AKOE171-23YC1 (C) Year C First Half 2023

Whai oranga: Pursuing wellbeing of children

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 February 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2023

Description

This course establishes a foundation in theory, concepts, processes and knowledge of children’s development in the early childhood period within the context of culture, whanau/family, and community. Students will acquire an understanding of the processes that take place within and across developmental domains and the risk and protective factors that shape developmental trajectories.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Students will be able to describe developmental approaches to understanding infants, toddlers and young children as applied to early childhood educational contexts in bicultural Aotearoa New Zealand.
2. Students will be able to identify the risk and protective factors that contribute to developmental and educational outcomes in the early childhood years (0-6 years).
3. Students will be able to identify the key tenets of developmental theories and children’s trajectories of change across domains and contexts through early childhood (0 – 6yrs).

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

Michelle Clarke

Lecturer

Myron Friesen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Flexiquizzes 20% Due 17 March, 6 April, 26 May, 23 June - 5% each
Draft Portfolio 05 May 2023 20%
Final Portfolio 23 Jun 2023 60% Study notes 20%; points of connection 20%; mapping child development to Te Whariki 10%; writing, referencing and use of literature 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $821.00

International fee $3,750.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Teacher Education .

All AKOE171 Occurrences

  • AKOE171-23YC1 (C) Year C First Half 2023
  • AKOE171-23YC1 (D) Year C First Half 2023 (Distance)
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