Details for EDU315 Leadership and Management

Explore management through international and national contexts. Students will be analysing and preparing effective leadership approaches within current legislative frameworks. Topics include ethical leadership, regulatory compliance, advocacy, pedagogical leadership, and fostering partnerships

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: EDU315
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Analyse the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities required for leadership and management in ECEC;
2. Appraise theories and models of leadership appropriate to the ECEC context with critical reflection to generate, evaluate and transform professionally oriented knowledge and practice;
3. Synthesize and communicate research and its results to different audiences.

Subject Content

• Socio-cultural, historical, and legal context of ECEC
• National Quality Framework
• Management vs Leadership
• Leadership theories
• Management and Leadership structures in ECEC settings
• Knowledge, skills and dispositions for future managers and leaders of ECEC settings
• Leading through Partnerships
• Theoretical, Pedagogical and Philosophical Approaches in ECEC
• Professional and Ethical Practice in ECEC
• Research Methodologies and Development
• Leading through Quality Improvement
• Leading through Advocacy

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face (onsite)
• eLearning (online)

 

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Minor Essay (30%)
• Critical Reflection (30%)
• Major Project (40%)

Prescribed Text

• References will include the most current curriculum requirements for schools.

Check with the instructor each semester before purchasing any prescribed texts or representative references