Case Study Resource for Teachers
Order Description
Read these case study scenarios: Case Study Scenarios

Create a useful guide for educators on the issue or issue/s in your chosen scenario. The guide can be a booklet (PDF or Word), interactive e-book or e-magazine, or
website/blog site. The purpose of the resource is to inform and educate your colleagues about the issue/s, so they can be better informed educators.This is formal
academic writing and in text referencing, correct paragraph format and tone are needed.

While you can organise the guide in any way you choose, everyone needs to hand in a Word document which will go through Turnitin. If you create an electronic resource,
place the link at the top of the Word document (your draft script/ word document). If you are creating a Word document, upload the final version only. This will be
explained and discussed further at a Collaborate session on Assessment 3.

Your resource must have at least the following key sections:
A brief Introduction: This should introduce to the reader the guide, the issue/topic, what to expect and the guide’s purpose and contents (250 words recommended).

The issue (your own subheading if you like): This section describes and explains the issue/topic. It should explain why educators should know or learn about it. You
must use the unit readings (or project resources readings in the side bar tab in ‘Week 11’) to describe and explain the issue. You can also use other associated
resources from the unit in your description and explanation. You can link your issue to other issues (they are often inter-related), but try to give emphasis to one
only unless you can combine more than one to some depth (1200-1500 words recommended).
Defensible approaches/strategies: This section focuses on describing and justifying (with readings/ references) one or more appropriate and effective approaches
educators and schools can use at a classroom, centre, school, and/or community level to respond to the issue. You cannot make up strategies – they must come from a
reading or wider research. Each strategy needs a reference next to it. It should not be a list, but a detailed description of and justification for one or more
strategies or approaches. These should be justified by reference to research from the unit readings and resources, and any other credible source. You should
demonstrate a deep understanding of why these approaches/strategies are important (200-400 words recommended).

An awareness of the curricula documents and frameworks and their overarching philosophies and understandings: What educators do should be framed by formal curriculum
documents and policies. This section describes how the issue and/or the approaches/strategies for addressing the issue are or could be linked to philosophies of the
official curriculum documents or framework documents, which might include the Melbourne Declaration, the Adelaide Declaration, the Australian Curriculum and/or the
Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). This section should demonstrate your understanding of the underlying principles of these official curricula document/s. (400
words recommended).This section has changed since the last Study Period – be careful not to use the examples exactly as they are as they were required to do something
a little different.

Ideas into practice: In this section, you should provide a thoughtful activity for TEACHERS (not students) that they can complete (individually or in groups) in a
professional development session so they can learn about the issue/s, and related approaches and strategies. For example, you could create a scenario/case study with a
number of discussion questions or activities that encourage educators to understand and respond appropriately to certain situations. You should state the objectives of
the activity at the top of the section. Be creative. (200-400 words recommended).

Conclusion: (200 words recommended).

Additional resources for educators (3 appropriate resources or readings recommended).

A reference list: Provide a list of the references you have useA minimum of 5 unit readings are required for a pass. Your entire guide should use the unit readings,
and other associated resources from the unit that we have provided. Only then can you use external references but keep them to a minimum.

The guide may contain pictures, diagrams, charts, case study examples, hyperlinks, additional resources, quiz questions, etc. It should be no longer than 3300 words.
The reference list is NOT included in the word count.

This assessment enables you to demonstrate your achievement of Outcomes 2, 3, and 4. Therefore, you should demonstrate you understanding of social and cultural issues
impacting on education, the curriculum documents, and how to apply into practice your understanding of these issues and curriculum documents.

Project resources can be found in the left side bar, below Topic 10. All assessments must be submitted as Word or PDF copies through TurnitIn. Those who present their
resource as a digital artifact (e.g. blogsite, website), should also submit their website address (URL). If you intend to submit in a format other than Word or PDF,
you MUST seek permission from your tutor at least 1 week prior to submission.

Use APA 6th Edition referencing.