Early Years (0–8) FdA Pathway or Professional Practice University of Worcester and Herefordshire & Ludlow College
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Level: 4 & 5 Attendance: Full-time (one day per week) Duration: Two years Location: HLC Hereford Campus Application: UCAS course code X312 (pathway) or X313 (professional practice) campus code C
Year 1 • The Developing Child • Health and Wellbeing • Playful Pedagogy • Introduction to Work-based Learning or Theory for Early Years Educator Foundation Graduate
This course combines academic rigour with practice-based experience to allow students to develop as reflective practitioners. The course gives applicants the opportunity of following one of two pathways: Early Years (0–8) Pathway This is the best pathway for those who already have a ‘full and relevant’ level 3 qualification. It enables you to further develop your professional practice within early years or to progress to a teaching career. Early Years (0–8) Professional Practice Pathway This pathway allows you to meet the Early Years Educator (EYE) standards and achieve ‘Full and Relevant’ status by the end of your course. This is important to employers as it lets them count you in EYFS staff: child ratios at level 3 (subject to approval). The aim of the programme is to play a significant role in the ongoing development of the early years workforce. The course aims to provide a child-centred approach as well as a framework for academic and professional skills development. The programme sits within a culture of inter-agency working. Students are expected to develop their personal and professional dispositions within a framework that supports inclusion and diversity. On successful completion of the Foundation Degree, you will be a graduate of the University and you will be equipped to apply theory to your practice. You will also be equipped to go on to study for the BA Honours Top-Up degree for Integrated Working with Children and Families. It is possible to study the top-up degree at the College’s Hereford Campus where it will be run by the University of Worcester.
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Year 2 • Childhood, a Global Perspective • Policy into Practice • Safeguarding Children’s Welfare in Early Years • Small Scale Practice-based Enquiry and Future Progression or Early Educator Small Scale Practicebased Enquiry Assessment The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments. Each module has one or more formal or ‘summative’ assessments, which are graded and count towards the overall module grade. Assessment methods include presentations, reports, posters, essays, a long study, practice-based learning portfolios, observations of children’s learning and practice-based enquiry and professional reflective journal. Assessment is directly related to current practice expectations and is integrated within all of the course’s teaching. Preparation for summative assessment is structured into teaching methods through the formative processes of active induction, guided exploration, self-organising learner and self-organised learner. You have an opportunity throughout each module to submit formative work and will receive formative, constructive feedback and feedforward from tutors (and peers where appropriate) that will support your preparation for summative assessment.
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