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Detail |
| Reflective Practice and Reflective Writing | • Introduction to experience, reflection and action (ERA) models of reflection and critical incidents (as distinct from a contemporary understanding of critical incident/emergency planning).
• Introduction to the skills, purposes and ethical implications of reflective practice and writing.
• Integration and linkage of cross-curricular learning and the curriculum guidelines for children under six years (Aistear, Siolta) into reflective practice. |
| Supervison | • Introduction to the purposes of professional supervision, the supervision partnership and the role of the supervisor. |
| Facilitation Skills and Group Work | • Understanding facilitation skills, including the dynamics of group work. |
| Leadership and Management in the Early Years | • Models of leadership, leadership and management, and transformational leadership. |
| Multidisciplinary Teamwork | • Identifying the benefits and challenges of multidisciplinary practice.
• Asserting the profession in a multidisciplinary context. |
| Anti-Discriminatory Practice and Valuing Diversity | • Anti-discriminatory practice including the PCS (personal, cultural, structural) analysis framework.
• Employing strategies as a worker and an agency in challenging discrimination and oppression and promoting equality and diversity. |
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