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Early childhood education and care (5 cr)

Code: SO00AD23-3010

General information


Enrollment
15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
07.09.2020 - 13.12.2020
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
20 - 45
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
Virve Jussila
Teacher in charge
Virve Jussila
Course
SO00AD23
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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.

Course material

Ilmoitetaan opintojakson alkaessa

Study forms and methods

Lainsäädäntöön ja palvelujärjestelmään liittyvän osaamisesi osoitat 1 op:een yksilö-Learn-tentissä.

Opintojaksosta 4 op järjestetään Xamkin 13.8.2020 päivittämien koronaohjeiden mukaisesti seuraavasti:
- Kontaktiopetus (1,5 op) koostuu käänteisellä opetuksella verkossa toteutetuista kontaktitunneista, pienryhmätyöskentelystä ja itsenäisestä perehtymisestä kontaktiopetukseen liitettyyn opiskelumateriaaliin (verkkoluennot ja artikkelit).
- 2,5 op:een oppimistehtävä suoritetaan pienryhmissä syventämällä menetelmällistä osaamista (varhaiskasvattajan haastattelu, kirjallisen oppimistehtävän tekeminen, tehtävän annin esittely) tai ohjaten lapsiryhmää omassa työssä työhön integroidusti.

Opintojaan nopeuttavat voivat suorittaa opintojakson toisen ryhmän toteutuksella.

Timing of exams and assignments

Itsenäinen Learn-tentti (1 op) tulee suorittaa opintojakson toteutusaikana.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Learn-tentti ja kontaktiopetus arvioidaan asteikolla hyväksytty - täydennettävä - hylätty. Oppimistehtävä arvioidaan asteikolla 0-5.

Qualifications

Human development and learning

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