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Assessment - Creative response with written explanation

Title: Creative response with written explanation

The purpose of this task is to examine the diverse cultural, social, physical, cognitive and emotional worlds of young people and the impact of these on learning, resilience and wellbeing.

Through this creative task, students will demonstrate their ability to e?ectively, sensitively and con?dently represent signi?cant ideas about young people and their worlds. Pre Service Teachers (PSTs) will present an original creative response based on ideas related to the cultural, social, physical, cognitive and emotional worlds young people inhabit and how these may a?ect learning. The artefacts created for this task can vary and students can consider options such as posters, models, videos, role-plays, sculpture, musical performances, visual art, digital representations, etc.

PSTs will exhibit their creative representation and submit an accompanying written statement which also examines the implications for schooling. The statement should include link to research, the media and popular culture. It should briefly discuss:

• A link between the topic and development
• Issues of schooling such as
o How teachers cope with the topic
o How students cope with the topic
o How the topic may impact on development and thus learning
• What this might mean for the wellbeing or social-emotional experiences of children young people - consider both the hope and challenges is may bring.
Appropriate referencing of sources using APA style is expected.

Assessment Task Outline: Observation Analysis

The purpose of this task is to build the disposition to closely attend to a learning and teaching context and make deductions. It aims to build understandings about how people learn and the factors that impact on learning and teaching in particular contexts. By making connections between their reading and what they observe, PSTs begin to develop their own practical theories related to teaching and learning.

A brief description of what students are being asked to do to fulfil the requirements for completion of the task:
PSTs choose a real learning and teaching experience within a context outside of the classroom that they can closely observe and describe. They should focus on one learner even if it is a group situation. They describe the context and the learner who can be any age. They write an analysis of the experience where they begin to ‘theorise' about what might be going on and why. They conclude by identifying key findings.

Following are suggested steps for completing the task: Brainstorm possible learning experiences. The experience must involve a teacher and a learner. Some possibilities are: a swimming lesson; a music lesson; a parent teaching a child to cook muffins; a friend teaching another friend to play a new computer game; a driving lesson; a fitness instructor teaching a new client to use gym equipment.

The following questions can prompt analysis:
What is the teacher intending to achieve?
How is the learner responding?
What sorts of questions are being asked?
What emotions are being expressed?
Why might people be feeling the way they do?
Are instructions expressed clearly? How are they heard?
What sort of language are people using? Is metaphor used?
Are experiences shared?
Is the language direct, clearly sequenced and formal or conversational and non-linear?
What do people do to show they understand?
What happens when someone makes a mistake? Is that important to the process of learning?
Can you see evidence of trial and error and experimentation?
What helps learners to feel that they can give something a go?
What theoretical connections can be made?
Write a conclusion outlining the key factors impacting on learning with references to research.

This section should be approximately 1000 words and will identify key influential factors. Justify your deductions/viewpoints by making references to research.
A clear statement of the criteria that will be used to grade the task:
• Demonstrates capacity to closely observe and describe teaching and learning experiences.
• Demonstrates understanding of the situated nature of learning and the contextual and cultural factors which impact on learning and teaching.
• Demonstrates understanding of the physical, social and intellectual development of learners and how these impact on learning.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of research into how people learn and the implications for teaching.
• Demonstrates capacity to analyse situations, make thoughtful deductions and justify viewpoints.

Attachment:- Creative response Assessment.rar