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MA Early Childhood Education (EDUT081)     DL

2016 - 2017

For students whose initial registration was prior to the 2018-19 session
 
 

Year 1


1

A person may be admitted as a student who:

(a) is a recognised graduate or has gained educational qualifications or demonstrated their capacity to work at Masters level deemed acceptable by the Head of School;

and

(b) has normally completed not less than two years' service in educational work approved by the Head of School.


2

The programme of study will be pursued part time for not less than two years and will be subject to a time limit of three years.


units (90 credits)
3
A student will take

Any Semester
EDU7060  Early Childhood Education: History and Policy GRAD YR 30 credits
EDU7070  Development, Learning and the Curriculum GRAD YR 30 credits
EDU7080  Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education GRAD YR 30 credits

Year 2


units (30 credits)
4
A student will take

Any Semester
EDU7090  Research Methods in Early Childhood Education GRAD YR 30 credits

units (60 credits)
5
A student will take

Any Semester
EDU7100  Dissertation (Early Childhood Education) GRAD YR 60 credits

6

A student who has completed the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership will be deemed to have completed EDU7060 and EDU7070.


7

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 3 and 4 will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education (EDUT082).


8

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 3 and 4 will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education (EDUT101).


9

A student must normally pass not less than two of the four units listed at 3 and 4 at the first attempt in order to proceed to the dissertation. The Head of School may require a student who has not satisfied this requirement to become instead a student for the Postgraduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education (EDUT082).


10

A student will attend compulsory residential weekends unless permission to be absent has been granted by the Head of School.

 
 
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