Step 1: Choose your case study Select one case study from the two provided below. You will use the data from this case study to prepare your research report. • Engaging with families at Wynnum Family
Assessment 2: Case study report
eTexts of the unit:
Refer to these books to complete this assignment.
Throughout this unit, the eTexts we use each week is:
- Churchill, R., Godinho, S., Johnson, N. F., Keddie, A., Letts, W., Lowe, K., Mackay, J., McGill, M., Moss, J., Nagel, M. C., Shaw, K. & Rogers, J. (2019). Teaching: Making a difference (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons Australia.
Chapters: 2, 3, 5, 8, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16 - Irving, E., & Carter, C. (2018). The child in focus: Learning and teaching in early childhood education. Oxford University Press.
Chapters: 2, 3, 14, 5, 12, 11
Assessment overview
Drawing on provided case study information, prepare a research report showing how learning is fostered, constraints on learning, and an understanding of the physical, social and intellectual characteristics of learners in the classroom, learning context, and how these affect learning and teaching practice.
This assessment supports unit learning outcomes K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2 and A3. (Outcomes mentioned at the end of the doc)
Assessment details
Make your way through the following steps to complete this assessment.
Step 1: Choose your case study
Select one case study from the two provided below. You will use the data from this case study to prepare your research report.
• Engaging with families at Wynnum Family Day Care (Australian Education Research Organisation, 2022). – refer to attached PDF
• Case study: C&K Flagstone Community Kindergarten Jimboomba (Early Childhood Australia, n.d.). – refer to attached PDF
Step 2: Conduct your research and identify teaching strategies
Choose two chapters from the eText and two peer-reviewed journal articles that will help you analyse and explain the key issues in your chosen case study with a learning theory. From here, identify two teaching strategies including at least one high-impact teaching strategy (HITS) that you learned about in
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/practice/improve/Pages/hits.aspx
that would help to improve the circumstances and/or support the learners in the case study.
Step 3: Develop your report
Select the following headings for more details on the requirements of your report.
Introduction (350-400 words)
Outline the key topics or issues you have identified from reading the case study you have chosen. Ensure you clearly identify your chosen case study.
Body (1000 words)
Using your research from Step 2, include an analysis of the key issues in your chosen case study using your research. Explicitly make connections between issues/events in the case study, course content, and the required literature. Correct in-text citations are required.
Outline the two teaching strategies you selected in Step 2, including at least one HITS that would help to improve or support the learners in the case study.
Conclusion (350-400 words)
Write a summary of the main findings in your case study report.
Note: The reference list is not included in the word count.
Assessment criteria
- Overview of case study
- Analysis
- Teaching practice and recommendations
- Writing conventions and referencing
Course learning outcomes
• K1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching.
• K2 Critically examine the situated, complex nature of learning and the physical, social, intellectual, emotional and cultural factors which may affect students' learning and behaviours.
• K3 Examine the complex interconnections between learning, pedagogy curriculum, assessment and context
• K4 Understand the nature and evidence base of high-impact teaching practices that enable learning and support inclusive student participation and engagement.
• S1 Interrogate and question theoretical perspectives and teaching practices and convincingly justify personal viewpoints and decisions.
• S2 Read for meaning, critically evaluate research and make thoughtful connections between theory, practice and experience.
• S3 Critically examine pedagogical approaches and plan learning experiences using resources that engage learners and enhance learning.
• S4 Use effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• S5 Closely observe, describe and analyse learning and teaching experiences and make connections to theoretical understandings and research.
• S6 Use ICT, literacy and numeracy appropriately within the context of learning tasks and assessment.
• A1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of planning, delivering and reflecting on effective teaching strategies that enable learning and support inclusive student participation and engagement.
• A2 Use research into how students learn to identify and use a range of resources (including ICT) and pedagogies that engage students in learning.
• A3 Engage in professional discussions and writing to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the complex relationships between learning, pedagogy and educational context.