School Of EducationContemporary Perspectives of ChildhoodsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 100309.1
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
In 2010 this unit replaced by 101649 - Contemporary Perspectives of Childhoods. The image of the child and understandings of childhoods impact significantly on approaches adopted within early childhood education. In recent years traditional understandings of 'childhood' and the 'universal child' have been increasingly challenged by new discourses associated with the reconceptualisation of childhood. This unit explores the historical and current influences on early childhood education and the social constructions of family and childhoods. Students will investigate the multiplicity of experiences of childhood, different images of childhood and how conceptions of childhood impact on the education and care of children's 'rights'.
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