Learning in Early Childhood (5 ECTS)
Code: SX00BZ78-3020
General information
- Enrollment
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28.11.2021 - 11.12.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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09.01.2023 - 31.07.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- (2019-2024) School of Wellbeing
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 12 - 25
- Degree programmes
- Social Services
Objective
Students will be able to support and guide children’s growth, development and learning. They will know how to support and enrich children’s play. They will detect and identify children’s different individual and group needs and take them into account in activity planning and implementation. Students will apply different methods of support and early childhood support practices.
Content
Theories of child development and concepts of learning. Zone of proximal development. Exploratory learning. Observation, documentation and support of children’s development and activities. Peer relationships. Play, theo-ries of play, and the significance of play in children’s learning.
Location and time
N/A
Materials
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Teaching methods
The tuition is in Finnish.
Employer connections
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Exam schedules
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International connections
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Completion alternatives
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Student workload
5x 27h = 135 h
Content scheduling
N/A
Further information
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Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Assessment:
Assessment criterias see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.
Assessment methods and criteria
exam 70%, assignment 30%.
Evaluation is based on the study units objectives and contents.