You will produce an annotated multi-media showcase of practice that visually represents high-quality professional practice you have planned or developed, such as learning activities, resources, environments, or approaches used to meet children’s needs. You may choose the most appropriate format for this showcase (e.g., video). Your showcase should be accompanied by a written evaluative commentary that demonstrate how your practice meets indicators of high-quality provision and effectively supports children’s needs (LO1 & LO2).

Formative assessment includes students submitting a short ‘practice snapshot’ (e.g. image, short video, or resource) with a brief written annotation identifying how it reflects one indicator of high-quality provision and supports children’s needs. Peer and tutor feedback will be used to inform the final multimedia showcase and evaluative commentary.

In this module students will continue their high-quality professional development of practice which promotes holistic care and education responding to unique and diverse needs of children. Topics include but are not limited to; principles of effective curriculum implementation, methods of helping children to learn and checking this learning. This module will explore approaches to supporting physical, mental, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing, whilst promoting positive dispositions and environments for learning.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of high-quality practice and critical evaluation of activities and environments that meet children’s needs.

Programme Learning Outcome: Knowledge and Understanding, Application and Problem-solving

2. Reflect on professional practice with academic rigour by drawing on professional standards, guidance, and theory.

Programme Learning Outcome: Reflection

The teaching, learning and assessment strategy for this module has been carefully developed to reflect diverse ways of learning and to promote inclusive, future-focused practice. It recognises that you bring valuable practical experience and contextual knowledge, which will be used to stimulate discussion, debate, and critical reflection. You will be an active participant in your learning, engaging with online content, face-to-face sessions, group activities, simulations, and independent tasks. You will be encouraged to think critically, apply your learning in academic and professional contexts, and draw on both digital and traditional research methods to inform your understanding. Some sessions will require prior reading and independent inquiry.

A digitally enabled approach will support flexible, accessible engagement across virtual and face-to-face environments. University workshops will draw upon your experience and help you interpret it in relation to current thinking on teaching, learning, assessment, literacy, and numeracy. You will apply ideas explored in sessions to your future practice and collaborate with peers to prepare and present your work. This collaborative, practice-based approach supports the development of employability skills, including communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and reflective professionalism.

The methods used in this module are designed to provide practical and sustainable contexts for analysing contemporary issues. A range of strategies will be adopted to ensure a supportive learning environment and varied learning opportunities:

* Work-Related Learning – You will reflect on values, practices, assumptions, and workplace policies during taught sessions.

* Class-based simulated activities, as well as workplace tasks where applicable, will enable you to make meaningful connections between professional practice and the issues explored on the programme, building sustainable approaches to long-term professional development.

* Lectures – Delivered face-to-face or digitally, lectures will provide theoretical underpinning of key educational concepts and current debates.

* Tutorials – Small-group and individual tutorials will provide the opportunity to discuss work-related and academic concerns. These sessions will support the development of theoretical understanding and reflective practice.

* Guided reading and supported self-study – You will be provided with reading lists and research tasks to help you engage critically with relevant debates and strengthen your academic, digital, and research skills.

This module will also provide opportunities to:

* Work collaboratively with others
* Develop interpersonal and communication skills
* Plan, share goals, and work effectively as part of a team
* Communicate and present oral and written arguments
* Build professional attributes that contribute to long-term employability and sustainable practice

Woodlands Forest School and Nursery
Early Childhood Academic Journals
Early Childhood specialist equipment such as books, toys, art/craft materials

Bradbury, A., Musgrave, J. and Perkins, H. (eds) (2023) A practical guide to early childhood studies graduate practitioner competencies. London : Learning Matters.

Hayes, C. (2023) The Early Years Handbook for Students and Practitioners: An Essential Guide for the Foundation Degree and Levels 4 and 5. Second edition. Edited by C. Hayes. Milton: Routledge.

Musgrave, J. (2022) Health and Wellbeing for Babies and Children: Contemporary Issues. 1st edn. London: Routledge.

All texts convey professional responsibility pertaining to a holistic approach to facilitating high quality care and education in the early years

This module challenges you to showcase what high-quality practice really looks like. Through creative, multi-media approaches, you will design and present professional practice that responds to children’s needs, drawing on theory, quality frameworks, and reflective evaluation. You’ll develop confidence in communicating your practice visually and professionally, while strengthening your ability to evaluate impact and quality. This is a practical, confidence-building module designed to support your professional identity, employability, and influence in early childhood.