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| PEDA0069-1 | Question and practice of young child education
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Florence Pirard |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The course aims to raise students' awareness of educative practices led daily with young children in pre-primary school settings, the questions that they raise, and closely-related approaches to observation and analysis. The course will identify the educational directions of different pedagogical trends and action models likely to provide the basis for practice and educational projects for young children in contemporary pre-primary settings (Loczy, Cresas, approach based on Malaguzzi's works, the work of the DECET network, etc.). It positions educational questions and challenges in their historical and political-administrative context. The course encourages students to question what can be considered as evidence, to identify tensions and even contradictions inherent in the field, to analyse and understand the transformation of a sector where the educational dimension is today of ever increasing importance. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course will enable students to:
- identify the main developmental challenges in terms of education in childcare services and have a better understanding of the different fonctions of a childcare service (educational, economic and social),
- develop their observational skills in relation to activities (games, care, etc.) of young children in their daily lives in pre-school settings based on a variety of material (video, photos, etc.) and to question the image of young children which emerges from this,
- analyse the conditions of childcare services which support the activity and contribute to the well-being of young children; to question how the relationship between childhood professionals and families evolve,
- question the organisational principles behind educational conditions in childcare services, based on different models of action and reference documents.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| none |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Through the proposed activities, each student elaborates a portfolio in which he documents the evolution of his representations about:
- his image of the young child,
- the educational conditions set up in the childcare services,
- the educational specificities in early years education
He identifies an educational situation observed in a childcare service and analyses it on the basis of given references and his personal research. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is based on different activities:
- thematic presentations,
- analysis of documents (articles, legal texts, psycho-pedagogical references, establishment projects, etc.).
- observations based on video and photographic material,
- interviews with professionals in the sector (in the context of a field visit).
The first session will be devoted to presenting the class and explaining the outline of the course. Time will be set aside to present the objectives of the portfolio requested of students and the support guide produced by the trainer.
Following sessions will successively cover the political-administrative context, the educational project, and the educational action models.
In October, a visit to a crèche will be organised as an extension of the session on the educational project. This visit is compulsory. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A reading portfolio will be made available to students. It will include articles, extracts from reference documents and a bibliography which will allow students to deepen their reflection, as well as summary notes compiled by the lecturer. Powerpoint presentations will subsequently be made available. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment will be based on a portfolio developed by the student through the activities proposed and submitted to the trainer by 16th, December.
This portfolio will allow students to set out their understanding of the field of education of young children (motivation, experience, questions, etc.), to document their thoughts and their analysis work.
This will show how each student's ideas evolve in relation to young children in childcare services and the educational conditions to be met.
This will demonstrate the student's skills in identifying and analysing an educational situation which they have identified through their reading, the analysis of reference documents, observations and interviews with professionals.
It will encourage students to take a critical approach not only to the situation in question but also to their own learning and approach to the field through self-assessment.
The trainer will make available to students a support tool to elaborate a portfolio.
Assessment criteria:
- respect for instructions given for creating the portfolio,
- precision and rigour in presenting the educational situation observed,
- relevance of the analysis of the situation observed making reference to contextual elements and content presented during class,
- the relationship between theory and practice.
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Organizational remarks :
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| On-line elements: support tool to elaborate the portfolio. |
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Contacts :
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| Florence Pirard, lecturer, contactable by preference by email florence.pirard@ulg.ac.be (office opposite the lift, B32, 2nd floor)
Pascale Camus, assistant, contactable by preference by email (office 2.1., b32, 2nd floor). pascale.camus@ulg.ac.be
Jasna Vorgic, secrétaire (B32, office 2.4b 2nd floor) jasna.vorgic@ulg.ac.be |
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