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Place, Play and the Languages of Science
Reflective Journal - Assessment Overview
Purpose
The purpose of this assessment task is to:
This assessment invites you to document and re?ect on moments from your own daily life that relate to play and the languages of maths, science, and technology. It also asks you to critically re?ect on your relationship with place and your role in promoting understanding, respect, and reconciliation. Hire best assignment help and experienced tutors now!
This is not a child-focused task. You are not to write about children or early childhood settings. Instead, you are asked to re?ect deeply on how these ideas appear in your own life, routines, habits, environments, and thoughts.
Through this process, you will explore how theory and everyday experience intersect, and how your own ways of being, knowing, and doing are shaped by cultural, social, and historical contexts.
Learning outcome 1: Articulate the value of place and children's agency in play
Learning outcome 2: Elucidate the language of maths, science, technology and movement in the context of early childhood and play
Learning outcome 3: Evaluate physical activity, health and wellbeing as de?ned in policy documents, development theories, and curriculum frameworks.
Assessment Structure
Your journal will include four parts:
Introduction and Critical Re?ection (approx. 300 words)
Begin your journal with a critical re?ection on your current and emerging understanding of play, grounded in the theories, readings, and provocations from the unit so far.
In this section, you must:
Re?ect on how your understanding of play has been in?uenced, challenged, or expanded through the unit content
Discuss how your own views align with or diverge from the theoretical perspectives presented
Identify key ideas that are shaping the way you now notice or interpret play in everyday life
Articulate how you are using the lens of play from this unit to observe and make meaning in your journal entries
This re?ection sets the tone for your journal. It is not just a summary-it is a space to grapple with complex ideas and acknowledge shifts in your thinking. Use ?rst person and draw connections to both your academic learning and personal experiences.
Journal Entries: Everyday Encounters through the Languages of Play (3 x 250-300 words) Choose three everyday moments from your own life that re?ect the following themes:
Play and the language of maths
Play and the language of science
Play and the language of technology
Each journal entry must be based on a real and recent moment from your own daily life. This might be a pattern you noticed while cooking, a moment of curiosity during a walk, your interaction with a digital technology, or something seemingly mundane that sparked re?ection.
For each entry, include:
A description of the moment or experience
A re?ection on what you noticed, felt, or thought in that moment
A connection to relevant theoretical ideas from the unit (referenced with in-text citation)
An image (photo or drawing/sketch) that captures or represents the experience Guiding questions for each entry:
Where do you notice play in your everyday life-spontaneity, curiosity, experimentation, or problem-solving?
What is the maths, science, or technology embedded in this moment?
How does this experience challenge or support the way you think about play?
How do these moments relate to your own learning, identity, or habits?
Important: You are not to write about children. This is a re?ection on your own relationship with play and knowledge in everyday life.
Re?ection: "You are living on stolen land. What are you going to do about it?" (Approx. 200-300 words)
This ?nal section asks you to critically re?ect on your own relationship with place, based on the ideas introduced in Week 1.
What does it mean to live on stolen land?
What do you understand now about the Traditional Owners of where you live?
How does this understanding shape your sense of responsibility?
What action-small or large-can you take to contribute to truth-telling, respect, and reconciliation?
Shape
Visual Documentation
Include at least 3-5 visual elements per journal entry (maths, science and technology entries) (photographs or drawings/sketches) that illustrate or respond to your experiences
Each image must be captioned and integrated into your journal entries.