Education for Sustainability in the Early Years (12006.1)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Education |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Academic Program Area - Education | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
- ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education, and
- ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development
To achieve these outcomes early childhood teachers must be confident and capable in programming and delivering high quality pedagogies and curricula in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) during the early years. Students will explore all four dimensions of sustainability (economic, natural, social and political) and the Sustainable Development Goals. Students will investigate the ESD Rating Scale developed by the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education and plan, implement and reflect on learning experiences that promote and support ESD.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Explain the different components of sustainability and the importance of education for sustainable development in early childhood;
2. Evaluate how sustainability impacts society and the role early childhood teachers have in promoting sustainable development;
3. Model and advocate sustainable practices particularly in regards to natural or environmental sustainability; and
4. Create, implement and reflect on learning experiences that promote education for sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Graduate attributes
2. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives2. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
4. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. 黑料吃瓜网 graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
Prerequisites
Students must have passed 24 credit points.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Mrs Katy Meeuwissen |
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 黑料吃瓜网. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
黑料吃瓜网 students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
黑料吃瓜网 uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
