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Essay Instructions: ?Effective communication skills are the most essential skill for early childhood
educators?. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Provide evidence to
support your argument.

Essay Instructions: ?Effective communication skills are the most essential skill for early childhood
educators?. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Provide evidence to
support your argument.

There is no pre-determined correct response to this statement. Your response will be correct
to the extent that it demonstrates that you have thoughtfully examined the topic in terms of
your own knowledge, appropriate key ideas from academic research sources and your other
units of study. Your essay must be written in formal academic style (Do not use ?I? ?me? ?we?
etc.). Your skill in explaining your ideas clearly within an academic essay format that has
been well supported by research evidence and a quality argument will assist in achieving a
good result.
This essay must be presented in the correct style for the Academic Genre ? Essay Writing
and must include an:
1. Introduction ? that establishes the importance of your thesis statement and indicates the
key issues/points that your essay will address;
2. Significant Evidence ? the ?body? of your essay. This is arranged in cohesive
paragraphs that provide the evidence/key points that you are expounding in your essay.
Accurate referencing is a key strategy of this section where you will be paraphrasing the
ideas you have gained from the literature research. Direct quotes are permitted in your
essay ? but they should be kept to a minimum. It is essential that you are able to
crystallise your ideas as a result of extensive reading;
3. Conclusion ? return to your Introduction and draw together the ideas you have
presented to provide a strong finish to your essay;
4. References ? accurately incorporated into your text and Reference List. REMEMBER
?Google Websites? and ?Dictionary Definitions? MUST be avoided at all times in formal
Academic Essay writing.
Make sure you incorporate quality and appropriate readings ? texts studied in your various
units, reference books from academic libraries and Journal Articles (minimum of 5) that you
have located.
Wikipedia is NOT an appropriate or acceptable reference.
It is strongly recommended that you plan your essay carefully prior to writing a draft and
finally your work for submission. You are also recommended to use the preparation tools
suggested in your texts and tutorials.
Your assessment should be a maximum of 1500 words. Please ensure that you adhere to
this word limit, which has been specified to keep the task manageable for yourself and your
tutor. If you go beyond this limit, the lecturer will stop reading at the 1500 word limit. The
minimum requirement is no fewer than 1350 words.

Learning Resources - (referances should refer to the below)
Essential Texts
Grellier, J., & Goerke, V. (2010). Communication skills toolkit: Unlocking the secrets of
tertiary success (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Vic.: Cengage Learning.
Turner, K., Ireland, L., Krenus, B., & Pointon, L. (2011). Essential academic skills (2nd ed.).
South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press.
Turner et al. is also available as an eBook:
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in your Bookshelf, highlight sections and take notes while you read and study. You will be
able to purchase these eBooks directly from
http://www.pearson.com.au/highered/curtin_education
You will receive all the information you need on how to access and use your Pearson
VitalSource Editions when you purchase your copy.
Recommended Texts
You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.
Munter, M., & Russell, L. (2008). Guide to presentations (2nd ed.). NJ, USA: Pearson
Education, Inc.
Devito, J. A. (2003). Human communication: The basic course (9th ed.). USA: Pearson
Education Inc.
Hendricks, C. (2009). Improving schools through action research: A comprehensive guide for
educators. Ohio, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Harms, L. (2007). Working with people: Communication skills for reflective practice.
Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press.
Killen, R. (2003). Effective teaching strategies: Lessons from research and practice (3rd ed.).
Australia: Social Science Press.
O?Toole, J., & Beckett, D. (2010). Educational research: Creative thinking and doing. Sth
Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press.

Essay Instructions: ***Effective communication skills and initial group formation and progress***

A. Effective communication skills are essential in team development and equally important in your personal and professional development. The way you communicate is a reflection of who you are and the way you establish relationships with those around you. After some thoughtful self-reflection on your communication skills, discuss your communication style and address the following items below:

1. what listening style do you primarily use? (p. 146-147- see additional resource) Please elaborate.
2. Discuss and provide examples of your knowledge and experience with barriers to effective listening.
3. How do you want others to perceive you and what communication strategies can you use to achieve this perception;
4. Discuss and provide examples of your knowledge and experience with overcoming different communication styles;
5. Discuss and provide examples of your knowledge and experience with understanding nonverbal communication as discussed in chapter 7

B. Reflect on your initial observations about the group dynamics of your team, including:
(please refer additional material )
1. what are your team's strength;
2. what areas need improvement or attention among the team and what action steps will you take to help improve the group dynamics?

***Instruction***
1. Utilize APA style and formatting guidelines, including reference page. ( while not APA format, please include author, year, and page for all in-text citations.)
2. Conceptions from the textbook readings must be included in the paper, and must be properly placed and fully referenced. A MINIMUM of 4 TEXTBOOK REFERENCES ("Communicating in small groups: principles and practices 10th edition. Pearson",) are required.
3. Also additional you may include additional references from other sources, if appropriate (however additional references are not in place of the required 4 textbook references)

***Textbook information***
Communicating in small groups: principles and practices 10th edition. Pearson, Author: Steven A. Beebe, John T. Masterson

Essay Instructions: Effective Communication

Research Project Instructions

Each student will individually write a research paper of 7 full pages on a management topic approved by the professor. The topic should be unique to the topics we cover in class and have a management focus.

The Project is due by midnight (EST) on Wednesday of Week 7.

Paper Requirements:
• The paper must be written using APA format and include a title page and an abstract. (See APA sample paper.)
o Title page is not numbered. All other pages are numbered using Arabic numbering.
• A minimum of SEVEN full pages, double-spaced, on 8 ½ x 11 paper. A maximum of EIGHT full pages.
• Must be submitted as a Word document (.doc).
o • Headers must include short title and pagination (Use Word header function to insert header. Use Insert/Page numbers to suppress pagination on title page). No other header is required.
• 1" margins (right, left, top, bottom)
• Do not use bullets or listing anywhere in the paper.
• Must be written in 3rd person.
• 12 font size
• New Times Roman or Times Roman are the only acceptable fonts
• The body of the paper is left justified only
• Paragraphs indented 5 spaces
• Any charts, pictures, ect. must be put in an appendix, and do not count toward the minimum number of pages
• Show block quotations of more than 40 words:
o Single-spaced with double space separating quotes.
o Indented 5 spaces from left-hand margin
o No quotation marks
• References
• Reference Section
o Double space between references

These 2 instruction are very important:

A minimum of 5 different references must be used. Three of these references must be from peer-reviewed professional journals or books and must be from the past THREE years. (Example LexisNexis/Ebsot) The remaining references must be obtained from professional journals. Textbooks cannot be utilized as a reference.
o As a research paper, students must utilize and properly cite references within the text of the paper; without such references the paper is merely an opinion.