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BA (Hons) Childhood Practice

University of the Highlands & Islands, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This fully online honors degree offers practitioners in a wide range of childhood practice settings the opportunity to gain the Scottish Social Services Council (SSC) recognized qualification to be a lead practitioner.

You will have the opportunity to relate theory to real working practice and investigate, in-depth, an area of interest to you.

The course is designed to meet the Scottish subject benchmark statement, the Standard for Childhood Practice.

On successful completion of the course, you will have acquired the skills and knowledge to move on to a lead practitioner role. Similarly, you will be well equipped to take further professional qualifications or a PGDE.

General Eligibility

  • You must have at least two years of work experience in an appropriate setting PLUS

  • A recognized SC practitioner qualification such as HNC Childhood Practice OR

  • A relevant SCQF level 7 qualification, for example Social Services: Children and Young People; Children’s Care Learning and Development/Playwork; or equivalent. For applicants without sufficient credits, modules are available to help you reach the required level

  • You must be employed within a relevant workplace environment

  • To complete Level 9 modules, you must have access to leadership activities/experiences

  • You may be required to attend a guidance interview, in person or by telephone, to discuss the course in detail and to explain the method of teaching

  • Alternative entry will be considered based on relevant professional qualifications recognized by SC plus appropriate experience

Part Time Work Details

20 hours work permit for international students

What You'll Study

1 Year 1 - DipHE

Core subjects include:

  • Assuring quality in a childhood practice setting (S2)

  • Collaboration and reflective practice childhood practice (S1)

  • Developing leadership capacity in childhood practice (S1)

  • Practitioner research in childhood practice (S2)

You will also choose two option modules which may include:

  • Adolescence: development and individual differences

  • Care and Control

  • Health psychology

  • Individual society and health continuum

  • Mentoring in education and childcare

  • Play and Childhood

  • Principles and foundations of health promotion

  • Providing a curriculum for life

  • Recognizing and challenging discrimination and disadvantage

  • Specialist provision

  • The enquiring student (mandatory option)

  • Working in partnership

  • Youth behaviour and society

2 Year 2-BA

Core subjects include:

  • Contemporary issues in childhood practice (S1)

  • Co-ordination, partnership, and integration in childhood practice (S1 + S2)

  • Developing a childhood workplace project (S1)

  • Leading change in childhood practice (S2)

  • Leading a childhood practice workplace project (S2)

  • Promoting children’s rights and inclusion in childhood practice (S1 + S2)

3 Year 3 - BA(Hons)

Core subjects are:

  • Comparative childcare: a European perspective (S1)

  • Dissertation (S1 and S2)

  • Professional reflection (S1)

You will also choose two option modules which may include:

  • Childhood and adolescent mental health

  • Comparative health studies

  • Developmental disorders

  • Disability and society

  • Food and behaviour

  • Globalized view of childcare

  • Insider and outsiders

  • Personal and professional reflection

  • Psychopathology mental health and wellbeing

  • Research with children and young people

  • The UNCRC: Investigating exploitation, youth justice, and education

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL80
  • PTE58
  • Applicants must have an IELTS score- 6.0 or equivalent

  • English (PTE) Academic-58 average with 51 in each component

  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) iBT4-Min 80 or above with min 18 in each section

Additional Information

Special features *The course offers flexible study routes which are based on previous qualifications and relevant workplace experience *On completion of the ordinary degree (BA) you will gain the SC-recognised qualification to be a lead practitioner *The course meets the Scottish benchmark statement: the Standard for Childhood Practice *The course offers the opportunity for you to specialize in areas of personal/professional interest *Modules focus on practical skills in the workplace and offer you an opportunity to link your developing professional practice with theory, current policy, and legislation *The course is delivered entirely online and can be studied from anywhere in Scotland

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