EDF3013 Early childhood leadership and professional identity
Faculty of Education
EDF3013 Early childhood leadership and professional identity is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2024. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Other periods
- Singapore
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF3013
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF3013
No unit lists EDF3013 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite
Enrolment in D2002 Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood.
Overview
This unit develops your understanding of professionalism and leadership for advocacy in early childhood education. You will develop an awareness of policy and practice both internationally and in Singapore. Through case study work you will consider ethical practice to interdisciplinary approaches when working with children, families and communities. This case study work will be informed by legislation, policy and processes. This investigation into the field of leadership and management will give you knowledge and skills for working in both local and international education contexts.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 4 | Singapore | Block off |
Assessment
- Advocacy in early childhood education: Professionalism and leadership (2000 words of equivalent)50%
- Professional and ethical decision making: A case study (2000 words of equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
articulate leadership approaches for professional identity to lead partnership teams
- 2
critically analyse complex problems relating to the ways in which policy directions reflect key trends and ethics for professional advocacy in leadership practice
- 3
explain the implications of professionalism and ethics in interdisciplinary work for children, their families and the community
- 4
demonstrate knowledge of legislation, policies and processes to enable making ethical and professional decisions as an educator and future leader in early years settings
- 5
apply knowledge and make well-informed judgement for intervention problem solving and decision-making relevant to centre approaches for ongoing practice
- 6
demonstrate an understanding of leadership and management practices in local and international education settings.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 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
- Associate Professor Nikolay Veresov
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Nikolay Veresov
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF3013?
EDF3013 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF3013 offered?
EDF3013 has no offerings listed in the 2024 handbook.
How much work is EDF3013?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF3013 have an exam?
No. EDF3013 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.