Introduction
Early Years’ schooling plays a fundamental role in setting the standards for learning and development for children. There are three major pillars of learning that need a concentrated focus in early years’ curriculum: literacy and numeracy development, physical development and personal, social, emotional development. Moreover, the early years’ curriculum needs to provide opportunities for children to understand the world around them through creative and thoughtful connections between classroom and the real world. Making children inquisitive, critical thinkers, expressive and able bodied communicators are other important elements that need substantial space in the curriculum. The course will give an enriching experience to early years’ educators through focused discussions on the mentioned aspects.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to
- Inspect the domains of children’s learning
- Examine the fundamental aspects for inclusion in the early years’ curriculum
- Define developmentally appropriate practices for early years’ education
- Analyze stages of language and literacy development
- Examine the correlation between cognitive and physical development
- Consider social-emotional development as fundamental to learning
- Negotiate ways to connect learning with real life
- Explore techniques to make children creative and critical thinkers
- Discuss teacher/family relationships, including ways to communicate and involve families in early childhood education programs
- Examine developmentally-appropriate assessment strategies for early years
- Create positive learning environments along with various guidance techniques for young learners
- Inspect strategies for inclusive early years’ classroom
Modules
- Curriculum fundamentals for early years
- Language and Literacy development
- Correlation between physical and cognitive development
- Social-emotional development in early years
- Making children creative thinkers
- Connecting learning with real life
- Connecting school and family
- Positive learning environments for early years
- Developmentally appropriate assessment practices
- Inclusive classrooms
Course Structure
Delivery mode: Online
Number of modules: 10
Total Duration of course: 17 hours (15 hours of instruction + 2 hours of assessment)
Duration of each module: 3 hours per week (1.5 hours, twice a week)
Timings: Tuesdays and Thursdays (4:00 pm – 5.30 pm)
Duration of Teaching: 15 hours (3 hours per week for 5 weeks)
Assessment: Final presentations 6th week (2 hours)
