Participation and communality in early childhood education (5 cr)
Code: SO00AD46-3010
General information
Timing
26.08.2018 - 31.12.2018
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Virve Jussila
Teacher in charge
Virve Jussila
Groups
-
S1516SN
Objective
You get competences to observe and evaluate the needs of an individual child and child groups.
You are able to support the participation of a child in the early years as well as the community-based work culture in day care.
Based on the basic principles of early childhood education, you can plan, actualize and evaluate the activities based on the needs of individual children and child group and that are goal-oriented and pedagogically justified.
You are able to examine early and special support and implement methods of early support.
You are able to examine educational principles of alternative pedagogics in early childhood education.
You are able to carry out the principles of educational partnership when working with families.
Content
How do you realize observation as a work method?
What kind of methods are those promoting child’s participation in early childhood education?
How do you respond to children’s needs in early childhood pedagogy?
What are the methods of early and special support in early childhood education?
What are alternative pedagogies in early childhood education and what kind of pedagogical ideas do they present?
What are the principles of implementation methods of educational partnership?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
Knowledge base and work orientation, Professional interaction, Counselling work with children and families