Course MET2104 · Year II · Autumn 2022-2023

Educational alternatives

Compulsory course in Psycho-pedagogy of Early Education and Small Schooling, taught by Letiția Muntean - Trif.

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Overview

Lecturer
Letiția Muntean - Trif
Seminar tutor
Letiția Muntean - Trif
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Education Sciences - Masters
Field of study
Psycho-pedagogy of Early Education and Small Schooling
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture,Conversation,Video media
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.

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 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

Learning outcomes

grade

Assessment

Volume and accuracy of knowledgeThe scientific rigor of languageContent organization

Recommended reading

Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education (6th Edition)
Janet, Gonzalez-Mena
Publisher Merrill,, -, 2012
Understanding Waldorf Education: teaching from the inside out.
Petrash, J.
Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2008
Introduction to early childhood education,
Brewer. J. A
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 2001