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Early Education and Day Care Services (8 cr)

Code: 7S-29-3008

General information


Enrolment period
02.07.2017 - 30.09.2017
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2017 - 31.12.2017
Implementation has ended.
Credits
8 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Social Services
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
Tapio Salomäki
Riikkaelina Susipolku-Jensen
Raija Yliniemi
Course
7S-29

Objectives (course unit)

1. Early Childhood Educator
Students
- deepen and clarify own pedagogical awareness and can apply own perceptions in practical situations
- understand the meaning of pedagogical relationship
- can apply child orientation and child participation in own work
- recognize and question own beliefs, values, and attitudes concerning childhood, parenthood, and professionalism
2. Theoretical Principles of Early Childhood Education
Students
- can apply key principles and values of early childhood education
- know the main objectives of early childhood education and the documents governing it
- understand the learning and development process of a child
- can explain and justify own decisions and the principles of own work
- recognize the characteristics of children’s culture and community and can use them in own work
3. Education and Pedagogy
Students
- can support and guide a child in the different stages of growth, development, and learning
- can observe and assess the development and needs of a child
- can plan, implement and evaluate pedagogically meaningful activities for children
- can guide a child individually and in a group taking key pedagogical principles into account
- recognize the meaning of care, upbringing, and education in a child’s everyday life
- know the most important contents and methods of early childhood education
- can plan and construct a meaningful growth and learning environment for a child
- can support and promote a child’s spontaneous play and guide it if necessary
4. Environment and Basic Task of Day Care
Students
- know and can apply documents and legislation governing early education and day care
- can take the basic task of day care into account in own work and in the development of own work
- know and understand the different forms of day care
5. Multi-professional Networking and Educational Partnership
Students
- know the basic principles of educational partnership
- can initiate and maintain educational partnership in the different stages and situations of a child’s development
- can help to consolidate the different growth environments of a child
- can assess the need for early support and know what early intervention is
- understand the principles of multi-professional networking and can apply them in own work

Content (course unit)

Bachelor of Social services as an early childhood educator
The historical and theoretical background of early childhood education
Education and pedagogical understanding
The environment and basic task of day care
- Legislation, statutes
- Children’s culture
Multi-professional networking and educational partnership

Exam schedules

Tehtävien yhteydessä on palautepäivämäärät

Assessment methods and criteria

Kontaktiopetuksessa on pakollinen läsnäolo.
Enakkotehtävä kesä 2018. Arviointi Hyväksytty /Täydennettävä
Etätehtävät

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Luennot, keskusutelu, pienryhmätyöskentely, vieraikukäynnit.

Learning materials

Kirjallisuus Tabulassa 18ASOVP sivuilla, Tabula sivut avautuu elokuussa 2018

Student workload

VP-moduli 8 op
Raijan osuus 4 op
Riikkaelinan osuus 4op

Content scheduling

Yhteinen aloitus syyskuussa

Completion alternatives

Ei valinnaisia suoritustapoja

Practical training and working life cooperation

VP-modulin tavoitteet ja sisältö liittyy Asiakastyöharjoittelu II tavoitteisiin ja sisältöön.

Further information

Kokonaisuus jakautuu 2 opettajan kesken
Riikkaelina Susipolku 4 op kehityspsykologinen näkökulma
Raija Yliniemi Varhaiskasvatuksen pedagogiikan näkökulma 4 op

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Vastaukset eivät vastaa tehtäväksi antoa. Asiavirheitä huomattavan paljon. Sisältö suppea ja jäsentymätön.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Keskeiset käsitteet määritelty joskin suppeasti. Teksti referoivaa ja jonkin verran jäsntymätöntä. Mahdollisesti,joitakin asia virheitä.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Keskeiset asiat käsitelty monipuolisesti ja jäsentyneesti. Omaa kokemuksen, näkemysten reflektointia suhteessa annettuihin teemoihin. Pedagoginen osaaminen tulee hyvin esille mm. käsitteiden käytössä ja soveltamisessa.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Edellisen lisäksi. Selkeä asioiden argumentointi sekä kriittinen asioiden tarkastelu sekä tekstin omakohtaisuus sekä persoonallinen ja innovatiivinen ote. Pedagoginen osaaminen näkyy erittäin hyvin mm. käsitteiden käytössä ja soveltamisessa.

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