EMH302 Pedagogy of Relationships (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Curriculum Studies (CURIC)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

Through this subject students will explore the importance and complexity of relationships within early childhood services and the early childhood field. Drawing on students' understanding of attachment relationships, the subject analyzes educator-child-family-community relationships within ecological and sociocultural frames. Students will engage in critique of the concepts of parent and community participation, considering notions of who decides what is appropriate and the capacity of families and communities to challenge this. Students are introduced to the notions of communities of learners and communities of practice and the mediating role of relationships in learning.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations

Session 1
Distance	Bathurst
Session 2
Distance	Bathurst
Term 3
Internal	Canada
Session 3
Distance	Bathurst

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMH302

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Enrolment restrictions:

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies or as approved by the Course Coordinator.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

- outline the nature and significance of attachment relationships within early childhood education;
- identify and implement elements of successful and effective relationships with children, families and communities;
- critique of approaches to parent participation in early childhood education - what is meant and who determines what is appropriate participation?
- be aware of strategies for engaging effectively in a wide range of relationships, including strategies for accessing and consulting with Indigenous communities, culturally and linguistically diverse families and communities;
- analyze strategies for community capacity building and the social, ethical and political imperatives that underpin this approach at national and international levels;
- utilize ecological theory to analyze and appraise existing and developing relationships;
- critique times of educational transition - such as transitions from home to early childhood service, home or early childhood service to school - using ecological theory;
- utilize sociocultural frames of analysis to interpret personal, interpersonal and cultural perspectives of learning contexts and relationships;
- describe elements that contribute to the formation and maintenance of communities of learners;
- document their own involvement within communities of learners;
- synthesize the principles of communities of practice and apply these to early childhood communities; and
identify and outline strategies to support community participation as the basis for learning.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

- revision of attachment relationships - elements of successful and effective relationships with children, families, educators and other professionals, and with communities - concepts of parent participation in early childhood education - building relationships with children, families and communities - ecological perspectives in understanding and building relationships - understanding educational transitions as times of relationship building - understanding communities using sociocultural frames of analyses - using personal, interpersonal and cultural perspectives - communities of learners - communities of practice - learning through community participation

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