Study Guide

Objective

The student identifies key laws related to a child's growth, development and learning. He / she is aware of the importance of child empowerment and inclusion for the child's growth, development and learning, and is able to strengthen child empowerment and inclusion. The student knows what a child’s play skills consist of at different ages. She recognizes the importance of play and physical activity as well as children’s peer culture for a child’s development. The student is able to tell about the development of the child's interaction and social skills and is able to support them. The student is able to justify the importance of pedagogy in the child's holistic growth, development and learning. The student is able to assess both the factors that have a positive effect on the child's development and learning and the factors that slow down or endanger development and learning.

Content

- The child's growth, development and learning
- Strengthening the child's empowerment and inclusion
- The importance of play and physical activity
- Children's peer culture
-Development of a child's interaction and social skills
- The role of pedagogy in a child's growth, development and learning

Location and time

The exam is done in kampustalo´s exam-room.

Materials

Koivula, M. & Siippainen, A. & Eerola-Pennanen, P. (toim.) (2017). Valloittava varhaiskasvatus: Oppimista, osallisuutta ja hyvinvointia. Tampere: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Vastapaino Oy, s. 7 – 177 ja 283 – 322.

Köngäs, M. (2019). Tunneäly varhaiskasvatuksessa. Jyväskylä: PS-Kustannus.

Pulkkinen, Lea. Ahonen, Timo., Kuoppala, Isto. (toim). Ihmisen psykologinen kehitys. (2023) PS-kustannus, s. 12 – 141. For those reading the e-book, the section starts with a foreword and the last section to be read is Middle Childhood. The Youth chapter is no longer part of the exam area.

This literature can be found also in e-material.

Teaching methods

This course is part of the Early childhood education studies.
Independent study. Exam.

Employer connections

Does not include practical training.

Exam schedules

Independent Exam. Exam is done by using Exam-room in Kampustalo.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student identifies some issues related to a child’s growth, development, and learning. She is familiar with some of the factors involved in strengthening a child’s empowerment and inclusion. The student is able to tell to some extent about the development of a child's play and is familiar with the concept of children's peer culture. He / she is able to define some of the factors involved in a child's interaction skills. The student recognizes the importance of pedagogy in relation to a child's growth, development and learning.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the main factors influencing a child's growth, development and learning and is able to describe these factors using theoretical knowledge. The student is able to tell about the importance of a child's empowerment and inclusion in the child's growth, development and learning, and is able to point out ways to strengthen the child's empowerment and inclusion. The student knows what the child's play skills consist of at different ages. He / she recognizes the importance of play and physical activity as well as the peer culture of children in the child's development and is able to bring this knowledge to the fore with reference to theory. The student is able to tell about the development of the child's interaction and social skills and is able to support them. The student is able to evaluate the importance of pedagogy in connection with a child's growth, development and learning. He recognizes the connections between different factors.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to analyze the factors influencing a child's growth, development and learning with the help of educational and developmental psychological theories. He / she is able to explain the importance of the child's authority and involvement in the child's growth, development and learning, and is able to point out the different ways of strengthening them by analyzing them. The student knows what the child's play skills consist of at different ages and is able to explain in a variety of ways the importance of play and physical activity as well as children's peer culture for the child's development. The student is able to point out the factors related to the development of the child's interaction and social skills with reference to the theory and is able to support them in various ways. The student is able to explain in a versatile way the importance of pedagogy in a child's growth, development and learning. He / she is able to analyze a child's development from the perspective of the laws of growth and learning on the one hand and as an individual developmental process on the other. The student is able to analyze and justify the factors that positively affect the child's development and learning, as well as the factors that slow down or endanger it. He has the ability to analyze the connections between different factors in a variety of ways.

Qualifications

previous studies are not required

Further information

The Study Course has to be done before other Early Childhood Studies.