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Key Assessment Information
Overview	Length or Duration	Worth	Due
Analyse a children's picture book using social justice lenses	800 words + images	30%	Saturday of Week 1

Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes assessed are:

LO 1: Elucidate and apply knowledge and understanding of historical, philosophical and political structures that shape contemporary understandings of childhoods and the role of the teacher;

LO 3: Formulate critical actions that respond to diverse early childhood contexts and situations, both locally and globally drawing from First Nations standpoints, considering sustainability and intercultural understanding;

Assessment Structure

This task involves choosing two books to put on a shared booklist, and analysing a book in relation to social justice issues.

Instructions

To complete your assessment task, follow the instructions below;

1. Visit a library or bookshop or early childhood service and look at children's picture books.
2. Contribute to two shared booklists for your class. Choose at least two good quality children's picture books to put on shared booklists for your class. Your lecturer will tell you how to show your contribution to these shared class lists.
  1. One booklist is for books that you might choose as part of a social justice focus in your program. Choose one book for this list. You must make a unique contribution to this shared list. This list will be used for Task 2.
  2. One booklist is for a general list of good quality children's picture books. Choose one book for this list published in the last 20 years. You must make a unique contribution to this shared list. This list will be used for Task 1.
    must be a book you could choose as part of a social justice curriculum. The other is any good quality children's picture book published in the last 20 years. Each book can only be on the list once.
3. Choose one book from the general books shared list - add your name to the list so others know it has been chosen.
4. Go through all the content of Week One of Collaborate. You may only reference readings and other content in Collaborate Week One for this task.
5. Critique* the book you have chosen from the point of view of 2 different social justice issues, using the ideas you have encountered in Collaborate.
6. Use this list of possible social justice lenses to help you select which ones you will use:
  1. 1. gender - feminism
    2. gender - gender identity
    3. gender - family structure
    4. ethnicity - race
    5. ethnicity - language
    6. ethnicity - culture
    7. socioeconomic status - poverty
    8. socioeconomic status - place
    9. power
7. Use at least two Week One resources as a reference point for the social justice issues you have chosen.
8. Write a critique of the book in relation to each of 2 different social justice issues, which includes
  1. reasons why you think it is a good children's book
  2. a 'selfie' of you with the book
  3. critique of the book in relation to one issue, using unit concepts and resources
  4. critique of the book in relation to a different issue, using unit concepts and resources
  5. descriptions and explanations of how your critique fits the book, for each issue
  6. images from the book - you must include photographs of at least 4 pages of the book that show what you are referring to
  7. headings that show which social justice issue you are writing about
  8. references to ideas from the prescribed readings/sources for your analysis, with in-text citations for them
  9. where in Collaborate you found the reading or idea (ie which session, and which item)
  10. a full bibliography of all sources used, in APA format, with live links.
    
    Make sure your work is written clearly in appropriate academic style. Review your work for any errors and issues with clarity. Check your referencing, including in-text citations and images.
  11. Integrity
    This must be your own thinking and your own original writing.
    • You must not use Grammarly, or any Generative AI software. You must not cut and paste from internet sources, including promotional material or reviews of the book.
    • You may write first in another language, and then use translation software, but you must seek permission from your lecturer before doing this, and you must provide the original version in the original language in the drop box.
    • You must use photographs of the book you have taken yourself, and show yourself in at least some of them
  12. No AI:The assessment is completed under entirely without AI assistance. This level ensures students rely solely on their knowledge, understanding, and skills.AI must not be used at any point during the assessment.

Assessment Criteria

The following criteria will be used to grade this assessment task:

Understanding of social justice issues (30%)

Effective book critique (35%)

Use of unit concepts & resources, including referencing (35%)

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Shubham · Accepted Answer

Reasons why it is good children's book
“Harriet the Strongest Girl in the World” can be considered as excellent book of children. The core focus is on identity, diversity, justice and action. The book includes educators with strategies that is required for breaking gender stereotypes and promote cultural inclusivity. The book focuses on breaking down gender norms and ensuring gender equity from early age. This requires encouraging teachers to understand traditional gender roles. It is important to understand that boys should stay stronger and girls should be excluded from certain activities. This will help children to understand that all genders are capable for providing equal contribution. This is important for developing feminist mindset and promoting gender fairness in children. The book addresses importance of exposing children to different cultural identities, languages and practices. It can be done through stories and activities that causes differences (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2019). It is important that children should learn to respect and understand cultural diversity​. The book helps to prevent racial and cultural biases. It can be considered as valuable resource for shaping children in empathetic way. It will help in development of fair-minded individuals that will contribute to diverse and equitable society.
A 'selfie' of you with the book
Critique of the book in relation to one issue
In relation to feminism the book highlights strengths and limitations. The book promotes gender equity by addressing gender stereotypes from early childhood. It will help in encouraging teachers to challenge traditional gender roles and ensure that boys and girls have equal rights in the classroom activities. It includes focusing on children that have to understand range of gender expressions and activities. The limitation is that book introduces anti-bias strategies. This requires focusing on broader anti-bias framework that can simplify complex feminist issues (Caine, 2023). The discussion on gender focuses on stereotypes and inclusivity.

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