Course aims:

to use correctly and in various contexts the specific terminology in psychopedagogy of early education and small schooling;
to build educational projects, based on coherent didactic strategies, which stimulate the integral development of children's personality;
to identify didactic methodologies specific to early education and small schooling, used in European countries;
to select and apply the methods of didactic strategies for early education and small schooling, specific to Romania and other European countries;
to develop design models by applying the educational solutions used in European countries and adapted to the Romanian specific;

Course Entry Requirements:

• Basic knowledge in the field of didactics of preschool education and of the small schooling acquired during the degree studies, through professional experience and / or in non-formal or informal learning contexts.

Course contents:

1.Introduction to modern teaching. - The concept of didactics. Development directions. - The object of study of the didactics. non-formal or informal learning. 2. The educational process, theoretical and practical reference of the didactics. 3. Trends in modern teaching 4. Characteristics of didactics from a cognitive perspective 5. Interactive training - a current challenge in Romanian pedagogical theory and practice 6. Methodological benchmarks for operational interactive pedagogy 7. The importance of professional development in the teaching career

Teaching methods:

Lecture, Conversation, Video media

Learning outcomes:

grade

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Volume and accuracy of knowledge The scientific rigor of language Content organization

Recommended reading:

Dun, W., Best Practices Ocupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings., Thorofare, New Jersey, 2011,
Brewer. J. A., Introduction to early childhood education,, Allyn and Bacon., Boston, 2001,
Minder, M., Didactica funcţională, Editura ASCR,, Cluj- Napoca, 2011,
Marzano, R., Arta şi ştiinţa predării,, Editura Trei,., Bucureşti, 2015,