EDF5043 Environmental and sustainability education in early childhood communities
Faculty of Education
EDF5043 Environmental and sustainability education in early childhood communities is a 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2022. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2022
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
In this unit you will critically engage with place-based environmental sustainability education, with particular emphasis on Indigenous knowledge of Country. Taking a relational conceptual approach that honours Country, you will develop your capability for innovative sustainability leadership in your pedagogical practice. Emphasis is given to critical engagement with local, national, global and Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander approaches and policies to environmental sustainability and their relevance to early childhood education from birth to five. You will design learning experiences that consider how place-based environmental sustainability shapes relationships between human and more-than-human to support biodiversity, social and cultural equity and environmental justice. You will have the opportunity to undertake a project to lead and generated new place-based perspectives and solutions to complex problems, such as how to engage young children in meaningful learning around climate change as an aspect of environmental sustainability in Australia.
Offerings in 2022
The 2022 handbook lists no offerings for EDF5043.
Assessment
- Planning and design (1600 words or equivalent)40%
- Research project (2400 words or equivalent)60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
clearly articulate the relevance of place-based early childhood education and related conceptual approaches to environmental sustainability education
- 2
demonstrate a deep understanding of how place, environment and sustainability shape relationships between people, places and Country in early childhood education
- 3
demonstrate advanced knowledge of early childhood curriculum and policy in relation to place-based and environmental sustainability across local, national and global contexts
- 4
critically analyse pedagogical practices and approaches to engage children in place-based, environmental sustainability learning
- 5
research and design learning experiences that explore complex problems through a place- based approach.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
You can expect to undertake a minimum total workload of 144 hours per teaching period which may include:
- on average 24 contact hours of scheduled online learning engagement of which 10 hours will be delivered synchronously and 14 hours will be delivered asynchronously and which may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and activities
- 120 hours of self-directed/independent study to make up the minimum required hours
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
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 learning.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
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Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5043?
EDF5043 has no prerequisites.
When is EDF5043 offered?
EDF5043 has no offerings listed in the 2022 handbook.
How much work is EDF5043?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5043 have an exam?
No. EDF5043 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.