Diverse and Entangled : Student Perspectives on Participating in Finland’s First Early Childhood Education and Care Bachelor’s Program in English
Helenius, Kember (2023)
Helenius, Kember
2023
Bachelor´s Programme in Educational Studies, Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher
Kasvatustieteiden ja kulttuurin tiedekunta - Faculty of Education and Culture
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2023-04-19
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202304143741
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202304143741
Tiivistelmä
Tampere University’s Early Childhood Education and Care bachelor’s program in English is the first of its kind offered in Finland. The students making up the Tampere University (TUNI) Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) program in English are an amazingly diverse group representing different countries, family backgrounds, and life experiences. The lives of the students were entangled together as they navigated their academic situation and a COVID pandemic. Their experiences with each other coupled with the education provided at Tampere University allowed them to see differences and to understand those differences through personal engagement thus creating a rich academic learning experience that is called Internationalization at Home.
The purpose of the research was to discover the students’ motivations and perspectives on enrolment and participation in Tampere University’s ECEC bachelor’s program. The motivations for applying for the program and their experiences with 1) Internationalized Curriculum, 2) Extracurricular Activities, and 3) What Global, International, and Intercultural competencies were learned.
Results showed that the students learned Global International and Intercultural competencies by working with each other being supported by teachers in the program using an internationalized curriculum. More work is needed in the area of Extracurricular Activities to actively support Internationalization at Home between the Finnish language ECEC students and the participants in the English language program.
The purpose of the research was to discover the students’ motivations and perspectives on enrolment and participation in Tampere University’s ECEC bachelor’s program. The motivations for applying for the program and their experiences with 1) Internationalized Curriculum, 2) Extracurricular Activities, and 3) What Global, International, and Intercultural competencies were learned.
Results showed that the students learned Global International and Intercultural competencies by working with each other being supported by teachers in the program using an internationalized curriculum. More work is needed in the area of Extracurricular Activities to actively support Internationalization at Home between the Finnish language ECEC students and the participants in the English language program.
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