Assessment guidelines / details / expectations
To pass this topic, students will be required to complete the following 2 assessments:
Assignment 1:
Word length: 2000 words
Weighting: 50%
Due Date: Sunday 26th April 2020 at 11.55pm
Select any ONE developmental stage from the following:
Infancy (0 – 2 years)
Early childhood (2 – 6 years)
Middle childhood (6 – 12 years)
Choose any ONE particular Australian family circumstance in which the child is growing (eg.
lower socio-economic background, middle socio-economic background, culturally and
linguistically diverse or CALD background, domestic violence, family member/s with
addiction, disability, etc.) and clearly state the chosen family circumstance in the title of
your essay. Summarise the ways in which the chosen family circumstance could positively
and negatively contribute to the childs physical, cognitive and social development.
Your essay will be assessed using the following criteria:
1. Clarity with which the chosen family circumstances are explained in relation to human
social development;
2. Number and quality of references used to support the observations/arguments;
3. Quality of reflections related to the references and arguments presented.

I would like to write about early childhood (2-6 years) and the circumstance is lower socio-economic background.