Course code

TPL6041.HR

old course code

TPL6041

Course title in Estonian

Koostöö lastevanematega ja perekonna nõustamine

Course title in English

Cooperation with Parents and Family Counselling

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide knowledge of possibilities and forms of cooperation between the kindergarten and family; through various practical activities, to reinforce skills of counselling and cooperating with families necessary for a kindergarten educator.

Brief description of the course

Home and kindergarten as growing environments. Family and kindergarten as cooperation partners. Principles of educational partnership: respect, trust, listening, and dialogue. Educational partnership as: competent interaction; shared educational goal; supporting the child. Communication between educators and parents, teamwork. Various possibilities and forms of cooperation. Family education and counselling. Development discussions in kindergarten.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Knows the regularities, individual features of child development, can assess child’s development; can cooperate with other teachers and parents and counsel parents in educational matters;
Knows cooperation forms between home and a childcare establishment and its practical implementation possibilities; has knowledge in carrying out a progress interview

Teacher

MA Evelyn Neudorf

Study programmes containing that course

Early Childhood Education (TPALB/14.HR)
Early Childhood Education (TPALB/13.HR)