Reference no: EM133579915

Children, Families & Communities

Learning Outcome 1: compare and critique historical and contemporary constructions of childhood and families, including those pertaining to Indigenous childhoods.

Learning Outcome 2: identify the ways to ensure children feel that they are belonging, being, and becoming.

Learning Outcome 3: explain the diverse range of issues affecting children, families and communities including social, economic and educational policies and their impact upon service provision for children and families.

Learning Outcome 4: Critically analyse texts, images, and songs in terms of the construction of childhood, and families across diverse contexts.

Rationale
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Working with and supporting children and families within the context of their community can present challenges. Early childhood professionals should reflect on the diversity of issues that face children and families. The aim of this assessment task is for students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding regarding contemporary and diverse issues facing children, families, and communities.
Task Description
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This task requires students to reflect upon key issues presented in the unit content and complete three (3) x 500-word responses to the questions under the Task Instructions.
Task Instructions
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Drawing on a range of relevant literature, answer each of the following three questions in approximately 500-words.

Question 1

The internet provides new opportunities for social connection for people who are isolated. With reference to the Unit materials provide responses to the following statements.

Part A:
Find an example of a website that enables isolated families from different socio-cultural backgrounds to make social connections that will assist them with their parenting. Write a short statement about the website.

Part B:
Do you believe the social connectedness achieved through the internet bring the same benefits to families as face-to-face social connections? Why or why not?

Question 2
With reference to the Unit materials provide responses to the following statements.
Part A: Why is it difficult to provide a clear definition of abuse and neglect?
Part B: To what extent do you think that child protection is a community responsibility? Part C: What do you think are the barriers to community responsibility in this area?

Question 3
With reference to the Unit materials provide responses to the following statements.

Part A: Investigate an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) service or organisation of your choice and review the extent to which parents have a role in governance and opportunities to influence design and implementation of the setting.

You are encouraged to use a range of strategies to gather information about your chosen setting such as; reviewing the ECEC website and social media pages, searching ACECQA service ratings You might also like to telephone your chosen setting to ask questions relevant to the assessment task.
Part B: In what ways could your chosen service improve their partnerships with families?

Formatting and style
APA 7 formatting is required for this task.
Include a cover page that contains:
The title of the task in bold
Your name (as author) and Student ID
Your faculty (Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University)
The unit code and name (TCHR2002 Children, Families, and Communities)
Your unit assessor's name (Kelly Simpson)
The due date
Include the question/question part you are responding to at the start of each response.
Indent the first line of each new paragraph
Use 12-point Arial font.
Double line space your writing and your reference list

Referencing
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