Type of course: |
Compulsory |
Language of instruction: |
Romanian |
Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English |
Name of lecturer: |
Letiția Muntean - Trif |
Seminar tutor: |
Letiția Muntean - Trif |
Form of education |
Full-time |
Form of instruction: |
Class / Seminary |
Number of teaching hours per semester: |
42 |
Number of teaching hours per week: |
3 |
Semester: |
Autumn |
Form of receiving a credit for a course: |
Grade |
Number of ECTS credits allocated |
5 |
Course aims:
to use correctly and in various contexts the specific terminology in the psycho-pedagogy of early education and small schooling, from the perspective of educational alternatives;
to identify specific teaching methodologies for the educational alternatives used in Romania and in the European countries;
to propose new opportunities for addressing educational alternatives in the teaching process, in general, and in early education and in small schooling, in particular;
to select and apply the methods of teaching strategies specific to each educational alternative for early education and small schooling;
to build educational projects, based on coherent didactic strategies, which stimulate the integral development of children's personality;
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. Educational alternatives: premises, evolutions and theoretical arguments 2. The educational alternative Step by step - theoretical and applicative perspectives 3. Montessori educational alternative - theoretical and applicative perspectives 4. Educational alternative Curative pedagogy and Waldorf - theoretical and applied perspectives 5. Educational alternative Jena Plan - theoretical and applied perspectives 6. The theme of institutional evaluation of educational alternatives
Teaching methods:
Lecture,Conversation,Video media
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Volume and accuracy of knowledgeThe scientific rigor of languageContent organization
Recommended reading:
Janet, Gonzalez-Mena,
Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education (6th Edition), Publisher Merrill,
, -
, 2012
Petrash, J.,
Understanding Waldorf Education: teaching from the inside out., Floris Books
, Edinburgh
, 2008
Brewer. J. A,
Introduction to early childhood education,, Allyn and Bacon
, Boston
, 2001