Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Helen Little
Contact via iLearn dialogue
29 Wally's Walk, Room 235
By appointment
Co-convenor
Sandie Wong
Contact via via iLearn dialogue
29 Wally's Walk, Room 234
By appointment
Tutor
Emma Sutherland
Contact via via iLearn dialogue
Tutor
Katie Wright
Contact via via iLearn dialogue
Sandie Wong
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit focuses on the development of infants and young children aged birth-4 years within the Australian social context. Theories and research, which attempts to describe and explain early childhood development and individual differences are critically examined. Implications for the prenatal, cognitive, social/emotional, language and motor development during the first three years of life are also examined. Pre-service teachers are encouraged to make links between content, research, to observations and experiences with infants and very young children within early childhood settings.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Full details about each assessment task is provided in the Assessment Details document on iLearn.
When preparing your assignments, it is essential that:
Please follow these guidelines when you submit each assignment:
Draft Submissions & Turnitin Originality Reports
Final Submissions
Appealing an assignment grade (requesting a re-mark)
· If you have evidence that your task has been incorrectly assessed against the grade descriptors you can request a remark. To request a re-mark, you need to contact the unit convenor within 7 days of the date of return of the assignment and provide a detailed assessment your script against the task criteria. Evidence from your assignment must be provided to support your judgements.
Please note: The outcome of a remark may be a higher/lower or unchanged grade. Grades are standards referenced and effort is NOT a criterion
EXTENSIONS and LATE PENALTIES
Special Consideration
Applications for extensions must be made via AskMQ at https://ask.mq.edu.au as a "Special Consideration" request before the submission date. Students who experience a disruption to their studies through ill-health or misadventure are able to apply for this request. Extensions can only be granted if they meet the Disruption to Studies policy and are submitted via ask.mq.edu.au. This will ensure consistency in the consideration of such requests is maintained.
In general, there should be no need for extensions except through illness or misadventure that would be categorised as unavoidable disruption according to the University definition of same, and currently available at:
Late submissions without extension will receive a penalty of 5% reduction of the total possible mark for each day late (including weekends and public holidays). You are reminded that submitting even just 1 day late could be the difference between passing and failing a unit. Late penalties are applied by unit convenors or their delegates after tasks are assessed.
No assessable work will be accepted after the return/release of marked work on the same topic. If a student is still permitted to submit on the basis of unavoidable disruption, an alternative topic may be set.
Students should keep an electronic file of all assessments. Claims regarding "lost" assessments cannot be made if the file cannot be produced. It is also advisable to keep an electronic file of all drafts and the final submission on a USB untouched/unopened after submission. This can be used to demonstrate easily that the assessment has not been amended after the submission date.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Major Essay | 45% | No | 14 October |
Participation in research | 5% | No | 11 November |
Exam | 50% | No | S2 Exam period |
Due: 14 October
Weighting: 45%
Your 1800 word essay will be on a specific area of development.
Refer to details of task provided on iLearn.
Due: 11 November
Weighting: 5%
Throughout the semester, you will see information about research you can participate in (e.g. completing online surveys, being interviewed). You can accumulate up to 5 marks based on your participation in research. Final date for completion is 11 November.
If you do not want to participate in research, you can submit an annotated bibliography of five research articles instead.
Due: S2 Exam period
Weighting: 50%
The final exam covers content from lectures, textbook and tutorials. Format of the exam is a combination of multiple choice, short answer and essay questions.
The information in this Unit Guide must be read in conjunction with the Assessment details and Weekly Readings documents available for download from iLearn.
Electronic Communication
During semester time, staff may contact students using the following ways:
* Dialogue function on iLearn
* Official MQ Student Email Address
It is the student’s responsibility to check all electronic communication on a regular weekly basis.
Unit Expectations
* In order to be eligible for a passing grade, students must meet the following attendance requirements:
* Internal Students: Participate in tutorials – punctuality is expected.
* External Students: Participate in on-campus sessions – punctuality is expected.
* Contribute to online and tutorials tasks
* Students are expected to read weekly readings before attending tutorials
* Students are expected to listen/attend weekly lectures before attending tutorials
* All assessment tasks must be submitted
Teaching Methods
The content of the unit is delivered through a combination of lectures and tutorial tasks. There are two lectures per week and these are timetabled as follows:
Monday 12pm and 1pm. All lectures will be recorded and available on iLearn via ECHO360.
Internal students will have a 2 hour tutorial each week (on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday). Internal students are expected to have listened to the relevant lecture prior to attending their tutorials each week. Tutorial tasks will require familiarity with the content covered in the lectures in order to fully participate in the tutorials.
External students will complete the tutorial tasks during the on campus days scheduled for 17th and 18th September.
A tutorial workbook is available on iLearn - all students are expected to bring this with them to their tutorial/ on campus days (either as hardcopy or electronic).
Some lectures have been pre-recorded and will be available from iLearn before Week 1 and you should listen to these lectures before the first tutorial.
Withdrawing from this UG Unit: If you enrolled in an early childhood teacher education program and are considering withdrawing from this unit, please seek academic advice by writing to DES.ug@mq.edu.au before doing so as this unit may be a co-requisite or prerequisite for units in the following semesters and may impact on your progression through the degree.
Monday 12pm & 1pm |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
Tutorial |
Pre-recorded |
Psychoanalytic theory |
Helen Little |
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Pre-recorded |
Research methods |
Shirley Wyver |
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Week 1 30 July |
Introduction to key issues in CD |
Helen Little |
Intro to unit & research methods |
Maturation/ethology |
Helen Little |
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Week 2 6 Aug |
Behaviourism/learning theory |
Helen Little |
Theories |
Dynamic systems |
Helen Little |
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Week 3 13 Aug |
Genetics & Individual differences |
Helen Little |
Genetics & Prenatal |
Prenatal |
Helen Little |
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Week 4 20 Aug |
Physical |
Helen Little |
Motor |
Motor |
Helen Little |
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Week 5 27 Aug |
Perception
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Shirley Wyver |
Perception |
Perception
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Shirley Wyver |
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Week 6 3 Sept |
Cognition |
Carol Newall |
Cognition |
Cognition |
Carol Newall |
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Week 7 10 Sept |
Developmental neuroscience |
Carol Newall |
Developmental neuro |
Attachment |
Carol Newall |
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Week 8 1 Oct |
Temperament (pre-recorded) PUBLIC HOLIDAY |
Helen Little |
Attachment & Temperament (NB: Tutorials will be on) |
Language (pre-recorded) PUBLIC HOLIDAY |
Helen Little |
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Week 9 8 Oct |
Joint Attention
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Belinda Davis |
Joint Attention & Language
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Emotion |
Rebecca Andrews |
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Week 10 |
No lectures – due to 1st year prac (ECHP122) from 15 – 26 Oct |
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NO tutorials |
Week 11 |
No lectures – due to 1st year prac (ECHP122) from 15 – 26 Oct |
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NO tutorials |
Week 12 29 Oct |
Parenting |
Carol Newall |
Emotion & Self |
Self |
Rebecca Andrews |
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Week 13 5 Nov |
Peers |
Helen Little |
Parenting, Peers & Studies of child development |
Studies of Child Development and ECE |
Helen Little |
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Peterson, C. (2015). Looking forward through the lifespan. Developmental psychology: Birth to middle childhood. (Custom edition). Sydney: Pearson.
Go to: http://www.coop.com.au/textbook/search/macquarie-university/1602/eche118
Note: It is also fine to use the 6th edition of Peterson (2014). Looking forward through the lifespan. Developmental psychology. Sydney: Pearson. Please do not buy another textbook if you already have this version.