ECE Unit Descriptions
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Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Candidates must complete all of the following core units:
EDEC 310 - Professionals in Early Childhood Education
Note: EDEC 310 is the introductory, pre-requisite unit of study.
EDEC 324 - Early Education Leadership Theory and Practice
EDEC 340 - Young Children Developing and Learning
EDEC 344 - Families and Early Childhood Education
EDEC 345 - Learning in Play Environments
EDEC 388 - Inclusive Early Childhood Education
EDEC 391 - Early Education Philosophy and Practice
Candidates must complete one of the following elective units:
EDEC 416 - Young Children Discovering Multiliteracies
EDEC 421 - Young Children and the Creative Arts
EDEC 424 - Early Education Leadership: People
EDEC 427 - Young Children Exploring their World
EDEC 488 - Young Children with Exceptional Development
Note: EDEC 424 may be taken as an elective only by negotiation with the Unit Coordinator.
Bachelor of Teaching (sequence of unit offerings)
Candidates for the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) will complete eight units via part-time off-campus study while continuing to work in a variety of early childhood settings. The flexibility of this program allows students to select one or two units per semester over a period of two to four years.
However, as the first unit, EDEC 310, is a pre-requisite unit, you must undertake only this unit in your first semester. From then on the length of study time varies with the number of units undertaken each semester. The option of studying full-time after successfully completing EDEC 310 may be negotiated with the Course Coordinator.
Part-time - example program
Year 1
Semester 1
EDEC 310 Professionals in Early Childhood Education*
Semester 2
EDEC 345 Learning in Play Environments
EDEC 388 Inclusive Early Childhood Education
Year 2
Semester 1
EDEC 340 Young Children Developing and Learning
EDEC 391 Early Education Philosophy and Practice#
Semester 2
EDEC 344 Families and Early Childhood Education
Elective**
Year 3
Semester 1
EDEC 324 Early Education Leadership Theory and Practice#
*This is the prerequisite unit for the BTeach(ECE). Must be repeated in Semester Two if failed in Semester One.
**Your choice of elective in your BTeach(ECE) may affect future career options. If you plan to teach in the early years of school in NSW and are following the Primary Pathway into the BEd(ECE) it is recommended that you elect to enrol in one of the following:
EDEC 416 Young Children and Multiliteracies
EDEC 421 Young Children and the Creative Arts
EDEC 424 Early Childhood Leadership: People (negotiate with Unit Coordinator)
EDEC 427 Young Children Exploring their World
EDEC 488 Young Children with Exceptional Development (negotiate with Unit Coordinator)
# This indicates a unit with a five day professional experience session plus two days orientation.
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Candidates must complete all of the following core units:
EDEC 400 - Young Children's Language and Communication
EDEC 424 - Early Education Leadership: People
EDEC 427 - Young Children Exploring their World
EDEC 444 - Young Children as Problem Solvers
EDEC 493 - Early Childhood Professional Experience 1
Candidates must complete three of the following elective units:
EDEC 416 - Young Children Discovering Multiliteracies
EDEC 421 - Young Children and the Creative Arts
EDEC 442 - Children, Childhood and Contemporary Influences
EDEC 488 - Young Children with Exceptional Development
EDEC 494 - Early Childhood Professional Experience 2
EDUC 496 - Special Topic in Education
(Note: EDUC 496 must be negotiated with the Course Coordinator and a lecturer from the Early Childhood Education Program.)
Bachelor of Education (sequence of unit offerings)
Example program
Year 1
Semester 1
EDEC 400 Young Children's Language and Emergent Literacy
EDEC 444 Young Children as Problem Solvers
Semester 2
EDEC 427 Young Children Exploring their World
Elective**
Year 2
Semester 1
EDEC 493 Early Childhood Professional Practice 1# (available in first or second semester)
Elective**
Semester 2
EDEC 424 Early Education Leadership: People
Elective**
# This unit has a 15 day professional experience (if you are following the Primary Pathway EDEC 493 & EDEC 494 should be completed in the early years of primary school).
** Bachelor of Education (ECE) NSW Primary Pathway - Electives
If you are considering the primary pathway you must complete the following electives (in the BTeach and BEd):
EDEC 416 Young Children Discovering Multiliteracies
EDEC 421 Young Children and the Creative Arts
EDEC 488 Young Children with Exceptional Development (offered in first semester)
EDEC 494 Early Childhood Professional Practice 2#
Note: Three units must be selected from the elective Group 5B. An elective undertaken in the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) cannot be chosen again for the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education).