Critical Cultural Awareness in Migration societies [ECEC study program] (CCA100)
Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.
Course code
CCA100
Version
1
Credits (ECTS)
6
Semester tution start
Spring
Number of semesters
1
Exam semester
Spring
Language of instruction
English
Content
Globalization has the last decades turned national and local communities into migrant societies. ECEC is an institution in which children, guardians, parents, and staff from various backgrounds and with multiple belongings meet. This gives ECEC a key role in creating inclusion and belonging in dynamic communities influenced by local and global concerns.
The course will enrich students’ knowledge and skills for leading and guiding processes of creating belonging in children’s groups, cooperating with a diverse group of parents/guardians, finding practical, enjoyable, and efficient ways of working as professional staff requires high level of intercultural competence.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
The student has advanced knowledge of:
- the concepts of diversity, inclusion and belonging and early childhood education practices associated with them.
- The complexity of migrant societies with multifaceted identities and belongings.
- How ECEC practices and material equipment such as books, toys and art can promote inclusion and counteract hegemony.
- How to analyze children cultures and develop sociological theory of interethnic play.
- The role of kindergarten as a meeting place for children, guardians, parents, and staff, and how to create belonging for all involved.
Skills
The student can:
- give an account of, analyze, and translate theory of belonging into practice.
- Develop theory and reflect on power and privileges.
- Create communities in a diverse ECEC that enables equity, solidarity, and freedom.
- Discern power structures within languages and between language users.
- Develop the ECEC as an arena in which belonging to the local community is created for the whole family.
General competence
The student can:
- apply their research-based knowledge regarding culture, play and belonging to relevant practical situations.
- Develop and scientifically evaluate inclusive practices in encounters with children, parents and colleagues.
- detect, analyze, and counteract discriminatory practices.
- Create brave and safe spaces to enable authentic dialogues.
- Have a resource-oriented approach towards diversity.
Required prerequisite knowledge
Bachelor in Early Childhood studies
Other relevant education at Bachelor level
English skills required for course participation
Exam
| Form of assessment | Weight | Duration | Marks | Aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 1/1 | 5 Weeks | Letter grades | All |
The assignment is an essay-based exam, which can be written individually (2500 - 3000 words) or in pairs (4000-4500 words). The essay is written according to guidelines provided during the course. The content is a discussion of critical cultural awareness for school/kindergarten in migration societies.The assignment is assessed on a scale from A-F, where A-E denotes pass (A is the highest achievement) and F denotes fail.The exam is stipulated to 20 working days. The topic is developed during the five course days. The exam starts on Monday the week after the course and is due 20 working days later.AI tools such as writing bots are legal aids for assignments and exams where all aids are permitted. Please refer to the regulations on the student website - exams