EDC135 Child Development for Educators Assessment 1
Assessment 1 – Report 40%
For each answer, your work must be supported by citing your set text and a minimum of one additional source which must be academic, peer-reviewed journal articles or other credible scholarly material.
Use APA 7th edition guidelines to cite in-text as well as your one reference list at the end of your assessment. All in-text citations need to include page numbers.
500 words (+/- 10%) per response. This includes all text headings, in-text citations, captions and direct quotes. It excludes the Reference List.
Following APA 7, your submission should be double space and left-aligned with indented paragraphs. Your font should be either 12 point Times New Roman, 11 point Calibri, 11 point Arial, 10 point Lucinda Sans Unicode, or 11 point Georgia
Structure
Please do not include an overall introduction or conclusion. Each response should ‘stand-alone’ and the layout would be:
• Cover page
• Response 1
• Response 2
• Response 3
• References
A1 Question 2
Outline the implications of reduced physical activity for children’s
cognitive, social and emotional development. What has contributed to
the decline in physical activity? What can you do as a teacher to help to
reverse the trend? Ensure you include practical applications including
for students with disabilities. Particular emphasis may be given to the
age group of students you plan to teach (i.e. Early childhood, Primary,
or Secondary education).
• Physical activity and other domains of development
• Why decline?
• Two examples of what you as a teacher can do
A1 Question 2 Resources
• Duchesne et al. (2022)
• Implications for Educators 2.1 p. 42
• pp. 35-41
• Academic journal articles (within the last 10 years)
• The Australian Government Department of Health guidelines and
• other documents re physical activity. See
• https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/healthpubhlth
• strateg-phys-act-guidelines#npa517
• *These resources are suggestions only and a point to START your research
