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Assignment 2A: Family Case Study Part A Recursive Writing
Word length: 1500 words for recursive writing (approximately 2200 in total for case notes, interview questions, practical component etc)
Weighting: 65% – Please click on the link below for the marking rubric
Relevant Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
You will have the opportunity to spend time with a family in which the child or children attend an early childhood service. The Family Case Study experience, the accompanying field and interview notes, and recursive, reflective journal will detail your observations and discussions with a family over a four to five week period.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT YOU WILL HAVE READ and VIEWED THE RESOURCES IN THE LEARNING MODULES, PARTICULARLY Learning Module 4 and Learning Module 5.
To complete this assignment you should:
1. Locate a family that you can visit at least once a week (for 4 or 5 weeks), that has a child or children attending an early childhood service OTHER THAN YOUR OWN. The service can be any early childhood setting with staff that have some tertiary qualifications to work with children in the birth to eight years age group. Weekly contact should be maintained for three weeks (or longer if you decide to extend the contact time). Explain to the parent/s or caregivers that the assignment is part of a family studies unit and will require 4-5 visits. It is important that you visit the family at their home – it does NOT involve a visit to the early childhood service that the family uses.
Note: It is important to locate a family outside your own family or close friendship network as it may be difficult to be an unobtrusive observer if you have strong links with the family. The early childhood service that the child or children in the family attends may be one you know of, but once again, should not be one in which you are currently employed. Think about asking friends of friends, friends of colleagues and friends of relatives.
This type of case study research requires detailed observations of a family in their home setting. The opportunity to observe the family over a four to five week period will enable the family to share their experiences with you in a more complete manner. The observations of one case study cannot be generalised to other families but there may be issues raised from this work that build on your current knowledge and experience of the topic and your own professional practices with families.
You will need to obtain formal consent from the family to participate in the case study. A permission form and an information sheet will need to be developed and tailored to your family. You can work on this in your small study forum groups in Module 2 and share this resource if you wish.
2. Re-read: Particular guidance for this assignment can be found in the Bartlett et al. (1997) reading available in the Learning Modules. The article details the experiences of staff and students involved in a family studies unit, in the Bachelor of Education degree (Early Childhood), Queensland University of Technology. The students were required to conduct a similar case study to the one you will be conducting and this is explained in the article. The authors identify issues which were important for the families along with recommendations for ECEC professionals.
3. Visit the family at home for visits of about 1 hour and assume the role of uninvolved observer to enable you to understand family activities at home. If possible, visit when all family members are at home.
4. Make field notes after each visit. It is important to record your notes as soon as you have left the family in order to catch the detail of the activities of each family member. Record how they interact together, what types of routines and play activities are included and how children are involved. It is better not to take notes during the visits, just observe and keep first visits short so that you can leave the home and record things that happen and any conversations you had. Try to maintain the role of observer rather than participating too much with the children. Do not use cameras, video recorders or tape recorders. This type of data gathering requires different preparation and analysis which is not included in this unit of study.
5. For a later visit, prepare some questions and talk with the parents in a semi-formal interview about the key issues for the family and discuss this in an open manner. You will need to take notes during this session.
6. Conduct a closing session with the family and give them or send a follow up thank you letter.
A special note: Confidentiality
At all times the privacy of the family and centre the children attend must be protected. In order to protect the identity of participants, and to ensure them of your confidentiality, you must not discuss the details using the participants’ real names. In the journal writing it is best to use substitute names for the parents and the children rather than the first letter of their name or a number. This enhances the presentation of your work. You need to make a statement at the start of the journal and your final submission explaining that you have done this.
The assessable components of the Family Case Study are outlined below.
To complete this Assessment Task you should:
1. Keep a journal
This personal, reflective journal will detail pertinent experiences with the family, and other relationships you have observed and experienced during the case study – your observations, the conversations, your thoughts, your feelings, surprises, challenges, wonderings, assumptions, etc.
An important feature of the assessment for this unit requires that you demonstrate abilities for developing appropriate relationships with families. One effective mechanism for you to demonstrate these abilities is in the form of a detailed personal, reflective journal. You will need to follow the guidelines suggested on page 142 (of the article) entitled ‘Parent/Staff Relationships’ (a’Beckett, 1988). The section entitled ‘Examination of Personal Attitudes’ provides a guide.
2. When you have completed your visits with the family, revisit your journal writing.
Recursive journaling is a technique by which you reread your journal entries and look for any patterns, themes, contradictions, etc. which then become topics to explore further by drawing upon the literature in the Unit and perhaps doing further personal writing as you explore these topics.
To achieve a pass in this assignment your recursive writing will need to demonstrate that you can identify and analyse the key issues influencing the family you are studying. The recursive writing can be written in ‘first person’ (e.g. I found that ….) and will demonstrate confirmed or new perspectives and ideas that you have on the topic.
The recursive writing needs to demonstrate that you are both proactive and sensitive in your understanding of the diversity of families in Australia today. Your identification and explanation of the family type that your family represents will provide an opportunity for you to demonstrate your sensitive understanding of family diversity. You will highlight key points from observations of the family and discuss the links between the selected family and their friends and extended family.
Include information about any changes in your appreciation of the issues that families face and changes that have refined your interactions with parents. Explain how these interactions are more appropriate. Also include a comparison between your experiences during the case study and the material detailed in the article by Bartlett et al. (1997) in eReserve.
You will need to use a minimum of eight references from the readings from the Learning Modules, as well as ADDITIONAL literature you find helpful and appropriate.
FORMAT:
The format of the document is up to you. (It does not have to be a word document.)
** Ensure you include a title page for your Assignment and adhere to APA 6th edition referencing.
you will need to submit a copy of it in your appendix as outlined below.
2. 1500 words recursive writing (essay style) PLUS appendices.
The appendices will include:
• private entries
• unsigned copy of the consent letter and form,
• interview questions,
• thank you letter, etc
Assignment 2B: Annotated Resources for Families
Word length: 600 words approximately
Relevant Learning Outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5
A minimum of 4 resources is expected from you.
Database of suitable resources for young children and their families in your work context and its community. You will need to explain why the identified resources would be appropriate for families in your work context and its community and others in their network.
To complete this assessment you should:
1. Read, listen to and view the resources in the Learning Modules, particularly Learning Module 5.
2. Compile information about the formal and informal resources that would be useful for the families in your work context and its community.
How to Prepare an Annotation to accompany your Resource for Families
First, record a title and location of the resource, much like you write entries for a reference list at the end of a written assignment.
Follow the title and location with a descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation (usually about 150 words). The purpose of the annotation is to inform others of the relevance and quality of the sources cited, particularly in relation to the community who you are working within.
Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author/s or developers of the resource, (b) comment on the intended audience or user of the resource, (c) describe the usefulness of the item and the ways it can be used or accessed, and (d) discuss any limitations or cautions.
How is an annotation different than an abstract?
Abstracts are typically descriptive summaries of academic articles or other scholarly publications. Annotations are descriptive and also critical. Annotations are more likely to offer a point of view and not just describe an item.
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