Partnerships in Early Childhood Education (11997.1)

Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
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Partnerships in Early Childhood Education
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
 Bruce, Canberra
UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Education
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Academic Program Area - Education Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
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
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives


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.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025 On-campus Mrs Rowena Muir
2025 UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW Semester 2 28 July 2025 On-campus Mrs Rowena Muir
2026 UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Dr Andi Salamon
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Dr Andi Salamon
Not available

Required texts

Required and recommended texts for the unit can be accessed via the UCLearn teaching site.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.

Special assessment requirements

Normally an aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Reading and private study: 50 hours

Workshop and online participation: 50 hours

Assessment tasks: 50 hours

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation in on-campus sessions and your engagement with online activities will enhance your understanding of this unit's content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.

Required IT skills

Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:

  • its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specified assessment task, and
  • it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

This subject draws on classic and contemporary theory and research to consider partnerships in early childhood education and professional practice. The subject uses many of the same theoretical and evidence-based approaches to develop partnerships with students and work toward meeting subject outcomes by modelling open, authentic, and professional communication.