Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
![Early Childhood Education and Care [Tallaght] - TU989](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UcUT7kGNWww/sddefault.jpg "Early Childhood Education and Care [Tallaght] - TU989")
If you’re interested in working with children and finding out how they develop and learn, are eager to study different cultures, languages and diversity in the world, and enthusiastic about making a difference in children’s lives, this course will suit you.
It explores the varied approaches to early childhood education and care, including child development, child psychology, sociology of childhood, art, drama and music, equality, diversity and inclusion, language acquisition, health and well-being, and safeguarding children.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Child Development
Drama Movement
Sociology Childhood
Health Wellbeing Early Years
Child Centred Practice
Skills Success Higher Education
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
