EDF2010 Learning with children, families, communities and society
Faculty of Education
EDF2010 Learning with children, families, communities and society is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Other periods
- Singapore
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF2010
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF2010
No unit lists EDF2010 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite
Enrolment in D2002 Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood.
Overview
This unit focuses on building your understanding of the importance of working in partnership with children, family and communities within and beyond the school community. The unit provides insight for establishing pedagogical approaches to support young children’s learning, development and wellbeing. You will develop the skills and knowledge to build relationships and create partnerships across networks. You will have the opportunity to consider the ethics and protocols of engaging with diverse families and communities, as well as establishing sustainable partnerships with diverse stakeholders. You will investigate partnerships and actively contribute to building professional and pedagogical practice for sustaining partnerships with children, family and community.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 2 | Singapore | Block off |
| Term 4 | Singapore | Block off |
Assessment
- Report (2000 words or equivalent)Project50%
- Planning collaborative practice for leading partnership development (2000 words or equivalent)Project50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
demonstrate equitable understanding, respect, and sensitivity for improving educational practice through partnerships with children, family and community
- 2
assess the impact of contemporary real-life issues on children's learning development in the context of multicultural families and communities
- 3
initiate, lead and implement ethical direction for spontaneous and planned communications to establish collaborative partnerships
- 4
demonstrate the ability to design innovative learning in partnership with children, their families and communities from a range of linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
- 5
exhibit knowledge of teaching and learning strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of diverse family structures and backgrounds.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 hours
- Tutorials18 hours
- Lectures6 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
- 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered synchronously on campus and/or online via regular directed learning activities;
- 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via synchronous and/or asynchronous directed learning activities; and
- the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through, collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Anne Keary
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Anne Keary
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF2010?
EDF2010 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF2010 offered?
EDF2010 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is EDF2010?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF2010 have an exam?
No. EDF2010 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.