School Of EducationContemporary ChildhoodsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102048.1
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
101649 - Contemporary Perspectives of Childhoods, 700289 Contemporary Childhoods (WSTC)
About this Unit
In this unit students will engage in an exploration of what it means to be a child in a postmodern world and how different theoretical approaches influence ways of understanding children’s lives. Alongside questions of how gender, sexuality, ethnicity, 'race', language, class, ability and religion are constituted through a child’s identity, students will explore the notion of a child’s subjectivity. A child’s subjectivity is the conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions of the child, their sense of self, their body and their way of understanding their relationship to the world. Building on this knowledge, students will also explore the four key child-environment identities of the physical child, the social child, the learning child and the natural child and by analysing a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly texts around childhood, children’s bodies and behaviour will reflect on a child’s individuality and emerging identity.
Courses| 1651.6 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CONTINUING |
| 1651.7 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CONTINUING |
| 1652.6 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 1652.7 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 1652.8 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 1708.2 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12) | CONTINUING |
| 1708.3 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12) | CONTINUING |
| 1708.5 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12) | CURRENT |
| 1822.1 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's Scholars | CONTINUING |
| 1823.2 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's Scholars | CONTINUING |
| 1823.3 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's Scholars | CONTINUING |
| 1823.4 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's Scholars | CONTINUING |
| 1843.1 | Bachelor of Graphic Design (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 1865.2 | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) | CURRENT |
| 2786.2 | Bachelor of Business | CONTINUING |
| 2786.3 | Bachelor of Business | CURRENT |
| 2804.1 | Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 3638.6 | Bachelor of Science - Pathway to Teaching (Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 3678.2 | Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Food Science) | CONTINUING |
| 3736.1 | Bachelor of Science - Pathway to Teaching (Primary/Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 3756.2 | Bachelor of Science (Pathway to Teaching Primary/Secondary) | CURRENT |
| 3778.1 | Bachelor of Mathematics | CURRENT |
| 4742.1 | Bachelor of Health Science (Health and Physical Education)-Pathway to Teaching (Secondary) | CURRENT |
| 6013.1 | Diploma in Design/Bachelor of Graphic Design (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 6017.1 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12) | CONTINUING |
| 6017.2 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12) | CONTINUING |
| 6017.3 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12) | CONTINUING |
| 6017.4 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12) | CURRENT |
| 6019.1 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CONTINUING |
| 6021.1 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 6021.2 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 6021.3 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 6037.1 | Diploma in Business/Bachelor of Business | CONTINUING |
| 6037.2 | Diploma in Business/Bachelor of Business | CONTINUING |
Specialisations
| M1081.1 | Education Studies (Primary) | CURRENT |
| M1082.1 | Education Studies (Birth-5 / Birth-12) | CONTINUING |
| M1102.1 | Secondary Teaching | CONTINUING |
| M1120.1 | Secondary Teaching | CONTINUING |
| M1125.1 | Education Studies (Birth - 5/Birth - 12) | CURRENT |
| M1133.1 | Secondary Education | CURRENT |
| MT3041.1 | Secondary Teaching | CURRENT |
| SM1100.1 | Education Studies | CURRENT |