Assessment 2 – Child as capable and competent

Please don’t write over words limit !!

Use the Assessment template to demonstrate and illustrate your emerging understanding of the child as capable and competent.

To complete your assessment task, follow the below instructions.

• To start, download the linked here and make sure you are familiar with the format. You are required to use the template for your submission. Failure to adhere to the instructions may impact your grade in accordance with the assessment rubric.
• The first section is a 500-word summary (10% variation is permitted – between 450 and 550 words) of your emerging understanding of the image of child as capable and competent.
• You are expected to articulate your perspective on the image of the child as a pre-service teacher and to critically rationalise and justify your views with reference to major theories and contemporary literature within the context of early childhood education.
• A minimum of two scholarly sources (theoretical and/or empirical literature) must be referenced to support your discussion.

The second section is a table for observation and analysis. You are also expected to write an observation from the listed video and analyze how the example demonstrates children’s capabilities and competence. Please use strength-based language in both the observation and analysis. Your observation and analysis should reflect your image of the child/children and how you understand them.

• 1 purposefully written observation in strength-based language that clearly highlights children’s learning captured in the video supported by concrete factual evidence.You will be using the videos provided below to observe children and complete your observations. Choose one (1) video from the list and write one (1) observation.
• Analysis draws on a range of sources of information including early childhood theories and academic literature to interpret the observation to elaborate how does the captured moments demonstrate children’s capability and competence by identifying learning opportunities observed, children’s, strengths and capabilities, and learning dispositions.
• In-text reference and reference list are required. For guidance on using the APA Referencing Style

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ALERT: ACADEMIC INTEGRITYDO NOT USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, GRAMMAR APPS OR TRANSLATION SOFTWARE IN THIS TASK

Pre-service teachers must not use generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT or similar platforms) to produce childrens observations for this assessment. This requirement is grounded in the understanding that children’s observational data and relevant documentation in early childhood settings may contain identifiable and sensitive child information, and uploading such data to publicly accessible AI platforms may breach the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), State and Territory child protection legislation, service confidentiality agreements, and organisational data governance policies. Childrens information is legally protected, and misuse may constitute professional misconduct. As this practice observation task aims at stimulating authentic professional practice, all submitted observations must be the students own work and demonstrate independent professional judgement.

Students who breach academic integrity are at risk of a formal sanction and will be referred to a Senior Academic Officer.

Assessment Criteria

The following levels of criteria will be used to grade this assessment task:

• Criterion 1: A summary of child as capable and competent with reference to early childhood theories and academic literature
• Criterion 2: One written observation of children’s learning
• Criterion 3: Analysis of how observation demonstrate childrens capability and competence
• Criterion 4: Ability to systematically apply APA referencing conventions appropriately and accurately