources,
parent and staff communications, evaluated plans; competence
in providing a safe caring learning environment which reflects
the cultural and social backgrounds of the children; competence
in leadership and responsibility for the total program
for a period of time.
Courses: ED42 Credit Points: 16
■ EAN601 EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS’
KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION
Critical reflection on knowledge in action as teachers work in
early childhood programs; history of the development of key
ideas influencing early childhood curriculum and teaching;
methods for studying teachers at work in different early childhood
programs; analysis of research which examines issues
related to teaching in early childhood programs.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN602 EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES &
POLICIES
Examination is made of the processes of policy development
and sources of influence on policies in the area of early childhood
services. Critical analyses are undertaken of selected
early childhood policies.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN603 DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD CONTEXTS
Development of skills for critical evaluation of current developmental
issues in early childhood within an ecological framework;
knowledge of a broad range of developmental and methodological
issues of research in early childhood including infant
development, family, educational and care contexts; the
processes and patterns of symbolic development in young
children; critical discussion of developmental research and
the implications of this knowledge for early childhood education.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN604 YOUNG CHILDREN, FAMILIES &
COMMUNITY
Aspects of family diversity; the interactions between young
children, families and the wider social and cultural community;
key issues facing families within community contexts;
the analysis of transactions involving professionals, young
children, families and community.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN605 EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
PROCESSES & STRATEGIES
The management processes in educational and other professional
settings; the identification of various leadership skills
and effective communication styles. The understanding and
facilitation of change are explored. Consulting, advocacy and
empowerment strategies are identified in terms of the students’
particular work sites.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN606 MANAGING EDUCATION PERSONNEL
Human resource management; staff selection, staff supervision
and appraisal, staff development and the importance of
developing evaluation and facilitation skills. Strategies for
including professional development in a range of educational
and professional settings are explored.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN607 CONSULTATION & TEAMWORK
Analysis of typical professional consultancy and teamwork
contexts within education and early childhood services, including
contributions from other disciplines (e.g. medicine,
psychology, therapies, social welfare, law) and agencies (e.g.
health, community services, police); theoretical and practical
understanding of intra- and interpersonal qualities which affect
consultancy and teamwork; theory and application of
group development processes related to effective task accomplishment.
Factors impinging on the quality of interdisciplinary
and interagency teamwork; strategies for reviewing and
improving consultation and teamwork.
Courses: ED13, ED11 Credit Points: 12
■ EAN608 CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHILDHOOD,
CHILD-REARING & EARLY EDUCATION
Critical analysis of the constructions of childhood, child-rearing
and early education across the twentieth century and how
those constructions are linked to social, political and economic
change; frameworks used for analyses will be drawn from
ecological and critical approaches to theorising and philosophical
perspectives on theory; exploration of the assumptions
which students hold with respect to childhood, child-rearing
and early education; consideration of how conflicting ideas
within early childhood education are reconciled.
Credit Points: 12
■ EAP411 CREATIVITY & LANGUAGE 1
Developmental processes in the expressive and language arts;
principles of learning; the development of personal identity
in young children; creative and expressive processes for language
and literacy in early childhood programs.
Courses: ED35
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ EAP412 THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING 1
The processes of interest in active learning, inquiry and problem
solving; environments and strategies which promote the
development of active learning and inquiry by young children;
monitoring progress.
Courses: ED35
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ EAP413 PROGRAM PLANNING & TEACHING
STRATEGIES 1
Development of those areas of knowledge and skills essential
to the practical decision-making of early childhood teachers.
An off-campus component of this unit includes two
practicums, each of twelve days, in two early childhood settings
(child care, preschool, kindergarten or early primary).
Courses: ED35
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EAP416 CREATIVITY & LANGUAGE 2
Discipline-based processes; the interrelated and unique contribution
of each of the arts; the teacher’s role as a curriculum
decision-maker in the development of language and literacy
programs.
Courses: ED35
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ EAP417 THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING 2
The child as explorer, problem solver and meaning maker;
organising for active learning, inquiry and problem solving;
linking home and early childhood educational environments.
Courses: ED35
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ EAP418 PROGRAM PLANNING & TEACHING
STRATEGIES 2
The development and integration of student teachers’ knowledge,
skills and attitudes from the curriculum development
and socio-cultural units to assist them in performing and justifying
their diverse roles in teaching practice. An off-campus
component of this unit includes two practicums each of six-
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