Study Guide

Objective

Learning objectives:

The student
- is familiar with the purposes, objectives and forms of operation of Finnish early childhood education
- knows and recognises the starting points of a child’s growth and development and the support a child needs for development and learning
- can describe the service systems for supporting development and learning
- can support children and families while taking the principles of cooperation with the parents into account

Content

Contents:
- Early education system and the governing legislation
- Early education environments and operating culture
- Cooperation with parents
- Multi-professional cooperation
- Supporting children’s development and learning

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Fail (0)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student does not know or recognize the starting points of the child's growth and development or the needs for development and learning support. The student does not understand the principles and significance of cooperation with parents and multidisciplinary work.

Professional activities:
The student does not understand the child's age-appropriate developmental and learning support needs. The student does not know the importance of interprofessional and cooperation with parents. The student does not recognize different early childhood education environments or the operating culture of early childhood education.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is unaware of the professional importance of inclusion and fairness. The student does not understand work practices that increase safety. He is unaware of the professional ethical values ​​that should be followed with children, families and professionals.

Satisfactory (1)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student knows and superficially knows the starting points of a child's growth and development, as well as the needs for development and learning support. The student has a very weak understanding of the principles and significance of cooperation with parents and multi-professional work.

Professional activities:
The student has a very poor understanding of the child's age-appropriate developmental and learning support needs. The student knows little about the importance of interprofessional as well as cooperation with parents. The student weakly recognizes different early childhood education environments and the operating culture of early childhood education.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is poorly aware of the professional importance of inclusion and fairness. The student has little understanding of work practices that increase safety. He is poorly aware of professional ethical values ​​when working with children, families and professionals.


Satisfactory (2)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student knows and identifies some of the starting points for a child’s growth and development and the needs for development and learning support. The student understands to some extent some principles and meanings of cooperation with parents and multidisciplinary work.

Professional activities:
The student understands some of the child’s age-appropriate developmental and learning support needs. The student knows the meanings of interprofessional and cooperation with parents. The student recognizes to some extent different early childhood education environments and the operating culture of early childhood education.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is aware to some extent of the professional meanings of inclusion and fairness. The student understands some work practices that increase safety. He understands some professional ethical values ​​when working with children, families and professionals.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3):

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student knows and identifies the key starting points for a child's growth and development, as well as the needs for development and learning support. The student has a fairly broad understanding of the principles and meanings of co-operation with parents and multi-professional work.

Professional activities:
The student has a fairly good understanding of the child's age-appropriate developmental and learning support needs. The student mainly knows the importance of interprofessional and co-operation with parents. The student identifies different early childhood education environments and the operating culture of early childhood education.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is aware of the professional importance of inclusion and fairness. The student understands and examines work practices that increase safety well. The student is aware of the professional ethical values ​​that must be observed with children, families and professionals.

Good (4)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student knows and recognizes the starting points of the child's growth and development, as well as the needs for development and learning support. The student understands the principles and significance of cooperation with parents and multidisciplinary work.

Professional activities:
The student has a good understanding of the child's age-appropriate developmental and learning support needs. The student knows the importance of multi-professional and co-operation with parents on a wide scale. The student recognizes very different early childhood education environments and the operating culture of early childhood education.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is well aware of the professional importance of inclusion and fairness. The student understands and examines work practices that increase safety in a variety of ways. The student is aware of the professional ethical values ​​that must be observed with children, families and professionals.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student knows and recognizes the starting points of the child's growth and development, as well as the needs for development and learning support, excellently. The student understands very well the principles and significance of cooperation with parents and multidisciplinary work.

Professional activities:
The student understands very well the child's age-appropriate developmental and learning support needs. The student knows the importance of interprofessional and co-operation with parents very extensively. The student recognizes different early childhood education environments and the operating culture of early childhood education excellently.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is very aware of the professional importance of inclusion and fairness. The student understands and examines work practices that increase safety in a very versatile way. The student is well aware of the professional ethical values ​​that must be observed with children, families and professionals.