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This Guide explains the basis on which you will be assessed in this course during the semester. It
contains details of the facilitator-marked assignment.
One element in the assessment strategy of the course is that all students should have the same
information as facilitators about the Assignment. This guide also contains the marking criteria
that facilitators will use in assessing your work.
Please read through the whole guide at the beginning of the course.
Academic Writing
Plagiarism
i) What is Plagiarism?
Any written assignment (essays, project, take-home exams, etc) submitted by a student must not
be deceptive regarding the abilities, knowledge, or amount of work contributed by the student.
There are many ways that this rule can be violated. Among them are:
Paraphrases: The student paraphrases a closely reasoned argument of an author without
acknowledging that he or she has done so. (Clearly, all our knowledge is derived from
somewhere, but detailed arguments from clearly identifiable sources must be
acknowledged.)
Outright plagiarism: Large sections of the paper are simply copied from other sources,
and are not acknowledged as quotations.
Other sources: often include essays written by other students or sold by unscrupulous
organizations. Quoting from such papers is perfectly legitimate if quotation marks are
used and the source is cited.
Works by others: Taking credit deliberately or not deliberately for works produced by
another without giving proper acknowledgement. Works includes photographs, charts,
graphs, drawings, statistics, video-clips, audio-clips, verbal exchanges such as interviews
or lectures, performances on television and texts printed on the web.
The student submits the same essay to two or more courses.
Whenever you quote, paraphrase, summarise, or otherwise refer to the work of another, you are
required to cite its original source documentation. Offered here are some of the most commonly
cited forms of material.
Direct
Simply having a thinking skill is no assurance that children will use it. In order for such skills to
become part of day-to-day behaviour, they must be cultivated in an environment that value and
sustains them. “Just as children’s musical skills will likely lay fallow in an environment that
doesn’t encourage music, learner’s thinking skills tend to languish in a culture that doesn’t
encourage thinking” (Tishman, Perkins and Jay, 1995:5).
Indirect
According to Wurman (1988), the new disease of the 21st century will be information anxiety,
which has been defined as the ever-widening gap between what one understands and what one
thinks one should understand.
c) Referencing
All sources that you cite in your paper should be listed in the Reference section at the end of
your paper. Here’s how you should do your Reference.
From a Journal
DuFour, R. (2002). The learning-centred principal: Educational Leadership, 59(8). 12-15.
From a Webpage
National Park Service. (2003, February 11). Abraham Lincoln
Birthplace National Historic Site. Retrieved February 13, 2003,
from http://www.nps.gov/abli/
From a Book
Naisbitt, J. and Aburdence, M. (1989). Megatrends 2000. London: Pan Books.
The aim of the assignment is to assess your ability to apply, analyse, evaluate and create which
are the higher order learning outcomes of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
IMPORTANT:
o Marks will be deducted (or given a zero) if there is evidence:
o of copying from each other
o the work is done by someone other than yourself
Part A: [15%]
a) Introduction & Methodology – why does preschool matter / aims of the study /
sample /and how the data was collected – 1 page
b) Findings – results of the study – select on main findings - 3 pages
c) Discussion & Conclusion – opinion of the author on the results / what were the
conclusions made by the author – 1 page
d) Reflection – state briefly how the findings of the study relate to yourself and yourself /
express your own opinion – 0.5 page
Part B: [15%]
Whether you are a teacher or head / supervisor / principal of an early childhood centre,
you are a manager and leader. (For example, you are a ‘teacher-leader’ – Refer to Topic
3, Topic 4 and Topic 5).
You essay should be about 4-5 pages describing what things you have done, are doing
now or plan to do which is considered managerial and leadership.
You decide whether what you have done, are doing now or plan to do in your school is
considered managerial and leadership. For example, keeping records of children is con-
sidered as managerial; motivating staff (including the cleaner and canteen operator) in
your school is leadership.
You provide the justification why you consider what you have do, are doing now or plan
to do in your school is managerial or leadership.
Reflect or think back on what you have done, are doing now or plan to do. Pick those
things and decide which is managerial and leadership.
You do not need to separate what you have done, are doing now or plan to do into man-
agerial and leadership. Discuss managerial and leadership together.
Part C: [30%]
The purpose of this part of the assignment is to assess your ability to conduct a study, analyse
data and write a report.
[You can translate the Questionnaire to Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Tamil, Iban or
Kadazandusun or any language that parents can understand]
The 10 parents you select can be from your school or other schools or a combination of
both. It would be good if you could get parents from other schools to answer. If it is not
possible, then select the parents in your school.
Tell the parents answering the Questionnaire that all information is confidential.
Tell them it is their opinion and not be afraid to express their opinion [There is no right or
wrong answer and it is not a test]
Tell them it is research project you are doing it for your assignment.
Listed here are several statements about the School your child is attending.
You DO NOT need to give your name or the name of the school
Example of presentation
o One Table for every 3 statements (see above) – you will have 5 Tables.
o Show percentages
o In brackets show the number
o Describe the Table – Tell the reader what you found – For example, “About 30%
of parents said that the safety and cleanliness of school can be better”.
Conclusion: [2 pages]
Make a conclusion on what you found from the results
Give your opinion on what you found
c) IMPORTANT: If you copy and paste from the learning materials or from other sources,
marks will be deducted.
The marking scheme only serves as a guide. The Examiner will use his or her discretion in
giving marks.
IMPORTANT:
a) Introduction & Methodology – why does preschool matter / aims of the study /
sample /and how the data was collected – 3 marks
b) Findings – results of the study – select on main findings – 7 marks
c) Discussion & Conclusion – opinion of the author on the results / what were the
conclusions made by the author – 3 marks
d) Reflection – state briefly how the findings of the study relate to yourself and yourself /
express your own opinion – 2 marks
Introduction: - 5 marks
Purpose / Objectives of the study
Number of parents involved
Methodology
o How you collected the data
o Did you translate the questionnaire?
o Did you have to conduct the study verbally?
o Problems you faced – how did you solve them
Results: - 20 marks
o Presentation of findings in the form of Table – 2 marks x 5 Tables
Accuracy
Clarity
o Explanation of findings – 2 marks x 5 Tables
Accurate interpretation
Clear interpretation
Conclusion: 7 marks
o Conclusion drawn from findings
o Express opinion on the findings
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