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Participation and communality in early childhood education (5 cr)

Code: SO00AD46-3014

General information


Enrollment

14.12.2020 - 11.01.2021

Timing

11.01.2021 - 02.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Maija Olli
  • Virve Jussila

Teacher in charge

Virve Jussila

Groups

  • SOKT19KM
    Social services, part-time studies
  • SOMI19KM

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