Partnerships in Early Childhood Education (11997.1)

Collaborative partnerships with families and communities are essential to providing high-quality early childhood education and care. Successful collaborative partnerships are based on respectful relationships and effective communication. The unit will develop preservice teachers' understanding of the diversity, complexity and changing nature of contemporary families and communities and their interpersonal and communication skills. This unit complements the Pedagogy of Relationships unit.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Explain the importance of respectful partnerships with families and communities in bringing about optimal children's development;
2. Describe organisations and services in the community with which you can build partnerships; and
3. Demonstrate communication and interpersonal skills for effective interactions with families and communities in a range of early learning contexts, including Indigenous, migrant, refugee and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

Must be enrolled in EDB001 Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five) OR an Undergraduate Initial Teacher Education Course.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

10175 Quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education

Assumed knowledge

None.