Early Childhood Education and Care System in Finland

• Authors: Jenni Salminen

Title variants

System edukacji i opieki wczesnodziecięcej w Finlandii

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In Finland, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) includes day care arrangements offered to families (care) along with goal-oriented early childhood education (early education and teaching) provided for children prior to transitioning to primary education. ECEC is therefore seen to build a coherent starting phase within the continuum of lifelong learning. ECEC follows the “educare” principle, which emphasizes the simultaneous consideration for children’s education, teaching, and care as the foundation of pedagogical activity, which is at the same time strongly rooted in the idea of learning and development as a holistic experience. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the Finnish ECEC system, introduce its societal, organizational and curricular preconditions and discuss the current tensions and challenges faced.

PL

W Finlandii system edukacji i opieki wczesnodziecięcej (ECEC) obejmuje opiekę dzienną oferowaną rodzinom (opiekę) oraz ukierunkowaną na cel edukację wczesnodziecięcą (wczesna edukacja i nauczanie) zapewnianą dzieciom na etapie przed przejściem do szkoły podstawowej. W związku z tym, ECEC buduje spójną fazę początkową w ramach uczenia się przez całe życie. ECEC kieruje się zasadą „educare” kładącą nacisk na równoczesne uwzględnianie edukacji, nauczania i opieki nad dziećmi jako podstawy działalności pedagogicznej, która jest jednocześnie silnie zakorzeniona w idei uczenia się i rozwoju, jako doświadczenia holistycznego. Celem tego artykułu jest przedstawienie fińskiego systemu edukacji i opieki wczesnodziecięcej, zaprezentowanie jego warunków społecznych, organizacyjnych i programowych oraz omówienie napięć i wyzwań, jakie w nim obecnie występują.

Keywords

EN

Early Childhood Education and Care; Education system; Curriculum; Pedagogy

PL

system edukacji i opieki wczesnodziecięcej (ECEC); system edukacyjny; program nauczania; pedagogika; system edukacji i opieki wczesnodziecięcej (ECEC); system edukacyjny; program nauczania; pedagogika

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 135-154

Dates

published

2017-12-30

Contributors

author

Jenni Salminen

• Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2450-4491.05.09