Early Childhood (Part-time with our Centre for Lifelong Learning)

Bachelor's degree

In Coventry

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Coventry

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Our new Early Childhood programme offers you the chance to combine your study with work and family commitments. You might be an early years educator, a parent, a grandparent or a health worker, or simply wish to extend your knowledge and understanding about Early Childhood.

Our foundation degree helps you to develop a range of academic, professional and key skills.

If you wish to take your study further, the degree will also offer you a preparation towards an Honours Degree and is an important pathway to the BA (Hons) Early Childhood.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Coventry (West Midlands)
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University Of Warwick, CV4 7AL

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Achieve a University of Warwick degree
Gain knowledge and understanding of early childhood
Build up your confidence as a scholar and professional
Progress to an Honours degree
Be on a recognised pathway towards further certificated professional status, e.g. Early Years Teacher Status, Qualified Teacher Status
Progress onto the BA (Hons) degree course. This progression route to the BA (Hons) Degree has four pathways; Early Childhood, Early Childhood (Leadership), Early Childhood (Teaching, Learning and Assessment) and Early Childhood (Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability).

Professionals working in organisations where expertise in early childhood would be beneficial
Early years practitioners in childminder, private, voluntary and independent settings, and schools
Teaching and learning support assistants, classroom assistants and nursery assistants working in free schools, maintained schools, nurseries and other educational settings
Other adults, including health workers, fathers, mothers and grandparents involved in supporting children's learning, welfare and development

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent is desirable and GCSE grade C is a distinct advantage
Applicants are normally interviewed by the course selector

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Subjects

  • Foundation
  • Contemporary
  • Safety and Risk
  • Researching
  • Educational
  • Leadership
  • Teaching
  • Global Context
  • Methodologies
  • Assessment

Course programme

You will be advised on the best optional modules to take in order to make your degree have a specialism.

Level 4 Core Modules
  • Foundations for Learning
  • How Children Learn and Develop from Birth
  • Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood
  • Policy into Practice in Early Childhood
Level 5 Core Modules
  • Safety and Risk in Learning Spaces
  • Researching Early Childhood
  • Inclusion and Special Educational Needs and Disability in Early Childhood
Level 5 Optional Module
  • Leadership in Early Childhood
Level 5 Optional Module
  • Teaching Learning and Assessment in Early Childhood
Level 6 Core Modules
  • Early Childhood in Global Context
  • Research Methodologies in Early Childhood
Dissertation
  • Early Childhood Investigations
  • Early Childhood Investigations (Significant focus on Inclusion and Specail Educational Needs and Disability)
  • Early Childhood Investigations (significant focus on Leadership)
  • Early Childhood Investigations (significant focus on Teaching, Learning and Assessment)

Early Childhood (Part-time with our Centre for Lifelong Learning)

Price on request