ECE6009 Assessment 1 Letter to My Future Educator Self: A Reflective Journey
Education & Teaching
5th Aug 2025
2
Final Due
Your final is due on Saturday 2nd August 2025 at 11:59 PM AEST.
Weighting
30% of the unit
Word limit
600 words; excluding references and footnotes
Referencing
You're required to follow APA
Academic Integrity
Please refer to the Guidelines
The purpose of this assessment is to support critical reflection on your learning and professional growth. Writing a reflective letter to yourself encourages you to connect academic integrity, early childhood education theories, and professional values with your evolving identity as an educator. Through this task, you will develop skills in reflective thinking, academic writing, and articulating your professional philosophy.
You will write a 600-word reflective letter to yourself. This letter should explore your personal and professional growth as you move through your early childhood education journey. You’re welcome to include images alongside your text if they help express your reflections visually.
To complete this task, you must:
▢ Complete the Academic Integrity Training
▢ Download the Certificate of Completion and save it as an image, and upload to Cadmus as proof of evidence
▢ In your letter, include:
Why integrity matters in your academic life - when completing this course, assessments, or during placement.
Why integrity is essential in your professional life - as you step into the role of an early childhood educator.
Which theories and perspectives are shaping your evolving understanding of early childhood education.
How these theories influence your beliefs about the value of early education and its impact on children’s learning and development.
▢ Use this letter as a space to be honest, thoughtful, and personal. It’s a reflection for you, about you. Please type your full name at the end of the letter as a form of digital pledge.
▢ Use APA7 Referencing Style
When writing the reflective letter to yourself, you are expected to:
▢ Briefly describe how your understanding of ECE has developed
▢ Choose 1–2 relevant theories from your week 1 learning content
▢ Explain how these theories have influenced your understanding
▢ Use unit materials and readings to support your reflection, and referencing the Code of Ethics (Early Childhood Australia, 2016).
To help you complete this task successfully, the following resources are provided:
▢ Marking Rubric — refer to this to understand how you will be assessed
▢ Cadmus Manual — refer to this for information about academic skills (click the book icon in the bottom right to access the manual)
▢ APA Referencing Style - refer to this information on the referencing guide
▢ Checklist: How to write a Reflective Essay — use this to help you complete the task