AIM 400/0931/2 Access to
Higher Education Diploma
(Early Years Education)
,AIM 400/0931/2 Access to Higher Education Diploma (Early Years Education)
Question 1
A broad review includes Education in Practice and Core Education and Professional Practice Units
(Graded & Ungraded), but the next question is specifically about The focus on core Education and
Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). Which focus should be brought to the
foreground?
A. Academic Writing and Research Skills
B. Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded)
C. Education in Practice
D. Educational Psychology
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) includes the focus on core
Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). Education in Practice includes
multi-agency working and professional collaboration within educational settings. A: Academic Writing
and Research Skills concerns literature searching, source evaluation, and academic referencing (e.g.,
Harvard style), rather than being the closest match for the concern in the question. C: Education in
Practice remains relevant to the broader review, but the stated concern is more directly about Core
Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). D: Educational Psychology concerns
psychological perspectives on learning, memory, and cognitive load theory, rather than being the
closest match for the concern in the question.
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,AIM 400/0931/2 Access to Higher Education Diploma (Early Years Education)
Question 2
A comparison of Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and
Training and Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) needs one
representative concern for each. Which pairing gives both sides an appropriate focus?
A. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: Analyzing
arguments, logical reasoning, and evaluating evidence | Specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3): The focus on specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units
(Graded Level 3)
B. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: The focus on
specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) | Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3): Professional boundaries, codes of practice, and legal
responsibilities of educators
C. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: Professional
boundaries, codes of practice, and legal responsibilities of educators | Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3): The focus on specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3)
D. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: Professional
boundaries, codes of practice, and legal responsibilities of educators | Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3): The focus on disability and Special Educational Needs
(SEN)
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training includes
professional boundaries, codes of practice, and legal responsibilities of educators. Specialist Academic
and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) includes the focus on specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3). A: The first concern is drawn from Developing Critical Thinking, not
Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training. B: This reverses the
associations: the first concern fits Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education
and Training, and the second fits Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3).
D: The second concern is drawn from Disability and Special Educational Needs (SEN), not Specialist
Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3).
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, AIM 400/0931/2 Access to Higher Education Diploma (Early Years Education)
Question 3
Two cases concern (1) Social inequalities, cultural capital, and educational policy interventions
and (2) Historical perspectives and current frameworks in early childhood education and care.
Which pair identifies the most directly relevant areas in the same order?
A. Early Years Education; then Early Years Education
B. Sociology of the Family and Education; then Sociology of the Family and Education
C. Sociology of the Family and Education; then Early Years Education
D. Early Years Education; then Sociology of the Family and Education
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Sociology of the Family and Education includes social inequalities, cultural capital, and educational
policy interventions. Early Years Education includes historical perspectives and current frameworks in
early childhood education and care. A: The first concern fits Sociology of the Family and Education, so
assigning both to Early Years Education loses the distinction. B: The second concern fits Early Years
Education, so assigning both to Sociology of the Family and Education loses the distinction. D: This
reverses the associations: the first concern fits Sociology of the Family and Education, and the second
fits Early Years Education.
Question 4
Match three concerns to their most directly relevant areas: (1) Health, safety, wellbeing, and
welfare requirements in early years settings; (2) The focus on core Education and Professional
Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded); (3) The focus on specialist Academic and Thematic Education
Units (Graded Level 3). Which ordering is correct?
A. Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) / Core Education and
Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) / Early Years Education
B. Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) / Early Years Education /
Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3)
C. Early Years Education / Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) /
Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3)
D. Early Years Education / Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) / Core
Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded)
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Early Years Education includes health, safety, wellbeing, and welfare requirements in early years
settings. Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) includes the focus on
core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). Specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3) includes the focus on specialist Academic and Thematic Education
Units (Graded Level 3). A: The first and third associations are reversed; they should be Early Years
Education and Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3). B: The first two
associations are reversed; they should be Early Years Education and Core Education and Professional
Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). D: The second and third associations are reversed; they should be
Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) and Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3).
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Higher Education Diploma
(Early Years Education)
,AIM 400/0931/2 Access to Higher Education Diploma (Early Years Education)
Question 1
A broad review includes Education in Practice and Core Education and Professional Practice Units
(Graded & Ungraded), but the next question is specifically about The focus on core Education and
Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). Which focus should be brought to the
foreground?
A. Academic Writing and Research Skills
B. Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded)
C. Education in Practice
D. Educational Psychology
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) includes the focus on core
Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). Education in Practice includes
multi-agency working and professional collaboration within educational settings. A: Academic Writing
and Research Skills concerns literature searching, source evaluation, and academic referencing (e.g.,
Harvard style), rather than being the closest match for the concern in the question. C: Education in
Practice remains relevant to the broader review, but the stated concern is more directly about Core
Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). D: Educational Psychology concerns
psychological perspectives on learning, memory, and cognitive load theory, rather than being the
closest match for the concern in the question.
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,AIM 400/0931/2 Access to Higher Education Diploma (Early Years Education)
Question 2
A comparison of Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and
Training and Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) needs one
representative concern for each. Which pairing gives both sides an appropriate focus?
A. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: Analyzing
arguments, logical reasoning, and evaluating evidence | Specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3): The focus on specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units
(Graded Level 3)
B. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: The focus on
specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) | Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3): Professional boundaries, codes of practice, and legal
responsibilities of educators
C. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: Professional
boundaries, codes of practice, and legal responsibilities of educators | Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3): The focus on specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3)
D. Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training: Professional
boundaries, codes of practice, and legal responsibilities of educators | Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3): The focus on disability and Special Educational Needs
(SEN)
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training includes
professional boundaries, codes of practice, and legal responsibilities of educators. Specialist Academic
and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) includes the focus on specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3). A: The first concern is drawn from Developing Critical Thinking, not
Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education and Training. B: This reverses the
associations: the first concern fits Understanding Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships in Education
and Training, and the second fits Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3).
D: The second concern is drawn from Disability and Special Educational Needs (SEN), not Specialist
Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3).
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, AIM 400/0931/2 Access to Higher Education Diploma (Early Years Education)
Question 3
Two cases concern (1) Social inequalities, cultural capital, and educational policy interventions
and (2) Historical perspectives and current frameworks in early childhood education and care.
Which pair identifies the most directly relevant areas in the same order?
A. Early Years Education; then Early Years Education
B. Sociology of the Family and Education; then Sociology of the Family and Education
C. Sociology of the Family and Education; then Early Years Education
D. Early Years Education; then Sociology of the Family and Education
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Sociology of the Family and Education includes social inequalities, cultural capital, and educational
policy interventions. Early Years Education includes historical perspectives and current frameworks in
early childhood education and care. A: The first concern fits Sociology of the Family and Education, so
assigning both to Early Years Education loses the distinction. B: The second concern fits Early Years
Education, so assigning both to Sociology of the Family and Education loses the distinction. D: This
reverses the associations: the first concern fits Sociology of the Family and Education, and the second
fits Early Years Education.
Question 4
Match three concerns to their most directly relevant areas: (1) Health, safety, wellbeing, and
welfare requirements in early years settings; (2) The focus on core Education and Professional
Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded); (3) The focus on specialist Academic and Thematic Education
Units (Graded Level 3). Which ordering is correct?
A. Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) / Core Education and
Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) / Early Years Education
B. Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) / Early Years Education /
Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3)
C. Early Years Education / Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) /
Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3)
D. Early Years Education / Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3) / Core
Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded)
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Early Years Education includes health, safety, wellbeing, and welfare requirements in early years
settings. Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) includes the focus on
core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). Specialist Academic and Thematic
Education Units (Graded Level 3) includes the focus on specialist Academic and Thematic Education
Units (Graded Level 3). A: The first and third associations are reversed; they should be Early Years
Education and Specialist Academic and Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3). B: The first two
associations are reversed; they should be Early Years Education and Core Education and Professional
Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded). D: The second and third associations are reversed; they should be
Core Education and Professional Practice Units (Graded & Ungraded) and Specialist Academic and
Thematic Education Units (Graded Level 3).
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