Early Childhood Education

Course Objectives

• Acquire an understanding of early childhood programmes

• Appreciate the integrated role of learning, development and curriculum programmes

• Identify the features of effective early childhood programmes

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and the childcare worker in relation to programme practice

• Appreciate the relationship between the planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes

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• Assessment Structure

• Skills Demonstration (60%)

• Project (40%)

Course Structure

• The relationship between early childhood education and childcare

• The role and status of play in children’s learning and development

• The relationship between learning and development

• The relationship between learning and experience

• The purpose of early childhood programmes in education and care settings

• Early childhood programme model

• Features of effective early childhood programmes

• Interaction skills and the learning process

• Early childhood programme development and implementation

• The role and responsibilities of the supervisor in programme development and implementation

• The role and responsibilities of the childcare worker in programme practice

• Programme Planning

• Evaluation techniques to review the planning, development and implementation of early childhood programmes