Content Orientations of Early Childhood Education (10 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

Students will know how to plan, implement and evaluate the principal methods and content orientations of early childhood education in their work. Students will identify special features of children’s culture and community and use them in their professional activities. They will be capable of connecting children’s activities to their immediate environment and a sustainable lifestyle. They will know how to evaluate and develop pedagogical and goal-oriented activity.

Content

Content orientation of early childhood education. Aesthetical and ethical orientation, music, physical education, arts, handcrafts, children’s literature, drama education. Natural science and mathematics orientation. Exploration. Language and interaction orientation. Media education. Children’s projects. Principles of sustainable development in day care centres. Optional pedagogies.

Teaching methods

Students work independently by completing learning tasks. The working platform is Moodle, which is divided into six modules.
Each module has a different task related to one learning areas presented in the National Core Curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Care (2018).

Location and time

The course workspace will be opened after the registration period is over.
The modules of the course will be ready 31.3.2020.

Learning materials and recommended literature

The materials and the learning assignment will be in moodle.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

Next spring 2019 there will be an other implementation SX00BZ79-3008 Content Orientations in Early Childhood Education 10 ECTS cr.
That implementation includes lessons, workshops and learning assignment. See more information from the OMA, the implementationplan.

Internship and working life connections

- some of the assignments are done with a group of children

Exam dates and retake possibilities

no exam

International connections

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Student workload

10 x 27 = 270 hours studies in total

Content scheduling

- this study unit is divided in six modules

Further information for students

You´ll find the instructions to the registration to moodle here: moodle.metropolia.fi or in OMA Tools- Students Moodle - and then you need to login.

Assessment methods and criteria

Criteria for approved credits are written in the assignment instructions in each module.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

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.