Early childhood education and care (5cr)
Code: SO00AD23-3009
General information
- Enrollment
- 05.04.2019 - 14.04.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 16.09.2019 - 29.11.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Vanha_Open UAS and Continuing Education (vanhettu)
- Campus
- Ecampus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Johanna Jussila
- Maija Olli
- Miia Heikkinen
- Virve Jussila
- Teacher in charge
- Johanna Jussila
- Course
- SO00AD23
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Early childhood education and care SO00AD23-3009. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Objective
You acquaint yourself with the organization and development and legislation of Finnish early childhood education, care and day care service.
You are able to examine the child-centered approach as an educational basis and know how to build an educational relationship with a child and a family.
You are capable of planning, implementing and assessing activities in a group of children and based on the National Curriculum Guidelines on Early Childhood Education and Care.
You are able to observe and study child’s play from developmental theoretical and interactive perspective.
Content
What is the Finnish day care service system like?
What are the laws and guidelines regulating early childhood education and care?
How is child-centeredness defined? What does it mean as an educational approach? What does child-centeredness mean in early childhood pedagogy?
How are activities for children in day care planned, actualized and evaluated based on the National Curriculum Guidelines on Early Childhood Education and Care?
What is play and how does it develop during childhood? What is the role of play in the development and learning of a child?
Evaluation
a. You use professional vocabulary systematically.
d. You work together with customers in early childhood education.
e. You use the key methods of early childhood education.
g. You justify your actions according to the principles of the child-centered work.
Study forms and methods
Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Kurssi aloitetaan Adobe Connect -istunnolla verkossa 23.9. klo 14.30-16.00. Lisäksi kurssiin kuuluu yksi luento AC:llä to 26.9. klo 16.30-18.00.
Kurssi sisältää itsenäistä- ja pienryhmätyöskentelyä verkossa sekä oppimistehtäviä.
Further information
Tutustu etukäteen Adobe Connect -ohjelmaan: https://moodle.xamk.fi/mod/page/view.php?id=706389
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
Opiskelija osaa:
a. käyttää johdonmukaisesti ammattikäsitteitä
b. etsiä tietoa alan keskeisistä tiedonlähteistä
c. hahmottaa tehtäväkokonaisuuksia
d. toimia asiakkaiden kanssa
e. käyttää keskeisiä oman alan menetelmiä
g. perustella toimintaansa oman alan eettisten periaatteiden mukaisesti
Qualifications
Human development and learning