Early Childhood Professional Experience 1: Learning and Teaching in Junior Primary

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. review the progression of development of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and evidence in a prepared digital professional portfolio
  2. synthesize understandings developed in the unit to prepare and implement a sequenced teaching plan for learning, teaching and assessing in Junior primary taking into consideration contextual factors, children’s needs and theoretical approaches
  3. evaluate and implement assessment strategies, moderation procedures and reporting to stakeholders for children aged six to eight years old
  4. examine and explain strategies in which children’s health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained in educational settings
  5. use effective communication skills and maintain positive learning environments in primary school settings.

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• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)

Elective

• CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

• CUR-EDC163-The Professional Educator: Developing Teacher Identity

• CUR-EDC155 (Not currently available)

and one of

• CUR-EDC121-Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators

• CUR-EDC131 (Not currently available)

and one of

• CUR-EDC145-The Numerate Educator

• CUR-EDC141 (Not currently available)

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• CUR-EDE222 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

• Placement requirements - This subject includes a 3-week professional experience placement in a school. placements are undertaken on a full-time basis in a continuous block.
• Other requirements -

  This subject is not available for students who are under the age of 16.
  Please note that all relevant, valid working with children checks and clearances must be provided as requested prior to commencement of the placement.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.