COURSE MAP 2011
3201 - Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Location & Mode of offering: On-campus (Peninsula) FT study
Field-work
days
UNITS
Semester 1
20+
days
EDF5409
Play and pedagogy
(6 pts)
EDF5411
EDF5410
Social, political and
Curriculum studies: early professional contexts
childhood **
of early childhood
[5 days placement]
teaching**
[5 days placement]
(6 pts)
(6 pts)
Semester 2
FULL TIME STRUCTURE:
Year One
Semester
35+
days
EDF5412
Field experience#
[30 days placement]
(6 pts)
EDF5413
Family studies**
[5 days placement]
(6 pts)
EDF5415
Issues in child
development
(6 pts)
EDF5414
Child development
principles^
[10 days placement]
(6 pts)
EDF5416
Perspectives of early
childhood education
(6 pts)
Notes:
The minimum fieldwork requirements for each are outlined below. The total fieldwork requirement is 55 plus days:
** 5 days
# 30 days
^ 10 days
Fieldwork
In order to satisfy the conditions of employment established by the Early Childhood Australia Inc. (Victorian
Branch), students with approved degrees who enrol in fields other than primary education will be required to
complete an additional 15 days of mandatory field experience. Such students will therefore complete 70 days of
field experience placement rather than the base level of 55 days of placement. Students must normally be available
to undertake their fieldwork placement on a full-time basis. While some placements may be completed at a site at
which the student is employed, the remainder of the placement will need to be undertaken at a site(s) other than
that at which they are employed.
Professional recognition
Graduates are eligible for appointment as kindergarten teachers in pre-schools or childcare centres in Victoria. For
interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.
This is a conceptual outline only. Any queries regarding the course structure should be directed to the Course
Adviser or to the Student Services Office, at your relevant campus.