Summary Title Assessment 1: Pre-recorded digital presentation: Pitch your pedagogy Type Digital Presentation Due Date Monday, 18 September 11:59 pm AEST (start of Week 4) Length 15 minutes Weighting 50% Academic Integrity GenAI May Not be Used Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, may not be used for this Assessment Task. You are required to demonstrate if you have developed the units skills and knowledge without the support of GenAI. If you use GenAI tools in your assessment task, it may result in an academic integrity breach against you as described in the Student Academic and Non-Academic Misconduct Rules, Section 3. Submission 1 word document with link to presentation and reference list, uploaded to the Assessment Tasks and Submission area of the unit site. Unit Learning Outcomes This assessment task maps to the following ULOs: ULO1: identify and analyse the role of play in learning and examine the challenges pertaining to play and pedagogies ULO2: discuss the diversity of approaches to pedagogies utilised in early childhood education and care, and how they position children, teachers and parents/carers ULO3: analyse the relationships between the philosophy, theory and pedagogy to learning environment for all young children (birth 5 years) ULO4: critically reflect on personal philosophy to play and pedagogies for learning and teaching as an early childhood professional 2 Rationale One of the challenges that you may encounter in your future practice when implementing a play-based approach, is the differing views and perspectives of play. Part of your role as an early childhood teacher is to advocate the value and recognition of play in childrens lives as well as coming to a shared understanding of what play is and what it means to implement a play-based pedagogy. Task Description This task requires students to reflect upon key issues presented in Modules 1-3 and create a digital presentation. Task Instructions You are working at early childhood education and care setting and have been asked to present at the parent information night. Some parents of children aged 3-5 years voice their concerns about the play-based approaches used in your setting. They believe their children should be engaged in more formal, academic approaches to prepare them for school. You must prepare a pitch to explain and justify the importance of a play-based pedagogical approach. Students may use PowerPoint, Prezi or Canva presentations. Your presentation must be accessible via a URL. Your pitch must identify and justify the following elements: Your play philosophy The important role of play in childrens learning and development including at least 3 developmental domains. What creates a successful play learning environment? Your pitch must be supported and informed by: At least 2 theories presented in Modules 1 and 2, including 1 foundational theory. Relevant early childhood education and care policies, research and literature. 3 Follow the steps to complete the task: Create digital presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi, Canva or another platform of your choice. Your presentation must include audio, text and images. It MUST be accessible via URL. Create a new Word Document and save it with your surname and initials and the assessment tasks name. E.g: MillsA_assessment1_pitchpedagogy Create a cover page with the following details: o Student name and Student ID o Unit code and name o Unit Assessor and Tutor names o Date submitted Paste URL to presentation on word document Complete one reference list on word document Once complete, submit task via the Turnitin link in the Assessment and Submission section of the unit site. Referencing APA7th referencing format is required with a minimum of 5 references. Sources should include relevant early childhood policy and peer-reviewed literature. Students must use the unit textbook. Resources Australian Government Department of Education. (2022) Belonging, being and becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia (V2.0). Australian Childrens Education & Care Quality Authority (n.d.). Developmental milestones and the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standards. Robinson, C., Treasure, T.,O\'Connor, D., Neylon, G., Harrison, C., Wynne, S. (2018). Learning through play. Oxford University Press. 4 Task Submission Assessments should be submitted using the Turnitin link on the Assessments Tasks & Submission section on the Blackboard site. Only Microsoft Word documents submitted via the Turnitin portal on Blackboard will be accepted. You must label your submission with your surname and initials and the assessment task\'s name. Academic Integrity At Southern Cross University academic integrity means behaving with the values of honesty, fairness, trustworthiness, courage, responsibility, and respect in relation to academic work. The Southern Cross University Academic Integrity Framework aims to develop a holistic, systematic, and consistent approach to addressing academic integrity across the entire University. For more information see the SCU Academic Integrity Framework NOTE: Academic Integrity breaches include poor referencing, not identifying direct quotations correctly, close paraphrasing, plagiarism, recycling, misrepresentation, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, fabricating information. GenAI May Not be Used Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, may not be used for this Assessment Task. You are required to demonstrate if you have developed the units skills and knowledge without the support of GenAI. If you use GenAI tools in your assessment task, it may result in an academic integrity breach against you as described in the Student Academic and Non-Academic Misconduct Rules, Section 3. Special Consideration Students wishing to request special consideration to extend the due date of an assessment task must submit a Request for Special Consideration form via their MyEnrolment page as early as possible and prior to the original due date for that assessment task, along with any accompanying documents, such as medical certificates. Please refer to the Special Consideration section of Policy https://policies.scu.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=140 Late Submissions & Penalties Except when special consideration is awarded, late submission of assessment tasks will lead automatically to the imposition of a penalty. Penalties will be incurred as soon as the deadline is reached. a penalty of 5% of the available marks will be deducted from the actual mark at one minute after the time listed in the due date a further penalty of 5% of the available mark will be deducted from the actual mark achieved on each subsequent calendar day until the mark reaches zero. 5 Please refer to the Late Submission & Penalties section of Policy https://policies.scu.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00255 Grades & Feedback Assessments that have been submitted by the due date will receive an SCU grade. Grades and feedback will be posted to the Grades and Feedback section on the Blackboard unit site. Please allow 7-10 days for marks to be posted.

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