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Course Overview
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Course Content
Contemporary Early Childhood Educational Contexts
Students will explore and critically engage with the multifaceted landscape of contemporary early childhood educational contexts, including evolving roles, responsibilities, ethical considerations, inclusion, social justice, and practitioner inquiry projects.
Playful Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education
Students will explore the dynamic and transformative role of play and creativity in early childhood education, critically examining worldviews, theories, philosophies, and perspectives on play and playful pedagogies.
Thinking, Creativity and Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of thinking skills, creativity, and curriculum provision in the early years context, including neuroscience, cognitive development, metacognition, and inquiry-based curricula design.
Diverse Learning and Inclusive Education in Early Childhood Contexts
Students will gain insight into inclusive education, key theories, frameworks, and the role of family, multi-disciplinary professionals, and community perspectives in designing inclusive early childhood settings.
Wellbeing, Trauma and Responsive Practices in Early Childhood Educational Contexts
Students will examine the relationship between wellbeing and trauma in the lives of young children, trauma-responsive practices, and strategies for creating nurturing and supportive learning environments.
Sustainability, Kinship and Nature in Early Childhood Education
Equips early childhood professionals with knowledge related to sustainability, kinship, and nature-based approaches in early childhood education contexts.
Common Questions
Yes, domestic students may study the full Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood) online. International students may study up to one-third of the subjects in a course online.
The course takes 1 year full time or 2 years part time. It comprises 8 subjects delivered over three trimesters, with a typical full-time load of 8 subjects per year.
Yes, this qualification is FEE-HELP approved for eligible applicants. The indicative domestic course fee is $24,608 for 1 year full time.
No. The Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood) is not designed to be a graduate pre-service teacher education course and is not professionally accredited by ACECQA as an approved early childhood qualification for Early Childhood Teachers, nor does it meet the national standards required for graduates to be registered as teachers in Victoria. If you want to become a qualified Early Childhood Teacher, Ikon recommends applying for the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education.
Ikon Institute offers three yearly intakes for the Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood) — in February, May, and September.
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