INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:

1. This End-of-Course Assessment paper comprises FIVE (5) pages (including the cover page).

2. You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the ECA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date.

3. Late submission will be subjected to the marks deduction scheme. Please refer to the Student Handbook for details.

END OF COURSE ASSESSMENT (ECA)
This ECA carries 50% of the course marks and is a compulsory component. It is to be done individually and not collaboratively with other students. You must submit it on time.

The cut-off date for this assignment is 29 March 2025, 1200hrs.

Note to Students:
• It is preferable that you submit your assignment in the form of a single MS Word file on or before the cut-off date shown above. The ECA is to be submitted electronically through Canvas. Follow the file naming instructions given in Canvas.

• You are to use the cover page (Appendix 1) in your submission. Read the declarations before you begin your assignment and keep a paper trail should you use AI tools.

• You are advised to submit your work no later than the day before the cut-off date to ensure that the submission is accepted in good time without technical glitch. Once you have submitted your ECA, the status will be displayed on the computer screen. You will receive a message if your ECA submission is successful (save a screenshot of this).

• Please note that each submission is limited by a total file size of 20MB.
Sometimes your submission can comprise photographs which are submitted together with the written component of the ECA. Please be mindful of the resolution and the file size of all photographs should be checked by clicking on the properties. Please ensure confidentiality of children’s identities in photographs if these are used and that the necessary permissions are obtained.

• Wrong submissions will be subjected to mark deductions.
Appeals for re-submission will ONLY be accepted within 24 hours of stipulated deadline and considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Please remove and replace all names of persons and organisations mentioned in your assignment to keep their identities anonymous and confidential.

• 10% of the marks for this assignment will be attributed to the quality of your written presentation. The following aspects are included: Your expression and voice, clarity and flow, and also the mechanics of writing, which includes your adherence to the APA academic writing guidelines and submission requirements. Non-adherence to academic writing guidelines (including plagiarism) and over-reliance on the use of AI tools may have an impact on the marks awarded for the quality of writing.

• Word equivalent: 1,920 – 3,800 words (excluding references and appendices)
Please indicate your word count on the cover page.

Section 1 – Gathering Data

(40 marks; 1000-2000 words)

This section has two parts.

a. Observations (200-400 words per observation)

View the following Videatives clip: Pretend Washing. Remember that you are viewing this clip as a teacher in a local preschool. While viewing, jot down some salient features (e.g. snippets of dialogue) you notice that will help you remember important details, just as you would when working with children in real life.

After viewing take some time to complete an observation in the form of an anecdotal record highlighting significant information that can be used to plan a process drama learning experience for the children. Your observation should include a record of what you observed and your interpretation of these data. Use the What/So what approach used in class and the Study Guide to record your observation.

Now, repeat this process with the next Videatives clip: Sock, Boot, Ski then Slide. Next, repeat the whole process with the following two Videatives clips: One Drum is Not Enough and Conducting a Wind Choir of Friends. Your anecdotal records should focus on significant information that can be used for planning a music and movement learning experience for the children.

You should have FOUR (4) complete anecdotal records: two for drama and two for music and movement. (30 marks)

b. Additional data (200-400 words)

Remember, you are a teacher working with children 3-5 years in a typical ECDA-licensed preschool. Bearing in mind the details you have recorded in your four observations, what other types of information would you need to find out and/or think about in order to plan a process drama learning experience and a music and movement learning experience for these children in your centre?

You should discuss the additional data that you would be keen to know to inform your planning and explain why/how these data are important. Remember to extend beyond the child’s microsystem here. Your discussion should encompass both drama and music and movement as there will be some overlapping content. (10 marks)

Section 2 – Planning

(40 marks; 520-1300 words)

For this section, you should use the two drama observations to plan a process drama learning experience for the children (assume that all children in the two observations are in the one group/class) and the two music and movement observations to plan a music and movement learning experience for the children (assume that all the children in the two observations are in the one group/class).

Each plan should have three parts:

a. Rationale (100-200 words per plan)

You should account for or rationalise your learning experience. This will involve
synthesising appropriate findings from your observations and including any additional relevant and hypothetical information that you might have uncovered in your response to Section 1b above. For example, you might have reported that the preschool’s particular pedagogical approach is relevant, so you could expand this and include a short explanation of how that approach could be useful in justifying your proposed plan. (10 marks)

b. Learning goal/s (10-50 words per plan)

State the learning goals for your learning experience. These should link to your rationale and be guided by your knowledge of children’s development in drama or music and movement. Remember, you are planning for learning in drama or music and movement and that goals should be formulated according to observations, specifically for the children observed. (10 marks)

c. Procedure (150-400 words per plan)

Outline the procedure you would implement with the children. Consider how you will engage the children, utilise any teaching aids, apply any pedagogical strategies and so on. Within reason, give as full a picture as possible so that the person grading your ECA knows exactly what your intentions are, as though they were with you in the room at the time of implementation. Procedures can be presented in full prose or as points in a list. (20 marks)

Section 3 – Reflection

(10 marks; 400-500 words)

For this section, you should explain how and why you might critically reflect on the outcomes of your two plans. Your discussion should move beyond technical descriptions of what might have occurred and explain how and why you could cast a critical eye over your decisions and actions related to planning (i.e., the appropriateness of what you planned, how and why you employed and applied certain techniques or strategies and the implications of these decisions). Your discussion should encompass your drama plan and your music and movement plan. You should provide a detailed explanation of how and why you would reflect on your practice. This should not be a hypothetical reflection of the learning experiences themselves as you are not implementing these plans in real life. (10 marks)