Everyday Lives of Children and Families (5 cr)
Code: SX00EP02-3003
General information
Enrollment
02.05.2023 - 14.05.2023
Timing
12.09.2022 - 11.11.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
School of Wellbeing
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
Objective
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.
Location and time
N/A
Materials
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
Teaching methods
Interactive learning
Seminar
Collaborative learning, planning and guiding of activities in family cafe
Field work/Learning assignment
Tuition in Finnish
Employer connections
MLL Family Cafe
Exam schedules
11.10.2022 08.30 - 16.00 Group exam
Re-exam dates announced later
Completion alternatives
APL prior to the course.
Student workload
5x27h =135h
Further information
N/A
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
See the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
See the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
See the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
See the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
N/A