Everyday Lives of Children and Families (5 ECTS)
Code: SX00EP02-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.05.2023 - 14.05.2023
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 12.09.2022 - 11.11.2022
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Social Services
- Teachers
- Sylvia Hakari
- Päivi Eskelinen-Roos
- Teacher in charge
- Sylvia Hakari
- Groups
-
SXH22K1Sosiaalialan tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
-
SXH22K2Sosiaalialan tutkinto-ohjelma, monimuoto
- Course
- SX00EP02
Learning outcomes
The students understand the diversity of everyday life in childhood and family and recognize the contributory factors to well-being of children and families. The students recognize the changes regarding both childhood and the concept of childhood and the prevailing situation in the Finnish society and globally. The students understand the importance of childhood and early childhood education in supporting inclusion, preventing exclusion and in educational equality .
Content
The contributory factors to well-being of the child and the family. The UN convention on the Rights of the Child and the Act on Early Childhood Education and Care. Social integration, family poverty, exclusion and marginalization from the perspectives of families with children and early childhood education. Forms of early support. A resource-based perspective.
Teaching methods
Interactive learning
Seminar
Collaborative learning, planning and guiding of activities in family cafe
Field work/Learning assignment
Tuition in Finnish
Location and time
N/A
Learning materials and recommended literature
Törrönen, Maritta, 2014; Everyday happiness : the everyday life and well-being of families with children.
Kalliala, M. 2011. Look at me! Does the adult truly see and respond to the child in Finnish day-care centres? European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(2), 237-253.
Lecture notes and materials
Alternative completion methods of implementation
APL prior to the course.
Internship and working life connections
MLL Family Cafe
Exam dates and retake possibilities
11.10.2022 08.30 - 16.00 Group exam
Re-exam dates announced later
Student workload
5x27h =135h
Further information for students
N/A
Assessment methods and criteria
N/A
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
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The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
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Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
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Assessment criteria, approved/failed
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The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.