Early Years Foundation Degree

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Early Years Foundation Degree

Banbury and Bicester College
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Description

The course is designed for practitioners who are working in early years settings, for example in pre-schools, nurseries, children’s centres, with families or in schools, who would like to build on their practical experience in the workplace. It will examine theories of child development, play and learning, psychology, sociology and health care with a cultural, national and international perspective.

Please note that as programmes are reviewed regularly, the module list may vary from that shown here:

Year 1
• Studying Policy and Practice
• Learning, Development and the Foundation Stage
(including child development 1)
• Inclusion
• Communication, Language and Literacy in the

Foundation Stage
• Mathem…

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The course is designed for practitioners who are working in early years settings, for example in pre-schools, nurseries, children’s centres, with families or in schools, who would like to build on their practical experience in the workplace. It will examine theories of child development, play and learning, psychology, sociology and health care with a cultural, national and international perspective.

Please note that as programmes are reviewed regularly, the module list may vary from that shown here:

Year 1
• Studying Policy and Practice
• Learning, Development and the Foundation Stage
(including child development 1)
• Inclusion
• Communication, Language and Literacy in the

Foundation Stage
• Mathematical Development in the Foundation Stage
• Exploring and Learning

Year 2
• Child Development 2
• Roles of other professionals
• Physical Care and Health Issues
• Management in Early Years Settings
• Safeguarding Young Children
• Research Policy and Practice

Teaching and learning experience

The programme will be delivered using a variety of techniques including lectures, seminars, workshops and web based material. A considerable amount of your learning will take place in the workplace through the supported tasks and projects we will set for you. You will study areas such as child development, communication, language and literacy, inclusion, health, and management issues in early years. You will be asked to reflect on your own practice, within the current environment of research and policy and there will be time for discussion of issues which you may find challenging in this context.

Resources

You will be provided with a suitably equipped place to work when attending college, which will include access to specialist staff, IT facilities and other learning resources which will be appropriate for the nature of work you will be required to undertake. Additionally, the College offers a wide range of other resources and facilities including additional learning support, which will be available to you, further details of which can found in the Higher Education Student Handbook.

As well as being enrolled at Banbury and Bicester College you will also be registered and enrolled with Oxford Brookes University and so will benefit from the same facilities and services as the on campus students. These include: use of Brookes’ libraries, Centre for Sport and Students’ Union, study support and mentoring and professional advice and information from Brookes’ Career and Employment Centre.

Study support

If you do not have a recognised disability or specific learning difficulty, but feel that you require additional support with your studies, you may be eligible to access some discrete sessions in one of the following areas:
• Assistive software training
• IT up skilling
• Essay planning and structure
• Proof reading and editing written work
• Bibliographies and referencing
• Time management and personal organisation
• Revision and exam tips
• Presentation techniques

N.B. Your eligibility for any of the above support will be reviewed with your course tutors and a member of the study support team on your campus.

The programme has been designed in conjunction with employers and will therefore build on your current experience in an Early Years setting. It reflects a growing interest in the importance of education of very young children, bringing together clear links between theory and practice through underpinning knowledge and practical skills, in a broader environmental context.

Students will normally be in employment and must be able to continue working in an appropriate setting whilst undertaking the Foundation Degree programme. Each application will be considered on an individual basis following the University principle of widening access to those who might not have the traditional academic entry criteria to degree level awards. Normally the requirement would be:
• An appropriate A level or vocational A level
• NVQ Level 3 or other appropriate vocationally related NQF Level 3 qualification
• An advanced Modern Apprenticeship in Early Years or another appropriate subject
• a current acceptable CRB and Occupational Health clearance

Admission with credit

Applicants with prior certificated or experiential learning may be admitted with credit for up to a maximum of 120 credits at level 4.

English language

Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate that their level of English is acceptable, by achieving a score in a recognised test such as:
• an IELTS score of 6.0 overall

Upon successful completion of the Foundation Degree, graduates will be able to progress towards a full honours degree (BA Hons) at Oxford Brookes University or Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)

A wide range of courses are available at Oxford Brookes for continued professional development (CPD).

Destination of graduates

As this is a new programme, there are no available destination statistics, however, it is expected that students will use the programme to enable them to enter employment in a relevant specialist area and/or progress onto a university or college that enables them to ‘top up’ their FdA to a full BA (Hons) degree.

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