X1FY Early Years Education with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

Foundation degree

In Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Location

    Luton

Why study this course In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. This course will give you in-depth knowledge of Early Years education (), and children’s development in learning and thinking – taking a holistic approach to child needs. You will explore Early Years curricula, Inclusion, early representations of literacy and numeracy, leadership and management in the Early Years and reflect upon the role of adults in a child’s education. This will fully prepare you for a diverse range of professions in the Early Years, and for further, possibly postgraduate, study or teacher training. You will explore your individual inter.

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Location

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Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

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Subjects

  • Early Years
  • Numeracy

Course programme

Modular structure Level 4 introduces you to key ideas about Early Years Education and specific professional and academic skills that you will need to further develop for success in HE. In Levels 5 and 6 of the course the emphasis on lectures decreases with a higher proportion of seminar and workshop sessions. In Level 6 you will complete independent research in a topic related to Early Years Education. You will have the opportunity to choose from a range of optional units that further your own particular interests in education. Some core units require short periods of work based placement. You will be able to find your own settings for this but you are able to use suitable settings for this that already work with (for example places that have paid employment at or are volunteering in) although this is subject to ethical approval processes. Where you not have such contacts you will get support from the Education Services Team on the Bedford Campus.

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Skills and experience gained During stages one and two, you will look at the skills development and understanding of the child, and consider the child as a member of society. You will explore issues such as inclusion and disability, creativity in early years, development and learning processes, and the role of the adult in a childs education. In stage three, there is the opportunity to do a work placement and collect relevant data for analysis After the course As well as providing the background needed for application to teacher training, this course offers graduates potential career options within a wide range of careers working with children such as working in a leadership capacity in private, voluntary or independent nurseries or children’s centres, social care, education welfare, charities. Many students from this programme have returned to the University to study for Higher degrees or to undertake a Primary Teacher Training Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and/or Early Years Initial Teacher Training. Other students have progressed into Primary teacher training via SCITT (School Centred Initial teacher Training) or SDITT (Schools Direct Initial Teacher training) programmes.

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