EIB703 - Assessing and Documenting Learning in the Global Early Years Context
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Students commencing in 2021 must be enrolled in course E761.2 Otherwise must be enrolled in course E511, E606, E725 or E761.3 |
| Prerequisite: | Students commencing course E761.2 from 2020 must pass 9 units in total: Students commencing course E761.3 from 2024 NIL |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
Content
In this unit students will engage with deep critical analysis of assessment as it applies to early childhood.
Using an ecological model, they will analyse the role of assessment in in contexts of play, relationships, environment and symbolic learning.
The unit will explore the connections between contemporary, research-based thinking on theory and practice in the early years, and their own pedagogical approaches and experiences.
Students will engage in a critique of commonly used assessment tools for monitoring, documenting, measuring and reporting on learning to identify ways to design authentic assessment that are inclusive and relevant for young children. Current policy and frameworks surrounding learning and assessment in the early years, both national and global, will be examined for its impacts on teacher assessment practices.
Unit Fee Information
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