The Structure of your Course BA (Hons) EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES 2016/17 Level 4 TB1 EDUC40448 Personal, Professional & Academic Development MAV A EDUC40233 An Introduction to Young Children’s Development MAV B EDUC40504 Working with Babies MAV A ECST40078 History & Philosophy of Childhood MAV A TB2 EDUC40242 Inclusion, Rights, Policy & Practice MAV A Level 5 TB1 EDUC50235 Professional Development: Reflecting on Practice MAV A EDUC50237 Planning the Learning Environment MAV A EDUC50506 Safeguarding & Child Protection MAV B TB2 ECST50294 Leading Change in Early Years MAV A Level 6 TB1 EDUC60243 Independent Research Project MAV A EDUC60244 The Reflective Practitioner MAV A EDUC60241 Young Children’s Development: Advanced Perspectives MAV E EDUC60239 Professional Development: Leading Practice MAV A TB2 The Staffordshire Graduate and Employability The Staffordshire Graduate represents a set of qualities that the University passionately believes is necessary for success in the 21st century. The Staffordshire Graduate is a
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Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry, and initiate and out ethically sound projects, related to early childhood studies. Analysis Describe and comment upon current research, or advanced scholarship in childhood studies and critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements. Problem Solving Develop appropriate questions to achieve a solution …or identify a range of solutions….to a problem and use decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts of early childhood. Communication Communicate and analyse information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. Application Apply the methods and techniques that you have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply knowledge and understanding to devise and sustain arguments, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of Early Childhood Studies. Reflection Manage your own learning, exercise initiative, personal responsibility and demonstrate the scholarship and transferable skills necessary for employment or further training of an early years professional. Enable you to have considerable vocational experience and to acquire new competencies that will potentially enable you to assume significant responsibility within relevant early years organisations. Appendix B – Curriculum Relationship of Modules on BA (Hons) Childhood Studies Award to Staffordshire University Learning Outcomes University Learning Outcomes KU LE EN AN PS AP CO RE Level 4 (certificate) core Personal, Professional and Academic Development * * * * * * * An Introduction to Child Development * * * * * * Working with Babies * * * * * * * * Inclusion Rights Policy and Practice * * * * * * History and Philosophy of Childhood * * * * * * . . Level 5 (Diploma) core Professional Development: Reflecting on Practice * * * * * * * *