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Early childhood education and care (5 cr)

Code: SO00AD23-3011

General information


Enrollment
15.08.2020 - 31.08.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
31.08.2020 - 18.10.2020
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
RDI portion
1 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability
Campus
Kotka Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
Johanna Jussila
Maija Olli
Virve Jussila
Teacher in charge
Johanna Jussila
Groups
SOKT19SP
Social services, full-time studies
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

Annetaan kurssilla.

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Työviikkopohjainen opetus sisältää luentoja, harjoituksia, oppimistehtäviä. Osa lähiopetuksesta (harjoitukset ja tutoriaali) ovat läsnäolopakollista. Näistä ilmoitetaan tarkemmin kurssin aloituksessa.

Opintoja nopeuttava sekä työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Varhaiskasvatuksessa työskenteleville: Tenttipaketti ja tehtävät, kysy tarkemmin vastuuopettajalta.

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Opintojaksosta tulee numeerinen arvosana. Osa tehtävistä voidaan arvioida hyväksytty/täydennettävä/hylätty.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Arvioidaan, että opiskelija osaa:
a. käyttää asiantuntevasti ammattikäsitteitä eri tilanteissa
b. arvioida käyttämiään tietolähteitä kriittisesti
d. arvioida toimintaa asiakastilanteissa
e. valita tarkoituksenmukaiset menetelmät ja perustella valinnat
f. edistää tiimin tavoitteellista toimintaa
g. soveltaa kriittisesti oman alan eettisiä periaatteita eri tilanteissa

Qualifications

Human development and learning

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