Practicum 3 P

Subject 465-312 (2009)

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Credit Points: 18.75
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Year Long, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Thirty-five days practicum in a service for children aged 0-5 years
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: 465-315 CTP31P Curriculum 3-5
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

Prof Glenda Macnaughton
Subject Overview:

Students will increase their responsibility for the program and its implementation culminating in a three weeks curriculum project. Skills of observation will include a focus on at least six individual children and plans for these will be incorporated in plans for the whole group. Planning will include all the predicted events of the children's time at the centre. Communication in closer work with children and adults will maintain and extend skills achieved in previous years practicum in management of the whole group of children in routine and informal times of the day. Students will critically reflect on the implementation of the regulations and code of ethics which govern children's services. Students will have the opportunity to extend their understandings of other BECS3 subjects within a practical setting,

Assessment: Satisfactory completion of thirty-five days of practicum, and associated written tasks as specified in the Practicum 3P Subject Guide Including Practicum Guidelines.
Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts:

Information Not Available

Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Information Not Available

Related Course(s): Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies(Pathways Program)

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