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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The brains of children grow at the most extraordinary speed when they are still in the first six years of their life. It draws experience from the environment, and the synaptic connections of their brain are made based on those experiences. Hence, it is important to provide such experiences to children that would help them lay a strong foundation as well as nurture the right qualities in them.
This course of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) offered by Swayam helps the interested candidates to explore these aspects with the help of different pedagogical methodologies such as designing portfolios, gaining experiences through thorough practice as an intern as well as assignments and discussions, that would help the candidates to become the best early childhood care, providers.
Along with that, the candidates also make use of several study materials provided by Swayam such as the online Q&A forum, which not only solves their doubts but also inculcates higher-order thinking skills.
The Highlights
- Systematic Approach
- Online Classroom
- Completed Courses
- Best-In-Class Instructors
- Regional Languages Available
- Easy Credit Transfer
- 15 weeks course duration
Important dates
Course Commencement Date
Start Date : 09 Jan, 2025
End Date : 30 Apr, 2025
Enrollment Date
End Date : 28 Feb, 2025
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 24 May, 2025
Programme Offerings
- Weekly Assignments
- Active local chapters
- Proctored exams
- Audio/video lectures
- Interviews with experts
- Question-Answer Forums Reading Materials.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore |
Eligibility Criteria
Certification Qualifying Details
Those candidates who want a certificate in the ECCE programme by Swayam must procure 30% in the course assessments and 70% in the proctored exam that take place at the end of the term.
What you will learn
The major learning outcomes of the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme are:
- Recognise the foundational and theoretical underpinning of early care and learning
- Apply the implications in providing a suitable learning environment
- Understand the types and benefits of the early play
- Analyse the strength of play way approach for the overall development of the child
- Describe the principles of programme planning
- Acquire the skill set in the planning and administration of an ECCE centre.
Who it is for
This course of Early Childhood Care and Education is targeted towards the following candidates:
- Students who are pursuing their post-graduation in Home Science, Human Development, Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, Literature, and any other related fields.
- Candidates who are passionate about serving and caring for young children
- People who intend to start a new preschool/playschool/daycare or update an existing pre-school
- Those who want to take up a career as a teacher in a pre-school
- Want to improve their admission counselling skills
- Prospected parents who want to learn efficient ways of bringing up their own child.
Admission Details
The following mentioned are the steps that the candidates should adhere to before registration in the course.
Step 1) Go to the course webpage.
Step 2) A registration link should be visible on the website. Click on that to register yourself. If it is not visible, log into the website using your login details.
Step 3) In case the registration link is still not visible, the candidates need to wait and keep checking the website for further updates about a registration.
Step 4) After clicking on the registration link, make sure that you provide the right details and pay the registration fee.
The Syllabus
- ECCE in India
- Principles of growth and development and interrelatedness of the domains of development
- Brain development in early years
- Theoretical foundations and its implications towards learning and development in early years - Behaviourism and social learning
- Theoretical foundations and its implications towards learning and development in early years – Piaget’s Cognitive developmental theory
- Theoretical foundations and its implications towards learning and development in early years – Information processing and Gardner’s’ MI
- Theoretical foundations and its implications towards learning and development in early years - Ecological and socio-cultural perspective
- Objectives and Principles of ECCE
- ECCE concerns
- Concept, meaning and benefits of play
- Types of play and its values - Part 1
- Types of play and its values - Part 2
- Learning and developing holistically through play
- Curriculum of play way approach – supporting communication skills
- Curriculum of play way approach – supporting early literacy and numeracy
- Curriculum of play way approach – supporting reading skills
- The planning process – Long term, medium term and small term
- The planning process - Reviewing and evaluating planned themes and activities
- Setting up early learning environment – indoor
- Setting up early learning environment – outdoor
- Meaning and concept, general types of pedagogical techniques and strategies
- Pedagogy in relation to ECE – Positioning, Empowering, Scaffolding
- Pedagogy in relation to ECE – Co-constructing, Modelling, Questioning
- Pedagogy in relation to ECE – Encouraging and praising, Problem solving, Documenting
- Guiding principles and suggestive developmentally appropriate practices for birth to three years – Part 1
- Guiding principles and suggestive developmentally appropriate practices for birth to three years – Part 2
- Guiding principles and suggestive developmentally appropriate practices for three to six years – Part – 1
- Guiding principles and suggestive developmentally appropriate practices for three to six years – Part – 12
- Recognizing dispositions, skills, attitudes, knowledge and understanding of children
- Creating a strong emotional foundation
- Principles of assessment
- Why, what, and when to assess
- Assessment tools and strategies
- Key people in the assessment process – ECCE provider
- Key people in the assessment process – Parents and family
- Assessment information – Planning the next step in learning
- Meaning and importance of effective transition
- Strategies to promote effective transition- to enable the child to be ready to learn
- Strategies to promote effective transition- to facilitate parent to support child’s transition
- Strategies to promote effective transition- to assist the school to be ready for the child.
Instructors
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
The whole course is categorized into five units which are further categorized into 40 modules, spread over 15 weeks of duration. This is an ongoing, core course for specialising in the field of education.
The references and books that are relevant to this programme are as follows:
Sue Bredekamp (2014), Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation (3rd Edition), Pearson Publications
Kaul. V., (2009). “Early Childhood Education Programme”. National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through age eight, 3rd Edition, Editors - Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp
A certification will be provided to all the participants once they clear the exam with 30% marks in the course assessments and 70% in the proctored end term exams. This Certification will be provided by the host institute Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore.
There are various facilities that will be extended by Swayam for the candidates to receive the appropriate information. Some of these are audio as well as video lectures, reading materials that are downloadable, tests and quizzes so that the candidates can assess themselves, and, doubt clarifying facilities in the form of online question and answer forums.
Apart from paying a certain registration fee, there are no other charges for taking up this course. The eligibility criteria, however, must be checked before going for this course.
There are nine national coordinators that are linked to Swayam. They are:
- UGC
- CEC
- NIOS
- NCERT
- NITTTR
- IGNOU
- IIMB
- NPTEL
The main objective of this programme, as well as Swayam, is to provide quality education for all, especially the underprivileged. It runs with the belief that this programme can act as a bridge between the privileged and the underprivileged so that none of the students is left behind.
This course of Early Childhood Care and Education does not require any previous knowledge as the contents of this course are appropriate to provide the required skills. However, this is a post-graduate level course, so an undergraduate degree in some fields is recommended to the candidates.