Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding Module 1: Early childhood education 1. At the end of the course the students will possess the knowledge of the roots and the main conceptual references of the early childhood education, with particular focus on the concept of care. 2. Students will know the essential elements of the Italian and European services for early childhood (0-3). 3. Students will have developed an adequate understanding of the critical issues concerning the meaning of education in the 0-6 age range, starting from the analysis and elaboration of their images of child, family, learning, educational relationships. Module 2: Early childhood pedagogy laboratory 1. Students will have a deep understanding of the main theories and approaches in early childhood education. 2. Students will be able to identify and analyze their enactment and their connections with the developmental theories. Applying knowledge and understanding Module 1: Early childhood education 1. At the end of the course, the students: will be able to outline a pedagogical analysis of educational practices and models in childcare services. 2. Students will be able to contextualize their educational intervention in relation to the needs of the child and the environment and to self-evaluate in the exercise of educational practice. Module 2: Early childhood pedagogy workshop 1. The students will learn to use the pedagogical concepts and framework they have learned to assess a child’s learning process and to analyze educational environments and practices 2. The students will learn to use the pedagogical concepts and framework they have learned to interact with parents.