Early Years: Foundation Degree FdA
Facts about Early Years: Foundation Degree
| Year of entry | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Qualification | FdA |
| Application route | 2 years full-time employment-based: apply through UCAS (code X110) Please include the relevant campus code on your application form: Kingston College (K); NESCOT (O); NEWTEC (U); Richmond College (R); Brooklands College – Ashford campus (P); West Thames College (W); Whitefield Schools and Centre (X); South Thames College (S); South Thames College – Merton campus (M) |
| Modules | Module Listing |
About this course
Why choose this course?
If you are currently working in an Early Years setting and want to gain a qualification that will help your professional progression, this sector-endorsed, work-based course enables you to 'learn as you earn' by combining workplace learning with part-time study at a local college.
What you will study
The course curriculum covers all areas of the care and development of children that you need for working in an Early Years setting. The course offers routes for:
- Teaching assistants
- Nursery nurses
- Nursery managers
- Learning support assistants
- Childminders
- Childcare workforce development officers
Module listing
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
Year 1
- Personal and Professional Portfolio
- Child Development 1
- Assessment and Assessment Systems
- Inclusive Education and SEN in Early Years
- Multi-professional Perspectives
- Child Protection
- Providing Information to Support Decision Making
- Action Research and Portfolio 1 (to include data collection)
Year 2
- Child Development 2: International Perspectives
- Evaluating and using ICT to Support Children's Learning and Development
- Develop your own Resources
- Work-based Learning
- Working with Parents to Enhance Children's Learning and Development
- Action Research and Portfolio 2 (double module)
- Action Research
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Related to this course:
- Children's Special Educational Needs Foundation Degree FdA
- Early Years: Education and Childcare BA(Hons) top-up
- Early Years: Management and Leadership FdA
- Early Years: Teaching BA(Hons) top-up
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