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Pre-primary Education - current trends and challenges in Europe - OEMNN1706Z

Title:	Pre-primary Education - current trends and challenges in Europe
Guaranteed by:	Katedra preprimární a primární pedagogiky (41-KPPP)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	both
E-Credits:	5
Hours per week, examination:	1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	winter:20 / 20 (20) summer:unknown / unknown (20)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D.
Class:	Předměty v angličtině - bc. Předměty v angličtině - mgr.

Opinion survey results Examination dates WS schedule SS schedule Noticeboard

Annotation -

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (10.09.2021)

The course inquiries into current trends and challenges of early childhood education and care in Europe. The course focuses on the diversity of education systems and educational reality in the Czech Republic, in countries of participating students and in other European countries. Students will be provided with key information on development trends and important topics related to current developments in pre-primary education in Europe (structures of ECEC; public policies concerning ECEC and family supporting measures; quality of ECEC; education guidelines; specific language support measures for children; outcomes, assessment and reporting; professionalisation). Part of the lessons are dedicated to topics chosen by students during previous lessons. Lessons are conducted through lectures and discussion. The outcomes of the course (after approval) are a group presentation and a comparative essay. The topic is depending on a student’s choice. Included in this course is a field trip to a faculty nursery school.

Descriptors

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (20.11.2023)

Time load (6 credits=150-180 hours):
- direct class instruction: 24 hours
- working on Moodle tasks and preparing for lessons, icl. hospitations in nursery schools: 96 hours
- preparation for the final presentation: 30 hours

Link for the online teaching: MS TEAMS

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDZiNDBkMmEtOTA5Yi00MzMzLWE3MDgtOTE0N2EzZDM0ZGRk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e09276da-f934-4086-bf08-8816a20414a2%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2297ede4ed-fc3c-4587-8e82-a4f2f9f83b98%22%7d

If you want to participate and you have touble to register into the course in MS Teams, please send an email to barbora.loudova@pedf.cuni.cz in advance - the teacher will add you to the team in MS Teams.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Literature -

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (09.09.2018)

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice. Description of national education systems. https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/national-description_en.

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice, 2017. The Structure of the European Education Systems 2017/18: Schematic Diagrams. Eurydice Facts and Figures. Luxembourg: Publications Office ofthe European Union.

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice, 2016. Structural Indicators on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe – 2016. Eurydice Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the EuropeanUnion.

OECD, 2018. Engaging Young Children: Lessons from Research about Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care, Starting Strong, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264085145-en.

OECD, 2017. Starting Strong 2017: Key OECD Indicators on Early Childhood Education and Care, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264276116-en

OECD, 2017. Starting Strong V: Transitions from Early Childhood Education and Care to Primary Education, OECD Publishing, Paris, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264276253-en.

Slot, P., 2018. Structural characteristics and process quality in early childhood education and care: A literature review, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 176, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/edaf3793-en.

http://www.msmt.cz/areas-of-work/basic-education-1

http://www.msmt.cz/areas-of-work/preschool-education

http://www.msmt.cz/areas-of-work/social-programs

http://www.csicr.cz/en/home?lang=en-us

http://www.csicr.cz/en/QL/International-Surveys

Teaching methods

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (09.09.2018)

Lessons are conducted through lectures, discussions and students´presentations.

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (16.05.2019)

Introduction to the course

Comparative Education and ECEC in Europe

Key Data on ECEC in the Czech Republic in comparison with ECEC systems in students´ countries

Public policies concerning ECEC, Film Childcare Stories,

Quality of ECEC – education guidelines, outcomes

Method Carly – practical approach

Assessment and reporting

Learning Story method

Specific language support measures for children - Kikus method

Entry requirements

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (09.09.2018)

none

Course completion requirements -

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (10.09.2021)

The conditions for the fulfillment of the course are:

1. Active participation,

2. Students prepare a presentation (individually or in a group of 2-3 students) on a specific topic of pre-primary education. The topic will be approved by the teacher of the course. They will approve the skills in working with the literature and the information databases.