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Early Childhood EducationLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: SOSS1504

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Timo Hintikka

Objective

The students
• are familiar with the legislation and documents controlling early childhood education
• know the individual, communal and societal factors related to childhood
• are aware of the significance of parental engagement and multi-professionalism in early childhood education work
• know the essential health problems of children.

Content

Documents and legislation controlling early childhood education, services of early childhood education, parental engagement, multi-professionalism, recent studies on early childhood education, health problems of children at different stages of life; their treatment, rehabilitation and health promotion and welfare of children and their families.

Qualifications

The students know the services for the children and families. They also recognizes the main characteristics of the growth and development of children.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Excellent (5) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents and them contents. The students are aware of services of early childhood education on a excellent level. They know and identifies educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show excellent capabilities to describe the subjects of the course and to consider them critically.

Very Good (4) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents and them contents. The students are aware of different kind of services of early childhood education. They know and identifies educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show excellent capabilities to describe the subjects of the course.

Good (3) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents as well as the services of early childhood education on a good level. They know and identify educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show capabilities to describe the subjects of the course and to utilize sources.

Satisfactory (2) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents as well as the services of early childhood education on a satisfactory level. They know partly the educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know partly the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show modest capabilities to describe the subjects of the course and they utilize sources very little.

Sufficient(1) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents. They recognize partly the services of early childhood education. They know some points of the educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know partly the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show modest capabilities to describe the subjects of the course and they utilize sources very little.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents as well as the services of early childhood education on a good level. They know and identify educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show capabilities to describe the subjects of the course and to utilize sources.

Very Good (4) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents and them contents. The students are aware of different kind of services of early childhood education. They know and identifies educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show excellent capabilities to describe the subjects of the course.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5) The students are aware of principles, laws, and documents and them contents. The students are aware of services of early childhood education on a excellent level. They know and identifies educational principles of partnership and multi-professional work as part of early childhood education. The students know the basics of child care health. In written assignments, they show excellent capabilities to describe the subjects of the course and to consider them critically.