Early Education and Day Care Services (10 cr)
Code: 7S00EL62-3005
General information
- Enrolment period
- 07.09.2020 - 31.12.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2021 - 30.07.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 10 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- RDI portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Social Services
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Piia Roos
- Petteri Väkiparta
- Anniina Vauhkonen
- Person in charge
- Petteri Väkiparta
- Course
- 7S00EL62
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)
- The values and philosophical basis of early childhood education
· The role of early childhood education in sóciety
· Alternative pedagogies
· Theories and concepts of children’s learning
- Support of children’s growth and learning
· Child participation and belongingness in early childhood education
· Pedagogical activities: observation, planning, guidance, documentation and assessment
· The child’s individual Early Childhood Education and care Plan
· Transversal competencies and learning areas
· Learning environments of early Childhood Education and care
·The importance of children’s play, plays as a source of learning, play theories
· Challenging educational situations
· Different forms of Early Childhood Education and care
· Evaluation and development of operations in Early Childhood Education and care
· Cooperation with guardians and multidisciplinary cooperation
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Can identify and define phenomena related to the field and basic concepts and theory.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
To structure the relationship between phenomena and concepts in the field. Can apply concepts and theory in a structured way. Is able to justify one's own views and is able to apply theoretical knowledge to practice. Relation to knowledge: self-contained, problematizing.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Understand wide-ranging entities and the relationships between them. Analyze theory and practice and the relationships between phenomena. Combines pedagogical competence with professional context. Creative, developing, innovative and / or personal touch. Relation to knowledge: exploratory, argumentative and analytical.
Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)
Rejected Neither recognizes nor can define phenomena and basic concepts in the field, or the identification and definition of key phenomena remains very limited. Relationship to Knowledge: Borrowing.
Location and time
Opetus toteutetaan etäopetuksena Zoomissa
13.01.2021 09.00 - 16.00
20.01.2021 09.00 - 16.00
27.01.2021 09.00 - 16.00
02.02.2021 09.00 - 12.00
03.02.2021 09.00 - 16.00
10.02.2021 09.00 - 16.00
16.02.2021 09.00 - 12.00
17.02.2021 09.00 - 16.00
23.02.2021 09.00 - 12.00
Yksi päivä maalis-huhtikuussa klo 9-12 harjoittelun välireflektio, klo 13-16 tehtävien purku ja oppimisen arviointi.
Exam schedules
Ei ole.
Assessment scale
0-5
Teaching methods
Luennot, ryhmätyöt, itsenäiset tehtävät.
Learning materials
Moodlessa.
Student workload
Yhteensä 10 op = 270h, josta 45 h kontaktiopetusta, itsenäinen osuus 225 h.
Completion alternatives
Ei ole.
Practical training and working life cooperation
Mahdolliset työelämävierailijat ja -vierailut.
International connections
Ei ole.