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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECTPP201A Documentation, Planning and Assessment 1

Prescribed

Programming and planning in early childhood settings (2025) - eBook and book by Leonie Arthur; Bronwyn Beecher; Elizabeth Death; Sue Dockett; Sue Farmer
Early learning theories made visible (2015) - eBook and book by Miriam Beloglovsky; Lisa Daly
Theories into practice : understanding and rethinking our work with young children and the EYLF (2024) - eBook and book by Andrea Nolan; Bridie Raban

Recommended

Readings

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Agbenyega, J. (2009). The Australian Early Development Index, who does it measure: Piaget or Vygotsky's child? Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(2), 31-38.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(2), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/183693910903400206
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/National-Quality-Framework-Resources-Kit/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia_2.pdf
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2013). The Early Years Framework in Action: Educators' stories and models for practice.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/eylf_in_action_educators_stories_and_models_for_practice.pdf
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2014). National Quality Standard: Quality Area 1 - Educational program and practice.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-1-educational-program-and-practice
Australian Government Department of Education. (2022). Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (V2.0).
Australian Government Department of Education for the Ministerial Council. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdf
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2016, April 18). Inquiry learning in play spaces [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/G4BEMQuUk9s
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2016, April 21). Problem solving in block corner [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/E6LdimWGP78
Biermeier, M. A. (2015). Inspired by Reggio Emilia: Emergent curriculum in relationship- driven learning environments.
YC: Young Children, 70(5), 72-79.
Bonnay, S. (2017, May 25). Early childhood education: Then and now.
The Spoke: Early Childhood Australia's blog. http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early-childhood-education-now/
Caspe, M., Seltzer, A., Kennedy, J. L., Cappio, M., & DeLorenzo, C. (2013). Engaging families in the child assessment process.
YC: Young Children, 68(3), 8-14.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Learning Years Framework for Australia.(p. 11 & pp. 56-150)
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/National-Quality-Framework-Resources-Kit/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia_2.pdf
Dorrat, L. (2011). Westgarth Bush Kindergarten.
Every Child, 17(4), 6-7.
ECA Learning Hub. (2013, April 17). Connecting with practice series NQS PLP - Car factory [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/l6XulPWvur4
ECA Learning Hub. (2013, June 6). Connecting with practice series NQS PLP - Mint tea and a chat [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/_Ba3ybKxz_E
Elicker, J., & McMullen, M. B. (2013). Appropriate and meaningful assessment in family-centered programs. YC: Young Children, 68(3), 22-27.
YC: Young Children, 68(3), 22-27.

Jones, E. (2012). The emergence of emergent curriculum.
YC: Young Children, 67(2), 66-68.
Kennedy, A. (2012). National Quality Standard Professional Learning Program: What have theories got to do with it?
NQS PLP e-Newsletter (31), 1-4 . https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-12/WhatHaveTheoriesGotToDoWithIt.pdf
Leggett, N., & Newman, L. (2017). Play: Challenging educators’ beliefs about indoor and outdoor environment.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42(1), 24-32. https://doi.org.10.23965/AJEC.42.1.03
Little, H. (2020). Promoting children's learning and development through their environment and play. NSW Government.
https://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education/leadership/news/promoting-learning-through-environment-and-play
MacDonald, A. (2009). Drawing stories: The power of children's drawings to communicate the lived experience of starting school.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(2), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/183693910903400306
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (2014, October 15). Planning with children in kindergarten: Small group example [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/8Se9edLF7Og
Seitz, H., & Bartholomew, C. (2008). Powerful portfolios for young children.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(1), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-008-0242-7
Southey, S. (2012). Documenting children's learning journeys: Finding the balance.
Educating Young Children: Learning and Teaching in the Early Childhood Years, 18(3), 33-36. https://ecta.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ECTA-EducatingYoungChildren-18.3-2012S.pdf
Touhill, L. (2012). Assessment: Don't make it what it's not. Every Child, 18(2), 10-11.
Every Child, 18(2), 10-11.

Weekly Readings

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 1 Setting the scene
Beloglovsky, M., & Daly, L. (2015). Early learning theories made visible.
Redleaf Press. (Part 5 Changing the assumptions of early care and education: How the theories give us a voice to initiate change)
Bonnay, S. (2017, May 25). Early childhood education: Then and now.
The Spoke: Early Childhood Australia's blog. http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early-childhood-education-now/
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Learning Years Framework for Australia.(p. 11 & pp, 56-150)
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/National-Quality-Framework-Resources-Kit/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia_2.pdf
Leggett, N., & Newman, L. (2017). Play: Challenging educators’ beliefs about indoor and outdoor environment.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42(1), 24-32. https://doi.org.10.23965/AJEC.42.1.03
Nolan, A., & Raban, B. (2024). Theories into practice (2nd. ed.).
Essential Resources Educational Publishers Ltd.
Chapter 1 Theories and perspectives

Agbenyega, J. (2009). The Australian Early Development Index, who does it measure: Piaget or Vygotsky's child?
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(2), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/183693910903400206
Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 3 Thinking about children: development and play
Beloglovsky, M., & Daly, L. (2015). Early learning theories made visible.
Redleaf Press. (Part 5 Changing the assumptions of early care and education: How the theories give us a voice to initiate change)
Kennedy, A. (2012). National Quality Standard Professional Learning Program: What have theories got to do with it?
NQS PLP e-Newsletter (31), 1-4 . https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-12/WhatHaveTheoriesGotToDoWithIt.pdf
Nolan, A., & Raban, B. (2024). Theories into practice (2nd. ed.).
Essential Resources Educational Publishers Ltd.
Chapter 2 Theories addressing children’s learning, development and wellbeing, and practical implications

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 7 Curriculum approaches and pedagogies
Beloglovsky, M., & Daly, L. (2015). Early learning theories made visible.
Redleaf Press.
Part 2 Social-emotional development : building relationships to learn
Part 3 Beyond ABC's and 1,2,3's: children as protagonists of their own knowledge
Nolan, A., & Raban, B. (2015). Theories into practice: understanding and rethinking our work with young children.
Teaching Solutions
Chapter 7 Challenging aspects of practice
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2014). National Quality Standard: Quality Area 1 - Educational program and practice.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-1-educational-program-and-practice
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2013). The Early Years Framework in Action: Educators' stories and models for practice.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/eylf_in_action_educators_stories_and_models_for_practice.pdf
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Learning Years Framework for Australia.(pp.7-9)
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/National-Quality-Framework-Resources-Kit/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia_2.pdf

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 6 Understanding the setting
Southey, S. (2012). Documenting children's learning journeys: Finding the balance.
Educating Young Children: Learning and Teaching in the Early Childhood Years, 18(3), 33-36. https://ecta.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ECTA-EducatingYoungChildren-18.3-2012S.pdf

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 8 Assessing and planning for children's learning
ECA Learning Hub. (2013, April 17). Connecting with practice series NQS PLP - Car factory [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/l6XulPWvur4
ECA Learning Hub. (2013, June 6). Connecting with practice series NQS PLP - Mint tea and a chat [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/_Ba3ybKxz_E

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 8 Assessing and planning for children's learning
Gronlund, G. (2013). Planning for play, observation and learning in preschool and kindergarten.
Redleaf Press.
Chapter 1 Implementing curriculum through the planning/observation/individualization cycle
Caspe, M., Seltzer, A., Kennedy, J. L., Cappio, M., & DeLorenzo, C. (2013). Engaging families in the child assessment process.
YC: Young Children, 68(3), 8-14.
Elicker, J., & McMullen, M. B. (2013). Appropriate and meaningful assessment in family-centered programs.
YC: Young Children, 68(3), 22-27.
Touhill, L. (2012). Assessment: Don't make it what it's not.
Every Child, 18(2), 10-11.
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2016, April 18). Inquiry learning in play spaces [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/G4BEMQuUk9s

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 8 Assessing and planning for children's learning
Gronlund, G. (2013). Planning for play, observation and learning in preschool and kindergarten.
Redleaf Press.
Chapter 1 Implementing curriculum through the planning/observation/individualization cycle
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Learning Years Framework for Australia.(pp.7-9)
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/National-Quality-Framework-Resources-Kit/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia_2.pdf

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 9 Relationships and interactions to promote children's learning
Chapter 4 Reflective and evaluative practices
Australian Government Department of Education. (2022). Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (V2.0).
Australian Government Department of Education for the Ministerial Council. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdf
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Learning Years Framework for Australia.(pp.7-9)
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/National-Quality-Framework-Resources-Kit/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia_2.pdf

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 10 Learning environments
Beloglovsky, M., & Daly, L. (2015). Early learning theories made visible.
Redleaf Press. (Part 5 Changing the assumptions of early care and education: How the theories give us a voice to initiate change)
Biermeier, M. A. (2015). Inspired by Reggio Emilia: Emergent curriculum in relationship- driven learning environments.
YC: Young Children, 70(5), 72-79.

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., & Farmer, S. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (8th ed.).
Cengage Learning Australia.
Chapter 10 Learning environments
Dorrat, L. (2011). Westgarth Bush Kindergarten.
Every Child, 17(4), 6-7.
Little, H. (2020, October 27). Promoting children’s learning and development through their environment and play. NSW Education.
hhttps://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education/leadership/news/promoting-learning-through-environment-and-play