ECE352 - Supporting Emerging Mathematical Skills for Infants and Toddlers

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule: This unit is only available to students enrolled in E330, E333, E334
Prerequisite:

Students must have completed:

10 credit points and ECE212 and ECP228

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 3-hour on-campus seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 6-7 weeks)

NIKERI (CBD):

3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester

8 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 1.5 hour online seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 6-7 weeks)

In-person attendance requirements

20-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester in an infant and toddler setting (0-3 year old).

For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here.

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)

Content

In this unit, students will examine and analyse the mathematical learning that occurs in the youngest generation of children; infants and toddlers. Learning is subtle during this time of life and can be missed if not understood. In this unit you will explore what mathematics looks like for infants and toddlers, how this learning sets them up for their later mathematics learning, and how teachers can support infant and toddlers mathematics.

Students will have the opportunity to put their knowledge into practice during a 20-day placement with infants and toddlers.

Hurdle requirement

Brief summary of hurdle requirement Rationale Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
20-days of professional experience (placement). Satisfactory completion of the Professional Experience component is compulsory in order for the complete the unit. Successful completion of practical teaching experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institute of Teaching and ACECQA. ECE352 has a professional experience component of 20-days embedded and as such, the academic tasks and practical teaching knowledge and competencies must be successfully completed in order to pass this unit. If students do not pass either the practical experience or assessment parts of this unit, the entire unit, including professional experience (placement) will need to be repeated. GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities;

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

Unit Fee Information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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Commonwealth Prac Payment

From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.