CC511011 Early Childhood Education and Care I

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Education

Lecture Code CC511011 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 幼児教育学I

Subject Name
（Katakana）ヨウジキョウイクガクI

Subject Name in
English Early Childhood Education and Care I

Instructor NAKATSUBO FUMINORI

Instructor
(Katakana) ナカツボ　フミノリ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Tues5-6：EDU K203

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture-oriented, Exercise-oriented, Discussion

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 07 : Education

Eligible Students

Keywords Invisible Pedagogy　Theory and Practice of Early Childhood Education and Care　Specialty and originality of Early Childhood Education and Care

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Educational Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Having acquired bases of educational studies; Philosophy of Education, History of Oriental Education, History of Western Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Method, Adult and  Continuing Education, Educational Administration and finance,Comparative Education, Educational Management, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education and so on.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Do you remember your childhood? Needless to say, kindergartens or daycare center have no classes, textbooks, report cards and chime. What is important is that there are several activities where children can take a more challenge than they could, get excited, voluntarily be absorbed in playing while feeling safe and comfortable. That means the early childhood education and care seems to be an obscure “invisible pedagogy” from outside. It is not clear whether it is an education, or just playing. Therefore, the role of the early childhoodteachers tends to be underestimated.  Different from elementary teachers who actually give classes, they sometime seem to be just playing with children.
On the other hand, the early childhood education and care incorporates various kinds of invisible educational elements. Children who are absorbed in playing have much potential learning power.  Therefore, early childhood teachers should support these children’s activities and environment reading the issues and situation on the spot, and make an instant appropriate decision whether they should speak to the children, and support them, or do not do anything (just watching) on purpose.
This course makes approaches to the essence of early childhood education and care, or the “invisible pedagogy”, and highlights the theory of early childhood education and care along with the specific real cases as much as possible.

Class Schedule lesson01: Orientation（TC）
lesson02: Early childhood education and care that reflects culture（TC）
lesson03:  Assessing quality in early childhood education and care and development of children（TC）
lesson04: Sustained shared thinking and emotional well-being scale for 2-5 year olds provision（AL）
lesson05: Effective learning through well-being and involvement（TC）
lesson06: A process-oriented self-evaluation instrument for care setting（AL）
lesson07: The comparison of early childhood education and care between Japan, US and China: Amazing Japanese Mimamoru Approach as the teachers' professionalism（TC）
lesson08: Promoting the problem solving by young children: Do you intervene immediately or No?（AL）
lesson09 Play makes us human: What is the high quality of play for young children?（TC）

llesson10: Play makes us human: "Class competition" in early childhood education and care: Do you think appropriate or inappropriate?（AL）
lesson11: 100 languages of children：Reggio Emilia Approach（TC）
lesson12: The early childhood teachers as a emotional labor（TC）
lesson13:  Why do the early childhood teachers call children a group name? ：Ethnography of kindergarten（AL）
lesson14: How to Prepare for the Early Childhood Education Exam（AL）
lesson15: Examination

（1）Examination is implemented in the final class.
（2）Reflection card: Write a short comment about the class after every class.  Write your own idea with your own words.
（3）Brief report: a short report writing is conducted from 2 to 4 times in the terms to make a readiness and reflection of the class. All submissions are conducted by WebCT.

TC：Teacher Centered and Lecture-oriented with audio‐visual material
AL：Active Learning class with group works

Text/Reference
Books,etc. （1）Lectur-style: Mainly analyzing video images and making discussions
（2）Types of audiovisual aids used: Video, DVD, Closeup camera, KEY NOTE, etc.
（3）Usage of video and DVD: 5-10 min. for each video and DVD
（4）Textual information of video and DVD: Subtitles, Practical guide, etc. are prepared"

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Materials provided in class, Screen image （Video/PC/Other image materials）

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Advice is given in class accordingly.

Requirements 1 Absences or lateness will cause a student to accrue grade reduction points. Don' t be late for your class because lateness distract teachers mind during classes and impede student's learning.
2 Keep in mind that the grade of F will be given for the student due to more than one-third school absences. "

Grading Method The following items are evaluated comprehensively
（1） attendance in class, positive participation, Tardiness
（2） Reflection card （25％）
（3） Brief report （25％）
（4） Examination （50％）

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message This class focuses on cutting-edge research trends related to practices and research of childcare and child education, and explain them to be understood easily even to beginners. Please enjoy the features of child education as "Invisible education" in this class.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Education
Lecture Code	CC511011	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	幼児教育学I
Subject Name （Katakana）	ヨウジキョウイクガクI
Subject Name in English	Early Childhood Education and Care I
Instructor	NAKATSUBO FUMINORI
Instructor (Katakana)	ナカツボ　フミノリ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Tues5-6：EDU K203
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture-oriented, Exercise-oriented, Discussion
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : Education
Eligible Students
Keywords	Invisible Pedagogy　Theory and Practice of Early Childhood Education and Care　Specialty and originality of Early Childhood Education and Care
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Educational Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・Having acquired bases of educational studies; Philosophy of Education, History of Oriental Education, History of Western Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Method, Adult and Continuing Education, Educational Administration and finance,Comparative Education, Educational Management, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education and so on.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Do you remember your childhood? Needless to say, kindergartens or daycare center have no classes, textbooks, report cards and chime. What is important is that there are several activities where children can take a more challenge than they could, get excited, voluntarily be absorbed in playing while feeling safe and comfortable. That means the early childhood education and care seems to be an obscure “invisible pedagogy” from outside. It is not clear whether it is an education, or just playing. Therefore, the role of the early childhoodteachers tends to be underestimated. Different from elementary teachers who actually give classes, they sometime seem to be just playing with children. On the other hand, the early childhood education and care incorporates various kinds of invisible educational elements. Children who are absorbed in playing have much potential learning power. Therefore, early childhood teachers should support these children’s activities and environment reading the issues and situation on the spot, and make an instant appropriate decision whether they should speak to the children, and support them, or do not do anything (just watching) on purpose. This course makes approaches to the essence of early childhood education and care, or the “invisible pedagogy”, and highlights the theory of early childhood education and care along with the specific real cases as much as possible.
Class Schedule	lesson01: Orientation（TC） lesson02: Early childhood education and care that reflects culture（TC） lesson03: Assessing quality in early childhood education and care and development of children（TC） lesson04: Sustained shared thinking and emotional well-being scale for 2-5 year olds provision（AL） lesson05: Effective learning through well-being and involvement（TC） lesson06: A process-oriented self-evaluation instrument for care setting（AL） lesson07: The comparison of early childhood education and care between Japan, US and China: Amazing Japanese Mimamoru Approach as the teachers' professionalism（TC） lesson08: Promoting the problem solving by young children: Do you intervene immediately or No?（AL） lesson09 Play makes us human: What is the high quality of play for young children?（TC） llesson10: Play makes us human: "Class competition" in early childhood education and care: Do you think appropriate or inappropriate?（AL） lesson11: 100 languages of children：Reggio Emilia Approach（TC） lesson12: The early childhood teachers as a emotional labor（TC） lesson13: Why do the early childhood teachers call children a group name? ：Ethnography of kindergarten（AL） lesson14: How to Prepare for the Early Childhood Education Exam（AL） lesson15: Examination （1）Examination is implemented in the final class. （2）Reflection card: Write a short comment about the class after every class. Write your own idea with your own words. （3）Brief report: a short report writing is conducted from 2 to 4 times in the terms to make a readiness and reflection of the class. All submissions are conducted by WebCT. TC：Teacher Centered and Lecture-oriented with audio‐visual material AL：Active Learning class with group works
Text/Reference Books,etc.	（1）Lectur-style: Mainly analyzing video images and making discussions （2）Types of audiovisual aids used: Video, DVD, Closeup camera, KEY NOTE, etc. （3）Usage of video and DVD: 5-10 min. for each video and DVD （4）Textual information of video and DVD: Subtitles, Practical guide, etc. are prepared"
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Materials provided in class, Screen image （Video/PC/Other image materials）
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Advice is given in class accordingly.
Requirements	1 Absences or lateness will cause a student to accrue grade reduction points. Don' t be late for your class because lateness distract teachers mind during classes and impede student's learning. 2 Keep in mind that the grade of F will be given for the student due to more than one-third school absences. "
Grading Method	The following items are evaluated comprehensively （1） attendance in class, positive participation, Tardiness （2） Reflection card （25％）（3） Brief report （25％）（4） Examination （50％）
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	This class focuses on cutting-edge research trends related to practices and research of childcare and child education, and explain them to be understood easily even to beginners. Please enjoy the features of child education as "Invisible education" in this class.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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