International Perspectives on Current Trends and Challenges in Pre-primary Education - OPN03Q107B

• Title: International Perspectives on Current Trends and Challenges in Pre-primary Education
• Guaranteed by: Katedra preprimární a primární pedagogiky (41-KPPP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (25.02.2020)

The course inquiries into current trends and challenges of early childhood education and care in Europe. The course content follows the subject Comparative Education taught in the same semester, for theoretical information and allows students to gain experience with the implementation of the comparison of selected aspects relating to pre-primary education. Students will actively work with information sources of the European Commission, OECD, UNESCO, etc. The course focuses on the diversity of education systems and educational reality in European countries. Students will focus on development trends and important topics related to current developments in pre-primary education in Europe. Part of the lessons are dedicated to topics chosen by students during previous lessons. Lessons are conducted through lectures, discussion and active work with information sources. The outcomes of the course are group presentations. Themes: 1) Structures of ECEC and public policies concerning ECEC, resp. pre-primary education. 2) Family supporting measures from international perspective. 3) Aspects of Quality in ECEC. 4) Education guidelines and their developments from international perspective. 5) Specific language support measures for children. 6) Outcomes, assessment and reporting in pre-primary education.

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Loudová Stralczynská, Ph.D. (25.02.2020)

Andreas Schleicher. Helping our Youngest to Learn and Grow: Policies for Early Learning, International Summit on the Teaching Profession, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264313873-en

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

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice. The Structure of the European Education Systems 2019/20: Schematic Diagrams. Eurydice Facts and Figures. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.

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

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice. Eurydice Brief: Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice. Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe – 2019 Edition. Eurydice Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.

LOUDOVÁ STRALCZYNSKÁ, Barbora. Právo na šanci: předškolní výchova v Německu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, 2016. 327 stran. ISBN 978-80-7290-927-8.

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

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

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

Learning resources

Last update: PhDr. Eva Koželuhová, Ph.D. (26.02.2020)

Odkaz na kurz v Moodle je: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=9244 (heslo pro hosta je akreditacePPV2020).