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

Learning outcomes

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.

Teaching methods

Interactive learning
Collaborative learning
Field work

The assignment and exam can written in English

Please note! All students are expected to participate in the orientation lecture and to the group exam

Location and time

The schedule of Metropolia Open University of Applied Sciences:

Required attendance marked on schedule (*).
If you cannot access these, please contact either satu.hakanen@metropolia.fi or saila.nevanen@metropolia.fi
From the point of view of progress in studies, it is desirable to participate in other lectures marked in the schedule, too.

21.08.2020 12.45 - 16.00 MPA4009 ORIENTAATIO Lapset ja lapsuus Suomessa, pakollinen läsnäolo *
2.9.2020 12.45 - 16.00 MPA4009 luento, Sosiaalinen osallisuus, köyhyys, syrjäytyminen ja marginalisaatio (lasten ja perheiden näkökulma)
3.9.2020 12.45-16.00 MPA6009 luento, Lasten ja perheiden hyvinvoinnin osatekijät
4.9.2020 klo 8.30-11.45 MPA4009 luento, Varhainen tuki, voimavaralähtöisyys ja positiivinen pedagogiikka *
17.09.2020 12.45 - 16.00 MPA6009 luento, Erilaiset perheet varhaiskasvatuksessa
23.9.2020 08.30 - 11.45 Kenttätehtävän/oppimistehtävän purku
01.10.2020 08.30 - 11.45 MPA5018 RYHMÄTENTTI *

Learning materials and recommended literature

Exam material:
Törrönen, Maritta, 2014; Everyday happiness : the everyday life and well-being of families with children. AND
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 (for the field work) will be announced later.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Group based exam 1.10.2020 at 08.30-11.45, MPA5018

Re-exam dates will be announced in orientation.

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 for students

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Closed book exam (group exam)
Learning assignment (field work)

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.