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Children, Families & Communities

ASSESSMENT 1: Portfolio

Learning Outcome 1: compare and critique historical and contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods.

Learning Outcome 2: identify the ways to ensure children feel that they are belonging, being, and becoming.

Learning Outcome 3: 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 4: Critically analyse texts, images, and songs in terms of the construction of childhood, and families across diverse contexts.

Task Description

This section provides a brief description of the assessment task (the ‘what').

This task requires students to reflect upon key issues presented in the unit content and complete three (3) x 500-word responses to the questions under the Task Instructions.

Task Instructions

This section provides step-by-step task instructions (the ‘how').

Drawing on a range of relevant literature, answer each of the following three questions in approximately 500-words.

Question 1

Part A: In your own words, write a short definition (2-3 sentences) for proximal processes.

Part B: Think about the aspects that influence children's lives today and how this has changed over the last twenty years.With reference to the unit content discuss how contemporary life may enhance or hinder proximal processes and outcomes compared to how life influenced them in the past. Frame your answer using the levels in Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model.

Question 2

The extent to which victims of bullying suffer negative outcomes is partly determined by how they cope with being bullied. In your future practice as an early childhood teacher, how can you ensure the children in your care have the skills and strategies to overcome bullying incidents with reference to the unit content. Make links to the Early Years Learning Framework (DET, 2022) where relevant.

Question 3

You are working at a long day care centre where a new family has enrolled. You have planned a cooking experience with the children when the boy (aged 4) states, "cooking is the girl's job, boys should not cook!" Discuss the following points with reference to the unit content:
» What language and actions would you use to handle this situation?
» How can you teach gender equality as part of the Australian culture with children aged 3-5 years?
» What are the strategies you could implement to work towards social justice and equity?

Formatting and style

APA 7 formatting is required for this task.
• Include a cover page that contains:
• The title of the task in bold
o Your name (as author) and Student ID
o Your faculty (Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University)
o The unit code and name (TCHR2002 Children, Families, and Communities)
o Your unit assessor's name (Kelly Simpson)
o The due date
• Include the question/question part you are responding to at the start of each response.
• Indent the first line of each new paragraph
• Use 12-point Arial font.
• Double line space your writing and your reference list

Referencing
• APA Referencing style is required to be used for this task.