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CHILDREN, FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES
Assessment: Portfolio short responses to unit content
Learning Outcome 1: Explain the diverse range of issues affecting children, families and communities including social, economic and educational policies and their impact upon service provision for children and families.
Learning Outcome 2: Critically analyse texts and images in terms of the construction of childhood, and families across diverse contexts.
Assessment Rationale
Early childhood professionals need to critically reflect on the diversity of issues that affect children and families in contemporary society. Working in partnership with families requires effective communication to resolve such issues and understand how these issues effect policy and practice.
Assessment Description
The aim of this assessment is for pre-service teachers to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding regarding the diverse issues facing children and families in contemporary communities and consider links to policy and practice. This assessment aligns with the unit learning modules 4-6 and requires you to reflect upon key issues presented in the unit content and complete three (3) x 500-word responses to the following topics.
Topic 1: Critical text analysis
Find an article from a newspaper, educational journal, social media or Internet focussing on an early childhood issue for children aged birth-to-eight-years. The article can be reporting a childhood issue from any Country.
Write a summary, critical analysis and evaluation of why the topic in this article is important and relevant to families with young children.
Analyse what works or does not work in the article
It is important to make sure your article choice is appropriate for topic 2 and 3 as you will uses the same topic in all 3 topics and you may lose marks if the article is not relevant to families of young children.
Add a hyperlink to the article and include in the reference list
Your choice of topic does not need approval as this choice is part of the assessment
Topic 2: Family newsletter
Write about the children's issue/topic for a family newsletter outlining the ideas from the critical text analysis you explored in topic 1. You can write this in a newsletter style and use images and communication strategies that we explore in module five, but you do not have to. Even though the newsletter will be written in everyday language rather than being highly academic, the article needs to show understandings of the unit content and readings. It should build on evidence of research and other significant literature and critically analyse the ideas presented around the issue. This isn't about giving your opinion or recommendations, more an opportunity to give an overview of the chosen article to communicate and engage these ideas with families. Pay attention to how you are able to communicate your topic to families in an ECE education setting (500 words).
Topic 3: Impact of educational policies and practices
Now use the issue and understandings you have developed from your chosen text and newsletter article to consider how they align with early childhood policy and practice in an education setting (500 words).
How might some of the ideas be reflected in policy and practices in an early childhood education setting?
What broader polices such as those outlined in module 6 might be relevant to your issue?
Give examples of what this could look like in practice as highlighted in module six. Book your online assignment help today!
Formatting and style
APA 7 formatting is required for this task.
Include the Southern Cross University cover page and indicate if and how you have used GenAI in the assessment
Include clear headings for the topics you are responding to
Indent the first line of each new paragraph.
Use 12-point font.
Use a 1.5 or double-line space for your writing and your reference list
Referencing
APA 7 Referencing style is required to be used for this task.