EDUO1020 Finnish early education and pedagogy: right to play, learn and participate (1 op)

Finnish early childhood education legislation, different levels curriculums, main principles of pedagogy.

After this course you are familiar with
- the Finnish early childhood education system and it´s main principles and values
- different levels of early childhood education and care (ECEC) curriculum (national, local, individual curriculum)
- the meaning of play in Finnish ECEC system
- the principles of child-centered pedagogy, meaning of educational partnership, teamwork and learning environment.

Instructive videos, online articles, web-sites and learning material.