| CODE | EPE3006 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Social Issues in Early Education | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Early Childhood and Primary Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will provide information about social issues which children in early education can face and the services which exist to address them. Through delivery of information, discussion and reflection, the students will become more aware of possible social problems and how to access services which can support the children and their families in receiving the help they need. The study-unit will expose the students to the profession of social work, how it operates, its value base and the processes it uses to address certain problems. It will also provide information about social work and legal terminology which is used in the sector. Study-unit Aims: This unit aims to: 1. help the students become more familiar and comfortable with the social sector; 2. encourage the students to reflect on possible social issues their students may face; 3. help the students learn how to support the students and their families who may be making use of non-monetary welfare services; 4. facilitate the students' collaboration with the welfare sector when they need to access it. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - become more aware of the social problems which children may face; - become acquainted with social services and how they operate; - develop an understanding of the basic social work and legal concepts which guide the sector; - become aware of the core values which guide the social sector. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - contribute to the identification of social problems which children may be facing; - collaborate with any helping professionals providing services to the children and their families; - contribute to the processes undertaken by helping professionals to help the children and their families. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main texts: - Duca Palmer, S. (2011). Social work and child services (Ed.). USA: Apple Academic. - Munro, E. (2008). Effective child protection. (2nd Ed.) London: Sage. |
||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
|
||||||||
| LECTURER/S | Beverley Abela Maria Zahra |
||||||||
|
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
|||||||||