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Advanced Early Years Specialism (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice) – (Grad.Cert.)
Oxford Brookes University
School of Education
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
The course is designed for head teachers, managers, early years or foundation stage co-ordinators and experienced practitioners who have initial training in the Early Years or the Oxfordshire Early Years Specialism award or equivalent.
Why Brookes?
The School of Education at Oxford Brookes is one of the largest Schools of education in the UK, combining high quality teaching and significant research and consultancy activity in an outstanding location, with superb sporting, recreational and study facilities.
As a Postgraduate student you will be joining a University which is widely regarded as a major contibutor to the improvement of education and learning, locally and nationally. The School of Education is a focal point for lively, informed debate on education through its seminar and lecture programmes, including the high profile Oxford Education debates. We are proud to be co-sponsors of the Oxford Academy, a community secondary school, where Oxford Brookes staff and students provide practical support to pupils and teaching staff.
We work in close partnership with hundreds of schools and colleges and other organisations.
Our 110-acre Harcourt Hill campus offers all the benefits of a complete academic community on one site. You will be working with highly regarded academics who are at the forefront of their subjects. Drawing on our cutting-edge, research-led teaching, our courses will advance your knowledge and develop your professional skills. Academics work alongside students from a wide range of backgrounds, and with the support of a caring and efficient administrative staff, provide a rich and diverse intellectual and social environment.
Contents
This is a three module course leading to the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice: Early Years.
* Learning and Development in the Early Years
* The Contribution of Research to Early Years Practice
* Management in the Early Years
Learning and Development in the Early Years
Content includes:
* learning in a social context
* self esteem and the development of values and identity
* the development of empathy, social understanding and relationships
* biology and the emotions – traits and predispositions
* language acquisition and the development of communication skills
* learning through the body
* learning to think, plan and problem solve
* imagining, mulling and the development of creativity
* the development of moral and spiritual understanding.
The Contribution of Research to Early Years Practice
Content includes:
* approaches to researching the developing brain
* sampling, recording and analysing young children’s language
* frameworks for observing children (e.g. the EAL study) and analysing children’s movement
* experimental and quasi experimental studies of effective provision
* ethnographic studies of social interaction
* international comparisons of contexts for the education and care of young children
* ensuring children and their parents have a voice in the research process
* ethical issues in the collection of data on young children.
Management in the Early Years
Content includes:
* recent theories of leadership, management and motivation
* national and international policy perspectives in early childhood
* group work and decision making
* analysis of the how organisations function
* working across agency boundaries.
As our courses are reviewed regularly, course content and module choices may change from the details given here.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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English language requirements
If English is not your main language then you will also need to show that your English is at a high enough level to succeed in your studies. You will need IELTS IELTS 6-7 (normally with 6.0 in Reading and Writing and a minimum of 5.5 in Listening and Speaking); TOEFL internet-based test 80-100 (with minimum scores in each section) or equivalent, depending on the course you have chosen to study. For more information see your course details.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
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