EEP304 Design An Early Childhood Program Assignment 2 – Australia.

Subject Code & Title : EEP304 Design An Early Childhood Program
Value: 40%
Length: 1500
Group Assessment: No
Task: You are required to design a short early childhood program for an Early Childhood Centre. You may refer to a centre that you currently work at or where you have completed your practicum. This short program should have TWO learning experiences and adopt a socially just/anti-bias approach to teaching. You need to choose ONE topic from the following: Social justice and families, multiculturalism, and linguistic diversity. You are not required to implement the program for this assessment. It is important to demonstrate how you will encourage children to be critical thinkers around your chosen topic.
EEP304 Design An Early Childhood Program Assignment 2 – Australia.

This short program needs to include the following subheadings and information:
1) Topic and rationale
Identify the topic you will focus on and give a rationale as to why this topic important to address within Early Childhood Education. The rationale should include connections to your readings

2) Resource audit
Complete an audit in your room for resources that might be encouraging dominant discourses around your chosen topic (eg if your topic is Social justice and families, you might note resources that represent social norms like heterosexual parents, gender roles,etc.). Make a list of these resources and explain how these resources could be used differently to challenge the dominant discourses they currently convey, or what other kinds of resources could be included to show diversity around your topic

3) Learning experiences
Create TWO (2) learning experiences that challenge a number of dominant discourses by encouraging children to think critically about your topic
•Describe each activity
•Include sample questions you could ask about your topic to encourage children to think differently, or to challenge stereotypes.

EEP304 Design An Early Childhood Program Assignment 2 – Australia.

Be sure to link to the literature with regards to diversity and difference.

4) Anti-bias approaches &  reflection
Write a combined justification for these experiences. This should explain how the experiences encourage children to be critical thinkers and demonstrate a socially just/anti-bias approach to teaching. This justification must include connections to your readings, the main ideas that have been presented in the subject materials and explore why it is important we critically reflect on our knowledge/ assumptions /bias/beliefs to become socially just teachers

The entire assessment should use no less than 8 references (from your readings and extra material). For the purpose of confidentiality, please do not use a centre’s real name when discussing the service philosophy. A pseudonym (a name that you make up) should be used instead.

EEP304 Design An Early Childhood Program Assignment 2 – Australia.

RATIONALE
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
1. demonstrate a critical understanding of issues related to diversity, social justice and equity for children, families and communities.
2. develop and articulate a critical disposition towards assumptions about children in relation to issues of diversity and difference in our contemporary culture.