Educational Processes and Learning (0-6 years)
Code: 102023Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood Education | FB | 2 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Maria Teresa Mas Parera
- Email :
- teresa.mas@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
In order to follow this course properly it is recommended that the student has completed the first year course: Personality Development (0-6 years)
Objectives
The course aims to contribute towards an understanding of the teaching and learning processes in children from 0-6 and a consideration of the child as a whole, and to stress the importance of interaction and social comunication as key factors in their learning and development. The course explores in greater depth the context worked on during the first year of the Personality Development course.
The basic learning objectives are:
-To understand the educational and learning processes for these children in the family, school and social contexts
-To understand and be able to critically analyse the function, possibilities and limitations of education and learning in contemporary society, as well as the basic skills needed by educators of this age group.
-To understand the educational identity of this stage in the child’s development in order to promote the adquisition of habits with regard to autonomy, liberty, curiosity, observation, experimentation, immitation, acceptation of rules and limits, and symbolic and heuristic play, within the context of the family, school, or other services which attend to this age group.
-To analyse the psychopedagogical dimension of the interaction with peers and adults from an integrated and holistic perspective in which the child plays the lead role in its learning, constructing its own knowledge from social interaction.
To achieve these goals observations and interviews will be conducted in order to be able to analyse various aspects of the educational process, the activities in which they participate, and the interactionswhich occur.
Learning outcomes
- Understand the educational and learning processes in the 0-6 period in the family, social and school context.
- Know the fundamentals of early care.
- Knowing how to promote the acquisition of habits related to autonomy, freedom, curiosity, observation, experimentation, imitation, the acceptance of rules and limits, and symbolic and heuristic play.
- Properly express oneself orally and in writing and master the use of different expression techniques.
- Reflecting on classroom practices based on observation in order to innovate and improve the teaching task.
- Recognising the identity of the stage and its cognitive, psychomotor, communicative, social and emotional characteristics.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the aims, curricular contents and criteria of evaluation of Infant Education
- Promoting and facilitating learning in early childhood, from an overall perspective and integrating the different cognitive, emotional, psychomotor and volitional dimensions.
- Promoting the autonomy and the uniqueness of each child as factors educating the emotions, feelings and values in early childhood.
- Understand models of communication, participation and family, school and environment relationships.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of nursery schools and other services for early childhood and the diversity of actions involved in their operation.
- Know about different teaching and learning strategies and know how to choose the most suitable at all times.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role, possibilities and limits of education in today's society and core skills that affect nursery schools and their professionals.
- Master social skills in dealing and relating with colleagues and other professionals.
- Understand the pedagogical dimension of interaction with peers and adults and learn to promote participation in group activities, cooperative work and individual effort.
- Explain the explicit or implicit code of practice of one's own area of knowledge.
- Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern the exercise of the profession.
- Analyse the indicators of sustainability of academic and professional activities in the areas of knowledge, integrating social, economic and environmental dimensions.
- Propose ways to evaluate projects and actions for improving sustainability.
- Identify the social, economic and environmental implications of academic and professional activities within one's own area of knowledge.
Contents
1. Teaching and learning in early childhood:
1.1 Complex views of educational processes.
1.2. Explanatory theories and models of teaching-learning processes
1.3. Key elements of educational and learning processes
2. Interaction and social communication: family, school and environment
2.1. The involvement of the family in the school.
2.2. The educational potential of the environment.
3. Being and acting as a teacher
3.1. Educational strategies
3.2. The assessment of learning
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self and coevaluation | 8 | 0.32 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 |
| Supervised | 22 | 0.88 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.6 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 |
| Autonomous | 75 | 3 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 |
| Directed | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
This subject has a student workload of 150 hours divided into: 75 independent work, 22 hours of supervised work, 8 hours of assessment and 50 hours of face-to-face classes divided into 30 hours in large group sessions and 15 hours in seminar sessions. The competences and the methodological option adopted require a participatory aptitude, which specifically in attendance and active participation in the classroom, the predisposition to conceptual changes, the work of prior reading of the texts that are worked on in class classroom and collaborative work with people in small work groups.Both in face-to-face classes and in tutorials, the active participation of the student individually, in pairs and in teams will be encouraged.ON-SITE ACTIVITIES IN LARGE GROUPS: Approach to the contents and basic questions of the syllabus in order to facilitate the autonomous activity of the student and give a global view of the contents of the subject. It is carried out with the whole class group and allows the exposure of the main contents through open and active participation by the students.ACTIVITIES IN SEMINAR FORMAT: Small group work spaces supervised by the teaching staff where through the analysis of documents or multimedia materials, the follow-up of practical group works of observation and interviews, the resolution of cases or various activities deepen the contents and topics worked on in the large group.An off-campus class will be held to provide a learning context.The subject proposes a work with Service Learning (APS) methodology through which the students are trained by participating in a project aimed at solving a real need.Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written test | 40 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| individual work | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| works group | 30 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
The assessment of the course will take place throughout the academic year through the activities outlined in the table below. In line with the teaching methodology and formative activities, attendance at face-to-face classes (lectures and seminars) is mandatory (80%).
In order to pass the course, each of the course's assessment activities must be passed. Some of these activities will take place in the classroom, so attendance and participation are required to successfully complete the course.
The assessment activities are as follows:
- Individual written test: practical classroom cases will be presented on June 8 (G61) and June 11 (G62).
- Group work: two group assignments will be carried out throughout the semester (one at the beginning with a weight of 15% of the grade and one at the end with a weight of 15% of the grade)
- Individual assignment: a specific piece of work on a play proposal will be completed (in the month of May)
- Make-up exam: written test on June 22 (G61) and June 25 (G62).
Students who have followed the course properly (attendance, participation, and submissions) and still have some specific aspect not achieved will be given the opportunity to pass the course by improving some of the submitted activities, completing an additional autonomous task and/or taking a written test. The maximum grade for the make-up evaluation will be 5. Only students who have failed (either group or individual activities) with a mark of 3.5 or higher may take the make-up evaluation; students with a \"Not Presented\" (NP) mark may not.
Failure to pass each of the assessment activities will mean that the minimum requirements have not been met, and the student will fail the course. The final grade will correspond to the grade of the failed activity or the average of the failed activities.
Students who have not regularly followed the course but have submitted any ofthe assessment activities will be considered as having failed.
Students who do not submit any assessment activities will receive a \"Not Presented\" (NP) grade. As previously mentioned, if a student completes even one of the assessment activities, they will be considered as presented and, therefore, will be required to complete all remaining assessments. If not, the unsubmitted activity will be considered as failed.
Even though some activities may be completed in small groups, grades will be assigned individually, so not all group members will necessarily receive the same grade.
SINGLE ASSESSMENT. Students opting for single assessment will take one exam and submit one individual assignment on June 8 (G61) or June 11 (G62), coinciding with the exam day. If they fail either the exam or the assignment, the make-up will take place on June 22 (G61) or June 25 (G62). The exam will count for 70% of the final grade and the individual assignment for 30%.
The teaching staff will discuss the assessment results with the group and/or individually. Tutorials may be requested by the staff or by the student. These will be scheduled within the time frame outlined in the course schedule. Feedback on assessment activities will be provided within a maximum of 10 days.
To pass this course, students must demonstrate, in the proposed activities, good overall communication skills, both oral and written, and good command of the language(s)used in the course, as specified in the course guide.
In accordance with UAB regulations, plagiarism or copying in any assignment or written test will result in a grade of 0 for the entire course, with no option to retake it. This applies to both individual and group work (in which case, all group members will receive a 0). If, during the completion of an individual in-class task, the lecturer suspects that a student is attempting to cheat or is found with any unauthorized material or device, the task will be graded with a 0, with no possibility of recovery, and the student will fail the course.
Special cases, doubts, suggestions, etc., should be addressed to the relevant lecturer. Students will receive a response to their questions or grades within a maximum of 4 working days.
For this course, the restricted use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for bibliographic or informational searches. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using such technology. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in assessed activities will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in partial or total penalization of the activity’s grade.
The assessment of this course follows the General Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines of the Faculty of Education Sciences, in accordance with the agreements of the Academic Planning Committee dated April 28, 2011, June 4, 2014, and May 28, 2015.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Agudelo, L.; Pulgarin, L. & Tabares, C. (2017). La Estimulación Sensorial en el Desarrollo Cognitivo de la Primera Infancia. Revista Fuentes, 19(1), 73-83.
Aliberas, J., Gutiérrez, R., & Izquierdo, M. (1989). Modelos de aprendizaje en la didáctica de las ciencias. Revista Enseñanza de las Ciencias, 7(2), 121–127.
Bassedas, E.; Huguet, T. & Solé, I. (1998). Aprendre i ensenyar a l’educació infantil. Graó Editorial.
Carballo, A. & Portero, M. (2018) 10 ideas clave. Neurociencia y educación. Aportaciones para el aula. Graó Editorial.
Gardner, H. (1993). Inteligencias múltiples: La teoría en la práctica. Paidós.
Goleman, D. (1996). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. Bantam Books.
Mallart, J. (2008). Didáctica de la motivación. En A. de la Herrán Gascón & J. Paredes Labra (Coords.), Didáctica general: La práctica de la enseñanza en educación infantil, primaria y secundaria (pp. 177–195). McGraw‑Hill Interamericana.
Resnick, M. (2025). Aprenentatge creatiu: aprendre tota la vida com a la llar d'infants. Bubok editorial.
Robinson, K., & Aronica, L. (2015). Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education. Viking.
Rueda, Ch. (2021). Educar la atención con cerebro. Alianza Editorial.
The bibliography has been selected under the criterion of coeducation
Papers:
Guix, Aula de innovación educativa, Cuadernos de pedagogía, Perspectiva escolar, Infància, etc.
Websites:
Generalitat de Catalunya: Departament d'Educació
Àrea d'Educació de la Diputació de Barcelona
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia http://www.educacion.es/portada.html
UNICEF
Portal xtec
Associació de mestres Rosa Sensat
DECET. Xarxa europea per la diversitat en l'educació i laformació per a la primera infancia
Portal edu3
Portal Edu365
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Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 61 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 62 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (SEM) Seminars | 611 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (SEM) Seminars | 612 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (SEM) Seminars | 613 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (SEM) Seminars | 621 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (SEM) Seminars | 622 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (SEM) Seminars | 623 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |