EDMAS6050 Understanding Early Childhood Development
This unit will enable Pre-service Teachers (PSTs) to engage with the core principles and theories of child development. PSTs will come to understand and critique the interconnections between theory, curricula outcomes and learning contexts for young children. Environmental conditions that impact on the development of individual children, with particular emphasis on social and cultural backgrounds will be examined. PSTs will develop the capacity to apply child development theory, knowledge of individual children and curricula outcomes to the selection of learning experiences that engage and support the interests, strengths and dispositions of young children.
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.
The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).
2025 student contribution amount: $578
2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $578
* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.