Early Childhood Practice for Young Children's Wellbeing

The licensing criteria for early childhood services provide a framework for learning about requirements that have been developed to foster young children’s health, safety and wellbeing in early childhood settings and their implementation in practice with young children.  You also learn about Māori as tangata whenua and the cultural heritage of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi and the role of government agencies and community services in supporting kaiako in their early childhood settings.  The principle of Kotahitanga (holistic development) and Mana Atua strand of wellbeing in Te Whāriki (2017) are a focus. You will be required to apply these requirements and concepts in their professional practice with young children.

For more information watch the course introduction video below.

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of the role of the Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood regulatory framework for supporting the health and wellbeing of young children in a specific early childhood context.
• Discuss how community and government services support professional and ethical practices in early childhood settings to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of young children.
• Demonstrate understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how it guides bicultural early childhood practice in an early childhood setting.
• Use basic te reo Māori me ona tikanga.
• Apply and evaluate practices to foster the holistic health and wellbeing of infants, toddlers and young children in an early childhood setting.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course.

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

• Access to a laptop or desktop computer
• Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.