Everyday Life of Families and Children in Finnish Society (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students will understand the diversity of childhood and family life as a social phenomenon. They will identify the components of child and family welfare as well as the conceptual changes of childhood and the child in Finnish society. They will understand the importance of childhood for supporting inclusion and preventing social exclusion.

Content

Components of child and family welfare. Social integration, poverty, exclusion and marginalization from a child-hood point of view. Forms of early support. A resource-based perspective.

Location and time

Course starts at the week 35 and ends at the week 43. See the schedule draft in the Finnish version, changes are possible.

Materials

Exam material:
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.
Material for the assignment(field work) will be announced later.

Teaching methods

Interactive learning
Collaborative learning
Field work
Please note! This is the course schedule for the group SXH20K1. The group SXH20K2 is expected to participate in the orientation lecture, 4.9. and to the group exam according to this timetable.

Exam schedules

Group based exam 1.10.2020 at 08.30-11.45, MPA5018

Re-exam dates will be announced in orientation.

Completion alternatives

According to the APL-system

Student workload

5x27 h =135 h

Content scheduling

Lectures and a field assignment, which is done independently during the course. The tasks are reviewed together.
The course ends with a group exam.

Further information

The teaching in the course is in Finnish, English is also used as lecture materials. Assignment and exam can be done in English.

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 criteria see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment methods and criteria

Closed book exam (group exam)
Learning assignment