ECE2109 Educational Partnerships in Early Childhood (FOEDU)

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education: Early Child) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course focuses on partnerships in early childhood contexts and will assist students to understand the influence of formal and informal collaborative networks and productive partnerships among the community, child, family and the early childhood setting. It will focus on the processes of relationship building and information sharing among families and professionals from the context within which the child lives, learns and grows. The course will enhance student's skills in communicating with others who work with children and heighten students' awareness of the need for and ways of productively fostering working partnerships for the well-being of the child.