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Equity, Diversity & Inclusive Practices (EDUC91023)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
From 2023 most subjects will be taught on campus only with flexible options limited to a select number of postgraduate programs and individual subjects.
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Term 1
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | Term 1 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Learning in Australian early childhood environments requires understanding children’s identities in order to create and foster deep relations of belonging and connection. Exploring, analysing and advocating the image of the child as capable requires a recognition that children have diverse needs. This subject considers a diverse range of perspectives regarding children with special rights. A critical gaze to Western constructions of rights and the implications for alternative worldviews and experiences will be discussed. Further, working from the belief that all children have rights, this subject invites students to engage with issues of equity, social justice and inclusivity by examining policy and curriculum documents.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically examine and analyse the standpoint that all children have rights relating to access, diversity, equity and inclusivity
- Analyse and respond to early childhood policies on inclusion and diversity including the implications on curriculum development across early childhood learning environments
- Design curricula experiences based on responsive pedagogies that support and promote inclusion, equity, and diversity
- Articulate and argue standpoints and perspectives on inclusion and difference
Generic skills
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
- Reflection for continuous improvement
- Linking theory and practice
- Active and participatory citizenship
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Essay: Inclusion and the rights of children
| Week 4 | 30% |
Letter: Equity or inclusion issue
| Week 6 | 30% |
Podcast presentation: Inclusivity, equity and diversity of curriculum design and pedagogies
| Week 8 | 40% |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Term 1 - Online
Coordinators Sonja Arndt and Kylie Smith Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours (may include virtual office hours through chat/zoom, video mail bag, discussion boards, flip grids, and interactive readings) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 24 January 2022 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Time commitment for pre‐teaching activities is approximately 3 hours. Teaching period 31 January 2022 to 27 March 2022 Last self-enrol date 25 January 2022 Census date 18 February 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 March 2022 Assessment period ends 3 April 2022 Term 1 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching
Last updated: 10 February 2024