Early Years Education and Care (with Graduate Practitioner Competencies) (Hons)

Overview

We have designed this course to equip you with the Graduate Practitioner Competencies  you need for employment within the early years sector. The theoretical and practical modules you study will equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience required to meet these competencies.

You will benefit from studying alongside students on related courses. Together you will learn about:

• How children and young people develop

• Child protection and safeguarding requirements

• How specific groups of learners may be labelled and stereotyped, leading to marginalisation and exclusion

• Mental health in children and young people

• The impact of issues such as disability, socio-economic status, trauma and abuse on development and education

The specialist knowledge you will gain by choosing this course includes:

• Identifying and reflecting on the knowledge, skills and values needed to work in the early years sector

• Historical and global approaches to early years education and care, evaluating their influence on today’s professional practices

• Challenges in leadership and management in the early years sector, considering different styles and approaches to leading and managing

Career

This Early Years Education and Care (with Graduate Practitioner Competencies) (Hons) course at York St John University is ideal if you would like to work with children in. If you want to teach in a school you could also take this route by studying for a Primary PGCE. 

The skills and knowledge you gain could also lead to a career as a:

• Family support worker

• Social worker

• Police officer

• Local government or housing

• Health worker

• Play therapist