OVERVIEW
Length: 2400 words (10% above or below)
Due Date: 11.59pm 26th May 2019 via Assessment 2 Dropbox
Weighting: 60%
Students are to choose one theorist (relevant to Early Childhood Education and care [ECEC]) and provide a brief introduction of his/her achievements. Students are required to discuss the main theories (ideas) and their implications for education. Students then need to critically reflect on how the theoretical ideas might have influenced teaching practice and children’s learning in the Australian early childhood educational context. To critically reflect is to think deeply about what you have read and discussed in class. In the conclusion, students are asked to reflect and consider how these theories align with your beliefs and values as a preservice teacher.
Please refer to at least six scholarly references through your assignment and reference these according to the Harvard referencing system
HOW TO APPROACH
Step 1: Choose one theorist from the list below: -
• Rudolph Steiner
• Maria Montessori
• Barbara Rogoff
• Loris Malaguzzi
• John Dewey
REMEMBER you must only focus on one.
Step 2: Provide a brief biographical summary of their achievements
(approximately 400 words)
Step 3: Discuss the theorist’s main theories (these theories might be known as developmental theory, or socio-cultural theory, for example) that are relevant to teaching and learning in (ECEC).
In this section, you need to also relate your discussion to the national framework, the Early Years Learning Framework (DEEWR, 2009) to show how this theory might have influenced the development of these documents.
(approximately 800 words)
Step 4: Critically reflect on and discuss the influence of these theories on children’s learning and teaching practice in Australian early childhood contexts, according to the literature.
(approximately 800 words)
Step 5: Conclusion: In conclusion, students are asked to reflect and consider how these theories align with your beliefs and values as a preservice teacher.
(approximately 400 words)