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Curriculum Studies in Early Childhood Education
Learning Outcome 1: describe and justify curriculum in early childhood education and care services
Learning Outcome 2: understand and demonstrate conceptual knowledge related to key learning areas for children from birth to five years
Learning Outcome 3: argue, with reference to the literature, how curriculum key learning areas can be applied to support children's learning
Learning Outcome 4: create and analyse learning environments of curriculum key learning areas for children's development and learning explain the role of the early childhood educator
Rationale
This unit develops conceptual knowledge of the holistic and integrated approach to curriculum in the early childhood setting for children aged from birth to five years. Students learn about the importance of play, the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) (2022), National Quality Standard (ACECQA, 2020) and use an integrated approach of the learning areas (Australian Curriculum Foundation Year; English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Technologies, and The Arts).
Task Description
The purpose of this assignment is to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of how everyday objects, routines, and resources in the early childhood setting can be used to promote children's learning and development across the learning areas (Australian Curriculum- Foundation year) with links to the EYLF Principles and Practices and Learning Outcomes and NQS QA. It is also important that early childhood educators have a deep understanding of the role of children's play in these learning environments to best promote children's conceptual knowledge in learning areas appropriate to birth to five years. Assessment 2 requires you to analyse 2 early childhood education photos and explain how the environment is used to support children's learning and development. Relevant links to theory and key learning areas and the EYLF Principals and Practices will be used to justify the pedagogical approaches used by the educator teacher to support children's early learning and development.
Task Instructions
There are four photos of different early learning environments in early childhood settings provided in the Assessment 2 folder.
Choose two of the photos and respond to the following for each (750 words for each photo):
Explain how each of the environments in the 2 selected photos can be used to promote children's learning and development and list 2 relevant EYLF Learning Outcomes. Make relevant links to the NQS QA and justify your explanation using theory and the unit content and readings to support your discussion.
Analyse what children can learn within each environment of the 2 selected photos across two learning areas (Australian Curriculum Foundation Year; English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Technologies, and The Arts) with relevant links to the EYLF Learning Outcomes and NQS QA.
Explain and justify the pedagogical approaches that you see the early childhood educator using in each of the learning environments in the 2 selected photos to promote children's learning and development. Make relevant links to the EYLF Principles and Practices.
Use APA 7 referencing throughout and double-lined spacing, Times Roman 12-point Font.