Assignment Types?

Well from the assignments I have done and seen they seem to vary from unit to unit.... some questions are what I call "mickey mouse questions" and I cannot even believe we have to answer such simple things while others do require more in depth answers with more research
As I am doing my Diploma as an existing worker I think my assignments are a tad more interesting (or perhaps not) as I actually base a lot of it off actually observations of the children I teach and actual scenarios rather than having to answer my questions off a given senario.... if that makes sense.
It is hard to judge some of the assignments as some are very oddly and confusingly worded making them seem more complicated than they actually are, I do wish TAFE would use more student-friendly wording rather than technical complicated jargon they seem to enjoy using! Another thing is they give no indication on how much or how little to write ... in school and Uni we always were given word limits etc so you had some idea of the detail required, TAFE seems not to do this... again my support person said just keep it simple and if you can put something in bullet points do it.
I RPLed most of my Diploma so am unsure of the practicality side of assignments, I was asked about most of the things verbally and a lot just came down to common sense stuff to be honest!
As for boring well.... sometimes the assignments seem boring but once you get into them they are pretty interesting... well some are anyway! some just make u want to bang your head against a wall !!!

Hi fefe76,

Thanks for your quick reply. I understand what you mean about being given observations instead of using your own. I get to do a prac placement every Friday, so hopefully I too will get some great experience from observing the kids in real life.

I did have a question about your post though: what is RPL? I've seen people use it and the term RPLed a lot on these boards.

Thanks again.

RPL = recognition of prior learning
eg if u did go to uni and u have studied any units about education/child development etc you may be able to use that knowledge and credits to complete some of your Cert III/Diploma units.
I have a Diploma of Montessori Ed and I was able to RPL my entire Cert III and 14 of my Diploma units !!
very helpful since there is no cost of units done this way so I have pretty much done my DIploma for just $120!

Darn!
That means no RPLing my units. That's ok then, I guess I'll slog it out from the beginning. We were recently given 4 textbooks, a folder, a studet diary and a song book ---> looks like I have a lot of reading ahead of me lol.

Thanks for all your support guys.

May I ask what textbooks you have been given?

The Diploma is not that hard, a lot of info u need to answer things can be easily found by simple google searches! and I am sure your books will no doubt help as well

make the most of the prac placements as the best knowledge is gained by real life experiences