Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

Past Exams

All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.

This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 32.14% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Interpret observed behaviour to identify possible causes and apply responsive strategies that maintain classroom relationships and engaged learning.
2. Use system and/or kindergarten policies and knowledge of strategies for guiding behaviour and creating safe supportive learning environments to plan proactively for effective classroom management.
3. Select strategies that facilitate positive interactions, promote wellbeing, belonging and learning and facilitate the continuation of centre routines.
4. Plan and implement learning experiences that promote the engagement and participation of all learners and are responsive to their characteristics, stage of development and social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
5. Reflect on planning, teaching and assessment of student outcomes to improve teaching practice and promote learning and engagement.
6. Use the National Professional Standards for Teachers to monitor professional learning and identify strategies for responding to feedback and self-evaluation to improve practice.

Successful completion of the course " Professional Practice 2: Classroom Management - Guiding Behaviour of Young Children provides opportunities for the students to demonstrate the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers focus areas:
1.1  Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
1.2  Understand how students learn
1.3  Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
2.2  Content selection and organisation
2.5  Literacy and numeracy strategies
2.6  Information and communication technology (ICT)
3.1  Establish challenging learning goals
3.2  Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
3.3  Use teaching strategies
3.4  Select and use resources
3.5  Use effective classroom communication
3.6  Evaluate and improve teaching programs
4.1  Support student participation
4.2  Manage classroom activities
4.3  Manage challenging behaviour
4.4  Maintain student safety
4.5  Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically
6.1  Identify and plan professional learning needs
6.2  Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.3   Engage with colleagues and improve practice
6.4  Apply professional learning and improve student learning
7.1  Meet professional ethics and responsibilities
7.2  Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements
Additionally, students build understandings required by the registering body for early childhood (ACECQA - Australian Children's Education and Care Authority) including, for example,  guiding behaviour and engaging young learners, curriculum approaches, teaching methods and strategies and catering to children with diverse needs, including CALD children. Content  linked to Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (DEEWR, 2009) is examined also.

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• Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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