Loris Malaguzzi (1994, p1) says: “There are hundreds of different images of the child. Each one of you has inside yourself an image of the child that directs you as you begin to relate to a child.” For this assessment you will need to: 1. Collect and analyse a variety of images of children around a theme or topic: images used by charities 2. Critically interpret the images you collect, 3. Contrast the images to develop a view of children promoted through current early childhood pedagogy Recommended readings Australian council on children and the media (ACCM). (2016). Submission to committee on children and young people, New South Wales parliament: Inquiry into sexualisation of children and young people. Retrieved from http://childrenandmedia.org.au/assets/files/news/submissions/2016/accm_submission _-NSW_LC-sexualisationfeb16.pdf Malaguzzi, L. (1994). Your image of the child: Where teaching begins. Exchange (3). Retrieved from https://reggioalliance.org/downloads/malaguzzi:ccie:1994.pdf Martalock, P.L. (2012). “What is a wheel?” The Image of the Child: Traditional, Project Approach, and Reggio Emilia Perspectives. Dimensions of early childhood, 40(3), 3-11 Biesta, G., (2012). The future of teacher education: Evidence, competence or wisdom? Research on Steiner education, 3 (1), 8-21. Retrieved from http://publications.uni.lu/bitstream/*****/6866/1/Biesta%20The%20future%20of%20 teacher%20education%20ROSE%******.pdf Rinaldi, C., (2013). What is the image of the child and childhood? Re-Imagining Childhood: The inspiration of Reggio Emilia education principles in South Australia (pp. 15-17). Retrieved from https://www.decd.sa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net691/f/reimaginingchildhood. pdf Ritchie, J., (2010). Being “sociocultural” in early childhood education practice in Aotearoa. Early Childhood Folio, 14(2), 2-7.