Foundations of social pedagogues’ work in early childhood education and care  Laajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You deepen your knowledge of the legislation of Finnish early childhood education and care and the service system.

You become familiar with the National core curriculum for early childhood education and care and the system formed by early childhood education plans and study the basics of the preschool curriculum.

You are able to examine early childhood education and care from a socio-pedagogical perspective and recognise its significance in your own approach to work.

You know the starting points and principles of cooperation with the guardians in early childhood education and care.

You know the starting points of multidisciplinary work in early childhood education and care and are able to guide client families in terms of support measures and services.

You become familiar with the duties and roles of social pedagogues in early childhood education and care when working in both in teams and in the multiprofessional work communities of early childhood education and care.

Content

How do the Act and Decree on Early Childhood Education and Care define early childhood education and care?

How does the National core curriculum for early childhood education and care define early childhood education and care?

What kind of a system do national, local and child-specific early childhood education plans form and how do they define the upbringing / education, instruction and care provided in early childhood education and care?

How does the basics of the preschool curriculum define early childhood education and preschool education?

What does the socio-pedagogical perspective mean in early childhood education and care?

What is the significance of the socio-pedagogical perspective in your own approach to work?

What are the starting points and principles of educational cooperation with the guardians in early childhood education and care?

What are the starting points of multidisciplinary work in early childhood education and care?

How do you refer client families in early childhood education and care to support measures and services?

What is social pedagogues' roles and duties in early childhood education and care when working both in teams and in multiprofessional work communities in early childhood education and care?

Qualifications

Completing the course requires basic knowledge of human growth, development and learning as well as early childhood education and care as part of the service system.

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. assess information sources critically.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d. assess operations in client, user and target group situations.
e. choose appropriate models and methods according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.