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BA in Early Childhood Care and Education
Why study the BA in Early Childhood Care and Education at MIC?
Mary Immaculate College offers
a four-year honours degree programme in Early Childhood Care and Education for those interested
in gaining excellent training and a highly-regarded qualification in this most rewarding and challenging area. The BA ECCE degree programme
is a full-time programme designed to provide exciting and challenging training for those interested in working with young children, from birth to six years of age, in a range of educational settings. Mary Immaculate College, with its long tradition of excellence in teaching and learning in the early years, has designed this honours degree programme in Early Childhood Care and Education in response
to contemporary developments in the field of early years education both in Ireland and internationally.
The College recognises that quality provision in the early years is crucial in facilitating each child’s development towards their full potential. According to Síolta,
the National Quality Framework
for Early Years’ Education: “The competencies, qualifications, dispositions and experience of adults, in addition to their capacity to reflect upon their role, are essential in supporting and ensuring quality experiences for each child. This demanding and central role in
the life of the young child needs to be appropriately resourced, supported and valued.” (Centre for Early Childhood Development and
Education, 2006). The benefits accruing from quality early childhood care and education apply to all children, but as research shows, the benefits
are particularly significant for children with additional needs
and children from areas of socio- economic disadvantage. This programme focuses on the holistic care and education of young children in a variety of settings.
Mary McMahon
BA in Early Childhood Care & Education
The BA in Early Childhood
Care & Education has so much to offer to anybody who has
a genuine love of children
and who wants to work with children in the early years.
This programme encompasses all you need to know about children and ECCE from Child Development to Sociological Perspectives, from Child Health to Partnership with Parents.
The programme provides placements where students
can gain experience and put
the theory learned in lectures into practice. The programme also offers opportunities for students to design activity plans and carry out these activities during placement. MIC offers the best ECCE programme
out there and the ECCE team
of lecturers are wonderful in
the work that they do and the time and the effort that they
put into the course. I would encourage all Leaving Certificate students and Mature Students who wish to study ECCE to
put Mary Immaculate College
as their number one choice.
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