EUB246 Promoting Positive Relationships and Behaviour in the Early Years
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| Unit code: | EUB246 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | EUB141. This can be studied concurrently. |
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 - 6 Week A 2027, Online
| Unit code: | EUB246 |
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| Credit points: | 6 |
| Pre-requisite: | EUB141. This can be studied concurrently. |
Overview
This unit will focus on practical approaches for creating positive and inclusive learning environments that contribute to children's learning and well-being. Building on your understanding of children's social and emotional learning, you will draw on contemporary research to understand the foster positive relationships and engagement. You will identify evidence-based strategies that focus on preventative practices and practical skills that minimise challenging moments and create and maintain safe, supportive, and inclusive environments for the whole group, small groups and individual children.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify age-appropriate preventative and responsive practices to foster social and emotional learning in the early years.
- Apply evidence-informed strategies to plan for safe, supportive and inclusive environments for the whole group, small groups and individual children.
Content
- Social emotional learning for engagement
- Knowing and understanding children through theory and research
- Positive relationships and interactions in the early years
- Evidence informed preventative and responsive strategies for challenging moments
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in active and reflective learning. Learning activities are designed to draw upon your professional experience and prior learning.
A range of teaching and learning experiences will be used including:
- professional readings
- video and/or audio recordings
- online interactives and activities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- feedback from peers in group discussions
- unit coordinator and tutor comments to the cohort
- formative assessment tasks scaffolding knowledge and skills for the summative assessment task, and
- summative assessment tasks.
Assessment
Overview
The unit has one assessment task:
1. Positive behaviour support plan - this task draws on your learning about preventative and responsive strategies practices and ways to create positive relationships and safe and supportive learning environments.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Positive behaviour support plan
You will design a positive behaviour support plan for children in the early years. Your plan will identify preventative and responsive practices that minimise challenging moments. It will also include ways to create and maintain safe, supportive and inclusive environments for the whole group, small groups and individual children. You will draw on research, frameworks and relevant curriculum documents related to children’s social and emotional learning to inform your plan.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.ED34 Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five)
- Knowledgeable: Integrate theory, curriculum and context to plan, implement and evaluate learning and teaching.
Relates to: ULO1, Positive behaviour support plan - Inclusive: Apply inclusive, culturally safe and strengths-based principles to plan for and respond to children, families and communities in early childhood education and care.
Relates to: ULO2, Positive behaviour support plan