As an early childhood teacher, you will be required to identify and respond to issues that impact
upon the early childhood education and care stakeholders, and profession.
Task Instructions
Drawing on a range of relevant literature, write a 650-word response to the three questions
outlined.
Questions:
Question 1:
Read through the very recent data outlined in the ACECQA snapshots for 2022. From this data,
identify one (1) issue that relates to the quality of early childhood education and care.
a) Briefly outline the issue you have identified
b) Use the TCCY framework and literature to outline why this is an issue for early
childhood.
Question 2:
Scenario: You are at a party, and you are chatting to someone you don’t know very well. She asks
you what you do, and you say you are studying a university course to work in early childhood. She
responds by saying: “Don’t mean to be rude but why would you need to study at university to look
after children?”
Drawing on literature:
c) Explain why comments such as this may be prevalent issue within the Australian
community.
d) Outline how would you respond to this statement.