E-DED110 Assignment 1 Memo 2026 - Due 23 February 2026 (SANTS)

Developmental Education SANTS E-DED 110 Assignment 1 2026 QUESTION ONE 34 • Read Unit 1, in your Developmental Education (E-DED 110) Curriculum and Learning Guide (CLG) about academic literacy for professional practice. • Access and study the following additional resource available on the platform to assist you in answering the questions. o Nallaya, S., Hobson, J.E. & Ulpen, T. (2022). An investigation of first-year university students’ confidence in using academic literacies. Issues in Educational Research, 32(1), pp. 264–291. 1.1 Read the following scenario before answering the questions that follow: Scenario: The WIL Time Crunch Lebo, is a student enrolled in the Higher Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education (HCert (ECCE)) programme at SANTS. As a distance education student, she is solely responsible for engaging with the content and directing her own learning. She is currently halfway through the semester, juggling the assignments for E-DED 110, E-MAT 120 (Exploring Mathematics in the Early Years), and preparing for her upcoming high-stakes Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) period. Lebo realises that the demands of the various modules and the practical WIL preparation are overwhelming her. She feels increasingly stressed and finds herself procrastinating, spending time on low-priority tasks instead of structuring her study time effectively. She recognises she needs to develop her self-directed skills to manage the workload and achieve academic success. Lebo decides to use the principles of self-directed learning (SDL) she learned in Unit 1 of E-DED 110 to overcome this challenge. She needs a plan of action to master the content and prepare for WIL efficiently.