TCHR2003 Assessment Task 2 Brief

Rationale

This unit develops conceptual knowledge of the holistic approach to curriculum in the early childhood setting. There is a focus on an integrated and holistic approach of learning domains for children aged from birth to five years. Students develop children’s conceptual knowledge of these domains, with links made to the Early Years Learning Framework [EYLF] (AGDE, 2022), National Quality Standard [NQS] (ACECQA, 2018) theory and literature.

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 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 1 early childhood education photo 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

Use the template (including the cover page) provided in the Assessment 2 folder on the TCHR2003 Blackboard Site.

Part 1. (USE OF GENERATIVE AI (CHATGPT) PERMITTED FOR THIS PART)

Instructions: Use ChatGPT to generate an image of an Early Childhood Education learning environment (indoor or outdoor). You must screenshot the prompts that you use to create your image and include these as an appendix. The image that you create must have a play-based focus, and must consider 3 (three) of the following learning domains: language and literacy, creative arts, physical and emotional wellbeing, history and culture (time, equity and social justice)

Part 2 (YOU MUST NOT USE GENERATIVE AI BEYOND REASONABLE LIMITS FOR THIS PART)

Analyse how the learning environment in the image that you have created can support children's learning and development by justifying what children can learn within the environment.

The analysis must make relevant links to:

2 (two) EYLF Principles 2 (two) EYLF Practices.

2 (two) relevant EYLF Learning Outcomes, 2 (two) relevant links to the NQS QAs, and

2 (two) links to specific developmental domains (physical/cognitive/language/social and emotional/creative).

Justify your discussions using theory, the unit content and relevant academic readings.

Part 3

Referencing

• APA Referencing style is required to be used for this task
• Include one reference list for all responses on a new page at the end of task
• A minimum of 10 (ten) academic sources are to be included in the reference list
• At a minimum, your sources for this task will include the EYLF v2.0 (AGDE, 2022), NQS (ACECQA, 2018), and a range of broader authoritative Broader literature may include contemporary textbooks, peer reviewed articles, and other authoritative sources

Formatting: Use APA 7 formatting throughout (this includes indented paragraphs, double-lined spacing, Times Roman 12-point font).

Referencing Style Resource

About APA 7th - APA 7th Referencing Guide - Library guides at Southern Cross University (scu.edu.au)

Resources

National Quality Standard Quality https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard

Early Years Learning Framework https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022- V2.0.pdf

Unit materials to support your submission

An example of a completed task can be found in the Assessment task folder on the unit Blackboard sire and will be addressed in workshops. Please also revisit workshop/tutorial recordings as required.

Task Submission

Assessment 2 should be submitted using the Turnitin in the Assessments Tasks & Submission

section on the Blackboard TCHR2003 site.

You must label your submission with your surname and initials and the Assessment Task’s name. You must label your submission with your surname and initials and the assessment task's name, e.g: JSmith student number_TCHR2003 Assessment 2.docx

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