FD (Arts) Early Years Services

Module: 4CF002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: The Bournemouth and Poole College; Sandwell College; City of Wolverhampton College; Telford College; Walsall Campus

This module will expand your knowledge and understanding of the development of babies and young children from birth to eight. You will explore historical and contemporary theories relevant to different aspects of child development by drawing on research and literature. There will be a focus on children’s holistic development, in particular brain development, physical growth, as well as social and emotional development. As part of your learning you will be encouraged to consider factors that may affect the lives of babies and young children in relation to their growth and development, such as the complexities of family life and risks within the environment.

Module: 4CF012

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: City of Wolverhampton College; Telford College; Walsall Campus; The Bournemouth and Poole College; Sandwell College

This module will provide you with the opportunity to question and evaluate the role of play in childhood by examining historical and contemporary theories and concepts. You will also explore the body of knowledge that has accumulated in recent years, which identifies the importance of play as a fundamental right for children. You will be required to use your placement/workplace experience to investigate the role of play in curricula frameworks, the family as well as explore international perspectives. You will also examine your own principles and values in relation to working with children to facilitate play activities by researching the role of the professional, the use of play spaces and planning and assessment. This will enable you to gain knowledge of ways to develop quality play provision and how the quality of play can be evaluated.

Module: 4CF005

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: City of Wolverhampton College; The Bournemouth and Poole College; Telford College; Sandwell College; Walsall Campus

As part of your learning on this module you will be introduced to current debates around safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. You will be encouraged to explore how policy, legislation and research evidence inform safeguarding practice. You will also consider the roles and responsibilities of all professionals to safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults, and as part of this you will be encouraged to reflect on how professionals need to work together. You will explore how risk is managed and how families are supported by multi-agency teams, to ensure the well-being of all children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Module: 4SN002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Telford College; Sandwell College; City of Wolverhampton College; The Bournemouth and Poole College; Walsall Campus

This work-based module aims to provide you with an understanding of the links between the development of your professional skills and current research and theory relating to reflective practice. A 'reflective practitioner' is someone who, at regular intervals, looks back at the work they do, and considers how they can improve. They 'reflect' on the work they have done. In this module you will be able to examine models of reflective practice that will help you to reflect on the development of new skills by evaluating the outcomes of your learning in relation to your academic study and workplace experiences. You will also consider the wider implications relating to your workplace experiences by drawing on research and literature to explore policy and guidance that informs your practice when working in educational settings.

Module: 5ED002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Sandwell College; The Bournemouth and Poole College; Walsall Campus; Telford College; City of Wolverhampton College

Research is not just for researchers: as active members of our profession, and indeed society, we all are affected by the research of others. Learning how to conduct your own research gives insight and understanding into such work, and improves your skills as a scholar and as a practitioner. This module prepares you for a successful personal research dissertation in level 6. You will be introduced to a range of techniques and theories on how to gather information, make sense of it, and report it in an effective way.

Module: 5CF011

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: The Bournemouth and Poole College; Sandwell College; Telford College; City of Wolverhampton College; Walsall Campus

In this module you will explore how babies and young children develop their communication, language and literacy skills. You will gain an understanding of how social and cultural aspects influence the role of the adult in supporting children’s communication, language and literacy development. As part of this module, you will also critically evaluate different ways in which children learn to communicate, and develop language and literacy skills and the range of pedagogical approaches which can support development. You will also analyse how adults interact with children to develop their language, literacy and communication skills. You will have the opportunity to develop your own professionalism and decision making based on your own value systems.

Module: 5CF016

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: The Bournemouth and Poole College; City of Wolverhampton College; Sandwell College; Walsall Campus; Telford College

This module aims to increase your understanding, knowledge and the practical skills required to work with babies, young children and their families. You will learn about policy and health standards to achieve the health and wellbeing of babies and young children in early year’s settings. You will also gain of knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of an early year’s practitioner when promoting health and wellbeing. By drawing upon literature and research you will develop a critical understanding of the importance of creating a healthy environment, and how you can meet the needs of individual children to enhance their health and wellbeing. This will include the development of planned activities and interventions that promotes babies and young children's health wellbeing and safety that enable them to flourish.

Module: 5CF013

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Telford College; Sandwell College; City of Wolverhampton College; Walsall Campus; The Bournemouth and Poole College

Within this module you will develop a critical understanding of how children learn, the role of the adult and how learning environments can influence children’s understanding of the world around them. You will compare theories, concepts and principles of children's learning by drawing upon literature and research. In this module you will learn about children's cognitive development and you will be able to apply these theories to practice in early years settings. You will also be able to critically evaluate aspects such as child centred and adult directed pedagogy, creativity and critical thinking, children's choice and needs. You will be able to analyse different teaching and learning approaches which are part of the curriculum for children up to eight years.

Module: 5CF004

Credits: 20

Period: 3

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus; City of Wolverhampton College; Sandwell College; Wolverhampton City Campus; The Bournemouth and Poole College

This module aims to provide you with the opportunity to extend your skills of reflection to inform your work-based practice. You will be able to engage in ideas about the importance of reflection and how it is an essential process for transforming experiences into genuine learning. This module will enhance your ability to assess your own values, goals, and progress and you be able to evaluate the development of your personal and professional skills through critical reflection of your own learning experiences in practice. As part of your learning on the module you will explore a range of theoretical ideas and concepts that relate to practice within educational settings, such as pedagogy, engaging parents and multi-agency working to inform your reflection.

Module: 5CF017

Credits: 20 ection and how it is...