Working with children in early childhood education and careLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the starting points of social sustainability and participation when working with children in early childhood education and care.

You are able to support and strengthen the agency of children under school age and children groups' sense of community.

You are able to take the child-centred approach into account as an educational starting point.

You are able to take cultural diversity into account when working with children and families.

Content

What are the starting points of social sustainability and participation when dealing with children under school age?

How do you support and strengthen the agency of children in early childhood education and care?

How do you support and strengthen children groups' sense of community in early childhood education and care?

What does child-centred approach mean in early childhood education and care?

How do you take child-centred approach into account as an educational starting point?

How do you take cultural diversity into account when working with children and families?

Qualifications

Completing the course requires basic knowledge of human growth, development and learning as well as of 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.