The teaching methodology is developed around three pilars:

(a) offering students the opportunity to develop wide direct experience with objects, materials, and natural phenomena which are powerful contexts to work on experimentation in early years education;

(b) offering students the opportunity to design, implement, and evaluate activities and teaching sequences on experimentation in early years education through the analysis of teaching materials,classroom videos, school visits, and leading experimentation worklshops; and

(c) offering students the opportunity to reflect on the educational value of experimentation in early years education through participating in group readings and conversation with their classmates, early years teachers and other profesionals from education.

The types of activities designed include lectures presenting different points of view, field trips to explore the local environment around the UAB, work in the didactic laboratory to deepen direct observation and experimentation with materials and phenomena, and small group work focused on reflection around readings and teaching proposals. A compulsory whole-group visit will be made to a nearby Environmental Education Centre, to be determined, during regular class hours. Field trip activities are mandatory and may involve travel expenses to be covered by the student (Barcelona and/or surrounding areas). The activity may incur a cost of up to €15.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Formative Assessment (FA)

Formative assessment will be carried out throughout the teaching period, through activities combining individual and group work. To pass the module, students must obtain a minimum mark of five (out of ten) in each of the defined assessment activities. Continuous assessment is structured around the following activities and their corresponding outputs:

a) Group design and delivery of an experimental workshop (25% of the final mark): This assessment activity includes two group tutorials with the module lecturers to prepare the workshop, the development of a written workshop script, and the delivery of the workshop to the whole class.

• The script must be submitted 4 days before the workshop is held. Feedback from lecturers will be given within seven days after the workshop has been delivered.

b) Final group project (25% of the final mark): This group project involves the theoretical foundation, development and reflection on the experimental workshop. It will consist of a written report following the guidelines provided in the module outline. Particular emphasis will be placed on meaningful integration of module content, reflective capacity, creativity in the use of different formats, inclusion of class readings, critical reflection on the workshop and references to other sources such as Graó 0-6, Perspectiva Escolar, or Infància. The project must also include an individual reflection on some of the challenges the student foresees as a future teacher and how they plan to overcome them.

• The final project must be submitted two weeks after the end of each block. Feedback will be provided no later than 20 days after the last project submission from the entire class.

c) Individual portfolio (50% of the final mark):This includes: (1) A reflective theoretical introduction on experimentation, integrating the work completed during the module. (2)A selection of activities completed during the module, such as readings, experimentation tables, peer assessments, self-assessment, documentation of the experimental activity, and others. (3) Final conclusions evaluating the learning achieved in the module, following the guidelines provided in the module outline. Assessment will pay particular attention to students' ability to justify their evaluations and the appropriate integration of module content and readings.

• The portfolio must be submitted on 07 and 08 June 2027 for morning and afternoon groups respectively. Feedback will be returned no later than 20 days after the last submission from the whole class.

Single Assessmentc (SA)

Students opting for the single assessment must submit the same activities as for continuous assessment and defend them in an individual interview with the module lecturers on 07 and 08 June 2027 for morning and afternoon groups respectively. The assessment breakdown is as follows:

a) Design and delivery of an individual workshop (35% of the final mark)

b) Individual portfolio (50% of the final mark)

c) Oral defence and response to lecturers' questions (15% of the final mark)

Students under the single assessment scheme are subject to the same system for grade revision and reassessment as in the formative assessment.

Requirements and criteria for passing either formative or single assessment:

• Students must have compulsorily attended the practical sessions (seminars and field trips) and the co-assessment sessions linked to the Individual Portfolio assessment activity. Failure to meet this requirement results in a “not assessed” grade. Justification for absences explains the absence but does not excuse it.
• Students must demonstrate competent general communication skills, both oral and written, and a good command of the Catalan language. All activities will be assessed on linguistic accuracy, spelling, grammar, and formal presentation. Failure to meet these standards may result in an activity being returned as “not assessed” or marked as failed.
• Students must display attitudes compatible with the teaching profession, including active listening, respect, participation, cooperation, empathy, kindness, punctuality, non-judgement, ability to argue constructively, and appropriate mobile phone use. In group work, poor attitude by one or more members may lower their individual mark. Group members may receive different marks.
• Assessment activities must meet the formal requirements of academic work. This includes correct referencing, footnotes, quotations, and bibliographic references in accordance with APA 7 guidelines.
• Students must comply with transparency criteria regarding AI use*.
• Students must not violate the UAB’s regulations on copying or plagiarism.**

Reassessment criteria:

To qualify for reassessment, students must:

• Have been assessed in at least two out of three assessment activities.
• Have met all other assessment criteria.
• Have complied with transparency standards regarding AI use*.
• Not have committed plagiarism or copying.**

Reassessment consists of completing an additional independent task, revising previously submitted activities, or sitting a final test.

Reassessment dates for both continuous and single assessment:

• Monday 21 June 2027, 10:30–13:00
• Tuesday 22 June 2027, 18:30–21:00

The maximum mark achievable for a reassessed activity is 5 out of 10, and this mark will be averaged with the rest of the student’s assessment marks.

In both the case of Continuous Assessment and Single Assessment, students will be considered not assessable if they have not met the attendance requirement or have not provided sufficient assessment evidence. In such cases, they will not be eligible for the resit process.

This module does not include a synthesis exam.

* Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):AI tools are allowed in all activities, but restricted to support tasks such as literature or information searches, proofreading, or translation of articles in languages other than the one used for teaching. When using AI, students must clearly identify the parts generated, state the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how AI has influenced the process and final product. Lack of transparency will be considered academic dishonesty and may lead to partial or full penalties, or more serious sanctions.

** Plagiarism and copying:According to UAB regulations, copying or plagiarism in any assessment task is considered academic misconduct and will be penalised with a mark of 0 for the entire module, with no possibility of reassessment, whether the work is individual or group-based (in the latter case, all group members will receive a 0). If a student is caught copying or using unauthorised material during an in-class individual task, it will also be marked 0 with no reassessment. A task is considered “copied” when it reproduces all or a significant part of another student’s work. It is considered “plagiarised” when part of another author’s text is presented as the student’s own without citing the source, regardless of whether the source is printed or digital.