Reference no: EM134034406

Learning and Development in the Early Years

Choose a specific age group and clearly state this in your introduction i.e. infants or toddlers or young children.

Choose one biological factor, one psychological factor and one socioecological factor that influences the development and learning of your selected age group.

Explain each factor and critically examine how it impacts a range of developmental domains (physical, cognitive, social, emotional, language and spiritual) for the age group. All six domains of development need to be covered across the three factors however you do not need to cover all six for each factor.

Underpin the learning and development for your selected developmental domains for each factor from theoretical perspectives discussed throughout section two of your course guide as well as in Te Whariki (Ministry of Education, 2017).

Ensure that your discussion demonstrates how influential factors and domains are interrelated to reflect an understanding of holistic child development. Review Section Three of the Course Guide for examples of influential factors. If you require additional academic guidance, you can refer to Assignment Help for structured academic support.

Presentation tip: An annotated presentation means that your ideas are supported by references to required readings, key ECE texts and additional literature. The intended audience for your presentation are your fellow kaiako so your language and tone should be professional and knowledgeable. You should introduce the topic of your presentation and summarise key points when concluding.

Create a reusable teaching resource you could use with tamariki and take a photo of your resource (include a sign with your name and student ID in the photo). Discuss how your resource could be used for a particular age group to support learning and development for tamariki in each developmental domain (physical, cognitive, social, emotional, language, spiritual). Make links to theories discussed in Section Two of the Course Guide and ensure you are drawing links to Te Whariki, required readings, and additional literature to inform your teaching plan.

Include the headings below to prepare your teaching plan. You may also explore Development resources for broader conceptual understanding of developmental principles.

Include a photo of the resource

What are you going to do? (how will you use your resource with tamariki - ensure you consider intentional teaching strategies)

What potential learning outcomes are relevant to each developmental domain?

How is the resource underpinned by, and relevant to holistic child development theories?

Presentation tip: No introduction or conclusion is needed. Bullet points, headings and subheadings can be used. Please note - No photos of tamariki are to be included in the photo of your resource. For comprehensive academic assistance with presentation preparation, you may also refer to Assignment Help.

Part One – Discussion Forum Task

All students are expected to regularly contribute to the discussion forums. At the end of the course, students will be asked to select one of their own posts from the forum contributions and justify how this post added value to the discussion (approximately 200 words). An image of the post and a justification will be submitted for marking. The course lecturer will consider the quality of the submission in determining the final grade.

Justify how this post added value to the discussion:

Adding value to the discussion could mean:

• Providing a detailed response to the post of another student.
• Adding an example from your experience for further discussion on the topic.
• Provoking further discussion by asking a question at the end of your post, or to another student with some extra detail.
• Connecting your example to a theory or concept from the course.
• Explicitly using something from a course reading in your post with an explanation of why it is relevant to the topic under discussion.

Strong discussion contributions also help demonstrate effective written communication skills when presenting ideas clearly and engaging with peers.

What it's not:

• Simply saying someone's post was good without adding anything to the conversation: "Good point, Jane".
• Simply expressing agreement: "I agree with what you said".
• Pasting in a large piece of your assessment.

(approximately 200 words). The word count for part one varies between assessments, either 100, 150 or 200 words.

An image of the post. You will snap an image of your actual post. This is to ensure that you submit an actual post. See the help in Academic Skills on how to do this.

And a justification will be submitted for marking. The image and justification will be submitted together. If you need additional guidance with preparing or reviewing your submission, you can also explore assignment help resources.