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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECTPP401A Developing Early Childhood Curriculum

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

Early childhood curriculum : planning, assessment and implementation (2018) - Book by Claire McLachlan; Marilyn Fleer; Susan Edwards
Foundations and best practices in early childhood education (2019) - Book by Lissanna Follari
Powers of curriculum : sociological aspects of education (2022) - eBook and book by Brad Gobby; Rebecca Walker

The books below are used in the weekly readings:

Readings and Prescribed Viewings

8 Ways. (n.d.). 8 Aboriginal ways of learning: Aboriginal pedagogy.
https://www.8ways.online/
Administration for Children and Families. (2015). Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages birth to five. US Department of Health and Human Services.
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/elof-ohs-framework.pdf
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2017). Changes to the National Quality Framework.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018-01/Decision_RIS_Summary_Of_Changes_To_The_NQF.pdf
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Australian Curriculum.
http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (n.d.). Australian curriculum
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au
Australian Government. (2020). Closing the gap report 2020: Early childhood education.
https://ctgreport.niaa.gov.au/early-childhood-education
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
Barr, J. (n.d.). Influence of Friedrich Froebel: The philosophy of education. Froebel web: An online resource.
http://www.froebelweb.org/web2005.html
Be You., Beyond Blue., Early Childhood Australia., Headspace., & Department of Health, Australian Government. (2021). Educators handbook: Early learning services.
https://beyou.edu.au/get-started/educators
Biddle, N. (2016, February 10). Early childhood education is key to closing the gaps. The Spoke: Early Childhood Australia's blog.
http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early-childhood-education-is-key-to-closing-the-gaps/
Centennial Parklands. (n.d.). Bush school - school excursion program.
https://www.centennialparklands.com.au/Learn/Nature-Play/Bush-School-programs/Bush-School
Chazan-Cohen, R., Zaslow, M., Raikes, H. H., Elicker, J., Paulsell, D., Dean, A., & Kriener-Althen, K. (2017, March).
Working toward a definition of infant/toddler curricula: Intentionally furthering the development of individual children within responsive relationships (Report No. 2017-15). Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. https://www.researchconnections.org/sites/default/files/pdf/rc33657.pdf
Child Australia. (n.d.). What is pedagogy?: How does it influence our practice?
https://www.childaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CA-Statement-Pedagogy.pdf
Claire Warden Educational Consultant. (n.d.). Nature pedagogy
https://www.claire-warden.com/nature-pedagogy/
Community Child Care. (2015). Sustainability audit tool: Education and care services.
https://kipdf.com/sustainability-audit-tool-education-and-care-services_5b1941ba7f8b9a676a8b459b.html
Cowan, J. (2015). Our wheels project: Finding the extraordinary within the ordinary. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 17(1).
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1072354.pdf
DeLuca, C., & Hughes, S. (2014). Assessment in early primary education: An empirical study of five school contexts. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 28(4), 441-460.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2014.944722
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2010). Educators belonging, being and becoming: Educators' guide to the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia.
https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2015/educators_guide_to_the_early_years_learning_framework_for_australia.pdf
Department of Education and Skills, Early Years Education Policy Unit. (n.d.). Welcome to Siolta, the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education.
http://siolta.ie/index.php
Department of Health. (2021, May 7). Physical activity and exercise guidelines for all Australians. Australian Government.
https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-guidelines#npa05
Department of Health and Ageing. (2013). Get up & grow: Healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood: Staff and carer book. Australian Government.
https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/04/staff-and-carer-book-get-up-and-grow-staff-and-carer-book.pdf

Early Childhood Australia. (2013). Talking about practice: Embedding sustainable practices. NQS PLP e-Newsletter, (67).
https://fdocuments.in/document/talking-about-practice-embedding-sustainable-nqs-plp-e-newsletter-no67-2013.html
Early Childhood Australia. (n.d.). Early Childhood Australia: A voice for young children.
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
Early Learning: Everyone Benefits. (2016). State of early learning in Australia report 2016. Early Childhood Australia.
http://bjseminars.com.au/docs/ELEB-Report-final.pdf
Edwards, C. P., & Gandini, L. (2015). Teacher research in Reggio Emilia: Essence of a dynamic, evolving role. Voices of Practitioners: Teacher Research in Early Childhood Education, 10, 89-103.
Edwards, S. (2021, May 20). Process quality, curriculum and pedagogy in early childhood education and care (OECD Education Working Paper, No. 247). OECD iLibrary.
https://doi.org/10.1787/eba0711e-en
Elliott, S., & Chancellor, B. (2014). From forest preschool to bush kinder: An inspirational approach to preschool provision in Australia. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(4), 45-53.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911403900407
Elliott, S., & Davis, J. (2009). Exploring the resistance: An Australian perspective on educating for sustainability in early childhood. International Journal of Early Childhood, 41(2), 65-77.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168879
Epstein, A. S., & Hohmann, M. (2012). HighScope’s curriculum content areas and the KDIs. Extensions: Curriculum Newsletter from HighScope, 26(4), 1-15.
https://highscope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/152.pdf
Everymind. (2014). Connections: A resource for early childhood educators about children’s wellbeing. Australian Government Department of Education.
https://everymind.imgix.net/assets/Uploads/connections-resource-book.pdf
Fleer, A., & Raban, B. (n.d.). Early childhood literacy and numeracy: Building good practice. Australian Government.
https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2015/ed13-0077_ec_literacy_and_numeracy_building_good_practice_resources_booklet_acc.pdf
Forest Schools. (n.d.). [home].
http://www.forestschools.com/
Freeman, S., Dalli, C., & Pickering, A. (2016). Montessori early childhood education in NZ: Re-discovering the spirit of reflection and inquiry through recent policy changes. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 41(2), 69-76.
http://doi.org/10.1177/183693911604100210
Google. (n.d.). Business profile.
https://www.google.com.au/business/
Harding, A. (2015). Curriculum: Making good decisions. TLN Journal, 22(1), 8–10.
Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center. (n.d.). Interactive Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages birth to five. US Department of Health and Human Services & Administration for Children and Families.
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/interactive-head-start-early-learning-outcomes-framework-ages-birth-five
HighScope Educational Research Foundation (n.d.). FAQs. HighScope.
https://highscope.org/faq/#:~:text=HighScope%20classrooms%20follow%20a%20predictable,abilities%20in%20each%20content%20area

Jimdo. (n.d.). [home].
https://www.jimdo.com/au/
Jones, E. (2012). The emergence of emergent curriculum. YC: Young Children, 67(2), 66-68.
Ka Lee, C. H. (2022). Constructing an aesthetic discourse: Aesthetic education where Daoism meets postmodernism. Education Inquiry, 13(1), 21-36.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2020.1831286
Katz, L. G. (2015). Lively minds: Distinctions between academic versus intellectual goals for young children. Defending the Early Years.
https://deyproject.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/dey-lively-minds-4-8-15.pdf
Montessori Australia. (n.d.). Montessori Australia: Building on the past, improving for the future.
https://montessori.org.au/
Munch & Move. (n.d.). Munch and Move resources.
https://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/munch-move-resources/
National Association for the Education of Young Children. (n.d.). Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP). NAEYC.
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/topics/dap
National Association for the Education of Young Children., & The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media. (2012). Technology and interactive media as tools in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8.
https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/topics/PS_technology_WEB.pdf
National Health and Medical Research Council. (2013). Eat for health: Australian dietary guidelines: Providing the scientific evidence for healthier Australian diets.
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/n55_australian_dietary_guidelines.pdf
Nordlund, C. (2013). Waldorf education: Breathing creativity. Art Education, 66(2), 13-19.
http://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2013.11519211
NSW Education Standards Authority. (n.d.). Proficient teacher: Standard descriptors. NSW Government.
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/teacher-accreditation/meeting-requirements/the-standards/proficient-teacher
Nyland, B., & Ng, J. (2016). International perspectives on early childhood curriculum changes in Singapore and Australia.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 24(3), 465-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2015.1102416

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. (n.d.).
Encouraging quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC): International comparison: Curriculum frameworks and content.
https://www.oecd.org/education/school/48623811.pdf
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (n.d.). Early childhood education and care.
http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcare.htm
O’Connell, M., Fox, S., Hinz, B., & Cole, H. (2016). Quality early education for all: Fostering, entrepreneurial, resilient and capable leaders (Report No. 01/2016). Mitchell Institute.
https://www.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/quality-early-education-for-all-mitchell-institute.pdf
Reggio Children. (n.d.). Reggio Children promotes the Reggio Emilia approach.
https://www.reggiochildren.it/en/
Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange. (n.d.). Welcome to REAIE.
https://www.reggioaustralia.org.au/
Riek, J. (2019). Is kindergarten the new prep? The disappearance of play within the curriculum. Educating Young Children: Learning & Teaching in the Early Childhood Years, 25(1), 24-26.
Shin, A. M. (2015). The Australian National Curriculum: An early childhood perspective. Professional Educator, 14(1), 11–13.
Squarespace. (n.d.). [home].
https://www.squarespace.com/
Steiner Education Australia. (n.d.). About Steiner Education Australia. SEA: Steiner Education Australia.
https://www.steinereducation.edu.au/steiner-education/about-steiner-education-australia/
Sumsion, J., Barnes, S., Cheeseman, S., Harrison, L., Kennedy, A., & Stonehouse, A. (2009). Insider perspectives on developing Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(4), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/183693910903400402
Sumsion, J., Harrison, L. J., & Bradley, B. (2018). Building a knowledge base about the impact of early learning frameworks for infants and toddlers. Early Child Development and Care, 188(6), 651-664.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2016.1226294
Sumsion, J., Harrison, L. J., & Bradley, B. (2018). Building a knowledge base about the impact of early learning frameworks for infants and toddlers. Early Child Development and Care, 188(6), 651-664.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2016.1226294
Teaching Strategies. (2016). The Creative Curriculum for Preschool: Touring guide.
https://teachingstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-Creative-Curriculum-for-Preschool-Touring-Guide.pdf
To, J. (2012). Educating with compassion: The resonances between Steiner and RIE. Early Education, 51(Autumn/Winter), 27-29.
https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/108970/EE51_web.pdf
Udy, G. (2011). EYLF and NQS: Political, educational, social and individual influences: What has been our journey? Every Child, 17(3), 12-13.
Wall, S., Litjens, I., & Taguma, M. (2015). Early childhood education and care pedagogy review: England. OECD.
http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/early-childhood-education-and-care-pedagogy-review-england.pdf
White, A., & Fleer, M. (2019). Early childhood educators’ perceptions of the Australian Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF): Engaged professional learners. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44(2), 124-138
https://doi.org/10.1177/1836939119832083
Wix.com. (n.d.). [home]. Wix.
https://www.wix.com/