ASSIGNMENT GUIDE
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• Answer ALL questions IN FULL.
• Do not copy text directly from the resource. The answers you provide should be in you own words.
• Check you have answered each question fully before submitting for marking.
• Make sure you supply a bibliography/reference with your assessment.
(Please note: read each question carefully as there may be more than one answer required.)
Tips for understanding how to answer the question
Describe - If you are asked to describe something, you should state the features in such a way that another person could recognise what you are describing if they saw it.
An example might be: Describe a donkey. It would be insufficient to state “has four legs and a back” as this could be a chair. A description stating “a four legged animal, long tail, mane, similar to a horse but generally smaller, makes a unique sound like “eeyor” often repeatedly” would probably allow another person to recognise your description as a donkey.
Explain/discuss - Give details which make what you are trying to say clear to the reader. As a general rule, this type of question requires the most in-depth answer.
State - Usually requires a shortened answer, which could be a list or a single sentence. Several questions take the form of “state what the letters ‘BBC’ stand for”. The answer would simply be “British Broadcasting Corporation”.
Outline - This type of question needs a brief answer which does not include much detail, but covers all steps, stages or parts involved. A question asking you to outline how to catch a train would require an answer along the lines of “check train times, choose train, go to station, buy ticket and board train”. It would not expect you to include the detail of how you would do these things.
Identify - This means to give sufficient detail so that someone else can recognise your description. This is sometimes used instead of “state”, so think what the question is asking for.
Demonstrate - Means just that. Show someone what you do.
Assignment 1
Unit 1: A/616/5882
Understand how Children and Young People Develop
Q1.1 Describe milestones in children’s holistic development from birth to 19 years.
Hint:- Please describe how children develop as they grow up and the changes they experience from birth to 19 years of age. Make sure you cover all aspects of SPICE development for this age range.
Minimum guided word count for answer - 1000 words and above.
Q2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of biological factors.
Hint:- Please explain how children's development can be affected by different factors such as health, disability, genetics and the many other factors which can impact on development. Ensure you list and explain a minimum of 8 different factors which affect development.
Minimum guided word count for answer – 400 words and above.
Q2.2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of external factors.
Hint:- Please explain how children's development can be affected by different factors such as wealth, housing and transport. Please list and explain a minimum of eight different factors.
Minimum guided word count for answer – 600 words and above.
Q2.3 Explain how theories of development and educational frameworks influence current practice.
Hint:- Please explain the different theories from Piaget, Skinner, Maslow etc. ( describe the theory of a minimum of 5 different theorists).
You also need to include how their different theories are used in the school classroom.
Minimum guided word count for answer – 400 words and above.
Q3.1 Explain how to monitor children and young people’s development using different methods.
Hint:- Please explain how children's progress can be monitored by different methods in and out of the school. You should list a minimum of six methods and explain these methods in full.
Minimum guided word count for answer – 400 words and above.
Q3.2 Identify how other professionals and different types of interventions can promote positive outcomes for children and young people where development is not following the expected pattern.
Hint:- Please identify the specialists who you would refer children to if they were not following the expected pattern of development (e.g speech therapist, health worker etc) Ensure you list a minimum of 6 different professionals and explain how they help.
You should also identify any special equipment or learning aids that can be used for additional help.
Minimum guided word count for answer – 500 words and above.
Please include a bibliography at the end of your assignment to show where you have taken your information from.
A bibliography is always in alphabetical order and the final page in a document. Examples are shown below.
Books
Include these details:
Author´s name: Surname first, then first name or initials
Year of Publication (in brackets)
Title of Book in ITALICS or underlined if handwritten Publisher Place of Publication
Example: Smith, Kate (2011), Life in Asia, Collins, Melbourne
On-Line Resources
Include these details, if possible:
Author
Title of document in ‘single quotation marks’
Date of Publication [Online] Available Full <URL>
Date of access (in brackets)
Example: Davis, Heather: ‘Guidelines to writing’ 2008 [Online] Available & thttp:// www.usa.net/~hdavis/home.html> (Jan 7, 2008)
Examples of Bibliographies
Broome, Ken (2007), ‘Life at the top!’ The Herald Sun, Nov 21, 2007
Davis, Heather: ‘Guidelines to writing’ [Online] Available <.http:// www.usa.net/~hdavis/home.html> Jan 7, 2009
‘Mammals’ World Book Encyclopedia (2006) vol. 12 World Book Inc., Chicago
Smith, Kate (2008), Life in Asia, Collins, Melbourne
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