Title: Assessment Task: Essay: Personal teaching and learning philosophy

1. Demonstrate understanding of policy, practice guidelines and principles in key early years education documents used in local contexts.

2. Prepare a well-informed personal learning and teaching philosophy that reflects foundational philosophy and contemporary models of early years education.

Details of task:

Using the set readings and additional literature of your choice, you are required to consider and address the following topics.

? Briefly discuss why you want to become an early childhood teacher (500 words).

? Reflect on your experiences as a learner, your beliefs about teaching and what you consider are the attributes of a good
teacher.

? Briefly discuss early childhood education in Australia today (500 words)

? Provide the context for your philosophy of early childhood education.

? Outline your own philosophy of early childhood education. (1,000)

? Discuss and reflect your professional values and beliefs and link your statements to the literature, theories of early childhood education, and/or national and international trends or approaches you are drawing on.

Reference-

1. Programming and planning in early childhood setting, 6th edition

2. Belonging being & becoming - The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia.

Textbook - Foundations and Best Practices in EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATON- History, Theories and Approaches to Learning by Lissanna Follari.

Words: 2200.

Harvard Referencing.

Number of Refs: above 9.