TEMPLATE: Assessment 2 TEAC7156 - Professional Task 40%

TEMPLATE: Assessment 2 TEAC7156 - Professional Task 40%

PART 1. SELECT AND DESCRIBE a childrens book authored by an Australian Indigenous person(s)/community suitable for children attending an early childhood education and care setting or a primary school (0 12 years).

Address each element a-d below.

(approx. 300 words) [Marking Criteria 1 weighting 5 marks]

Identify the title, authors and illustrators of your chosen book.

Book Title Author(s) Illustrator(s) Describe the key themes shared in this story. (Identify at least two)

Theme Description

Example: Roles & Relationships Example: The story explains the role of Elders in Aboriginal communities. Characters in the story are reminded to be respectful to their Elders.

Which Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Country or Countries do the author(s) and Illustrator(s) belong to? For example, Dharug, Bundjalung, Adnyamathanha Nations/Countries.

Author/ Illustrator name Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Country or Countries

Example: Author - Jasmine Seymour Example. Dharug Country

Identify and describe any information that is specifically related to the authors and/or /illustrators Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Country?

(For example, Indigenous language, Indigenous cultural practices or beliefs, Indigenous tools or artefacts, Indigenous knowledges about plants/animals/environment).

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Country Country specific information, cultural practice and/or language

Example: Dharug Country Example. Dharug language for native animals and plants. Dharug symbols (provide specific examples) used in images/illustrations.

PART 2. DEVELOP A PLAN FOR ONE LEARNING EXPERIENCE based on the childrens book you selected.

(approx. 1000 words) [Marking Criteria 2 - weighting 10 marks].

A. Identify

Highlight/circle or underline the stage that your learning experience is developed for.

Early Childhood: Birth to 5years.

Early Stage 1: Kindergarten.

Stage 1: 1st & 2nd class.

Stage 2: 3rd & 4th class or

Stage 3: 5th & 6th class.

B. Identify and describe one theme from your chosen book that will be explored in your proposed learning experience.

C. Learning Experience Plan Elements

a. Learning Experience Title

(Name of the experience)

b. Relevant curriculum area:

Copy and paste the NSW Syllabus outcome or

Early Years Learning Framework (version 2) Learning Outcome relevant to your learning experience.

c. Learning Experience Intention

(What knowledge or skills do you expect learners to gain from this experience?)

You can use dot points. d. Location

Identify where this experience will be implemented/presented.

(Be specific - indoors, outdoors, classroom, sandpit, school hall, on the floor, at a table, on the grass under a tree etc).

e. Participation:

Individual activity

Group activity (number of participants).

f. Learning Experience format

i. Introduction.

Describe how you will introduce the experience and encourage the learners to participate.

For example: learners will be invited to sandpit to investigate/talk about/find.

ii. Resources

How will you set up the environment?

List the resources you will need, including human, space, equipment.

iii. Steps in the experience

what will the learners be doing?

For example, First the learners will ., Then the learners will, To finish the learners will.

iv. Evaluation

How will you evaluate each learners level of participation and understanding?

PART 3. PROVIDE A RATIONALE FOR YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

(approx. 700 words) [Marking Criteria 3 - weighting 15 marks].

Now that you have developed your learning experience, imagine you have implemented the experience and one of the parents have asked why their child (who is non-Indigenous) participated in the lesson.

Write a response to the parent to explain why it is necessary to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, cultures, knowledges and perspectives in Western-based Early Childhood Education and Care settings and/or in School Settings in Australia. You will also need to explain and justify how your chosen story and learning experience is relevant to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners.

You must engage with subject readings to support your claims. Assessments that demonstrate effective engagement with additional readings/resources that are relevant and appropriate to this subject may attract a higher grade.

Write your answer below and then add your Reference List using APA 7.