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Early Childhood Education and Care in Finland

Early Childhood Education and Care in Finland . Janniina Elo Project coordinator , PhD Student University of Tampere. ECEC in Finland every child’s subjective right = A ccess to child care and kindergarten is for every child. Client Fees in ECE.

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Early Childhood Education and Care in Finland

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  1. EarlyChildhoodEducation and Care in Finland Janniina Elo Project coordinator, PhDStudent University of Tampere

  2. ECEC in Finland everychild’ssubjectiveright=Access to childcare and kindergartenis for everychild

  3. Client Fees in ECE • Are based on the size and income of the family • Max. fee 250 €/ child/month • Free of charge for low income families • Client fees cover about 15 % of child care costs

  4. Child - adultratios in ECE * 1 adult to 7 children for 3-6 year old children in child care centres. * 1 to 4 children for children under 3 years * 1 to 13 children in part-time kindergarten * 1 to 4 in family day care

  5. Teachers’ qualifications: In child care: • Teachers have either Bachelor’s degree (3 yrs) from the university or degree from polytechnical school (3 yrs) • The otherstaff is required to have at least a secondaryleveldegree in education In kindergarten / pre-primary: • Bachelor’s or Master degree Primary school teacher • Master’sDegree (5 yrs)

  6. NATIONAL CURRICULUM GUIDELINES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE IN FINLAND • The National Curriculum Guidelines serves as a basis for local - municipal - curricula and for the curricula implemented in the child care centres and other forms of ECEC, such as family day care. • Aims to promote the provision and the quality of ECEC on equal terms throughout the country • Steers the planning, development, and the evaluation of the content of the activities

  7. Pedagogy in practice • Parents and teachers in co-operationdrawupan educationalplanfor every single childaccording to child’sneeds, interests and hisdevelopmentalchallenges • Teachersupports and superviseschild’slearning and individualdevelopment in a childcaregroup ”In ECEC, it is important to underline the intrinsicvalue of childhood, to fosterchildhood, and to help the child to develop as a humanbeing.”

  8. Finnish ECEC is based on: • Teacher’spedagogicalawareness • Parentteacherpartnership • Joy of learningconnected to children’severyday life • Children as meaningmakers • Child-centeredpedagogy • Play & peerinteraction • Leadership and qualityassessment ”Children play for the sake of playing, and at best, play cangivethemdeepsatisfaction. Althoughchildrendonot play in order to learn, theylearnthrough play.”

  9. Evaluating the Quality of the Child Care in FinlandWhat parents and teachers emphasize in ECEC? (Hujala, Fonsén, & Elo 2012)

  10. Assessmentsbyqualityfactors

  11. Thankyou for yourinterest!Janniina.elo@uta.fi

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