ECH3100 — EC Pedagogies and Assessment
This course will offer students a research-driven perspective about effective early years pedagogies that supports teachers to select and employ a range and balance of approaches and characteristics to actively engage children in purposeful learning experiences; enhance learning outcomes; and build positive dispositions towards learning, now and in the future. Students will develop an understanding of how early childhood pedagogy reflects the importance of childhood and contributes to the holistic wellbeing, learning and development of children. Following the pedagogical focus is the assessment focus of this course, which will build students' knowledge and understanding of the purposes of assessment and processes for using assessment techniques and tools for monitoring, informing, improving, and enhancing student learning. Students will understand and demonstrate how to select and use assessment instruments, conduct authentic assessment during daily activities and routines, collaborate with families and other professionals. Understanding that curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment as interrelated components that need to be considered together in the creation of effective learning programs and use principles of effective design to create formative, diagnostic and summative assessment that is responsive to the needs of different students and educational contexts. This course includes a field experience and a community learning component. This course may have a course fee.