TCHR2002 Children Families And Communities

TCHR2002 Children Families And Communities Assignment 1
Word Count : 1500
Weight : 50%
Academic Integrity and GenAI – see below
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, is permitted for this preparation of Assessment Task, withih university guidelines. If you use GenAI tools, you must use these ethically and acknowledge their use. To find out how to reference GenAI in your work consult the APA 7th referencing style for your unit via XXX Library referencing guides.
TCHR2002 Children Families And Communities

Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
You will demonstrate the following Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO) on the successful completion of this task:
• ULO 1: Compare and critique historical and contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods.
• ULO 2: Identify the ways to ensure children feel that they are belonging, being, and becoming.

Rationale
Working with and supporting children and families within the context of their community is a vital consideration for teachers as this reflects the lives and learning of children. Knowing children, families and communities therefore presents opportunities and challenges and being able to identify, compare and critique the diversity of issues that children and families experience in contemporary communities in Australia is a vital skill.

Assessment Description
The aim of this assessment is for pre-service teachers to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding regarding the historical and diverse issues facing children and families in contemporary communities. This assessment aligns with the unit learning modules 1-3 and requires you to reflect upon key issues presented in the unit content and complete three (3) x 500-word responses to the following topics.

Topic 1: Historical childhood influences
Think about one or two issues that influence children’s lives today and how this has changed over the last 20-50 years. With reference to the unit content compare and critique how contemporary life may enhance or hinder outcomes for children and families compared to how life influenced them in the past. Pay attention to the ideas about how contemporary childhoods are constructed in an Australian or Global context. Frame your answer using the levels in Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model including an understanding of the concept of proximal processes.

Topic 2: Indigenous childhoods
Culturally responsive educators are knowledgeable of each child and family’s context including how to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in the curriculum. Make relevant links to the Early Years Learning Framework (AGDE, 2022) in your discussions.
• Discuss the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being able to see themselves, their identities and cultures reflected in their learning environment.
• Identify why creating an intercultural space is important for all children and families?

Topic 3: Gender equity scenario
You are employed as the teacher in an early childhood education setting where a new family has recently enrolled their four-year-old son Jacob. You have planned a cooking experience with the children when Jacob states, “cooking is the girl’s job, boys should not cook!” Discuss the following points with reference to the unit content:
§ What specific language and strategies would you use to address the children’s being, belonging and becoming in this situation?
§ Give examples of how can you teach gender equity as part of an anti-bias curriculum that has been outlined in the unit content, with children aged 3-5 years-of-age?
§ How could you communicate the principles of an anti-bias curriculum and gender equity with families?

Assessment Instructions
Formatting and style
APA 7 formatting is required for this task.
• Include a cover page that contains:
o 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 (Tracy Young)
o The due date
• Include clear headings for the topics you are responding to
• Indent the first line of each new paragraph.
• Use 12-point Arial font.
• Use a 1.5- or double-line space for your writing and your reference list

Referencing
• APA 7 Referencing style is required to be used for this task. Please refer to the APA 7th Referencing Guide for this task –
• Create a reference list on a new page at the end of task with a minimum of ten references, although you may use more
• At a minimum, your sources for this task will include the unit required text, unit readings, EYLF (AGDE, 2022) and broader literature.
• Broader literature may include textbooks, peer reviewed articles, and other authoritative sources.
•If you have used an AI tool or technology in the process of completing your assessment (for example, brainstorming, understanding concepts, generating examples, summarising readings), an acknowledgement of how you have used AI tools or technologies is required. You can create this acknowledgement by adding a declaration at the end of your reference list. For example: I acknowledge the use of ChatGPT to brainstorm concepts ——- for this assessment as a starting point for initial research before writing my assessment.

To Be Continues…