Expand+It is important to check your e-mail regularly during the semester for notices about classes or possible cancellation or rescheduling of classes.

All modules are first year modules and are each worth 5 ECTS credits (if taken for credit).

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Hide-It is important to check your e-mail regularly during the semester for notices about classes or possible cancellation or rescheduling of classes.

All modules are first year modules and are each worth 5 ECTS credits (if taken for credit).

Up to three places are available on each module (subject to capacity). No pre-requisites have been specified for the available modules.

Although credits are given where applicable, and a statement of results will be issued, the courses do not lead to an award from Marino Institute of Education or its accrediting University, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.

Because some modules are elective, the numbers may be insufficient for them to run in a particular semester. These modules are designated with a *.

Applicants may enroll in up to four modules per semester

Expand+Ways of Attending Modules
Attending a module for credit is a way to achieve credits. However, at this time, neither the institute nor its accrediting university offers an award on completion of a set of credits. However, taking the modules offer...

Hide-Ways of Attending Modules
Attending a module for credit is a way to achieve credits. However, at this time, neither the institute nor its accrediting university offers an award on completion of a set of credits. However, taking the modules offers a taster for what it might be like to enrol full time on a college course to study aspects of education. The modules currently available for credit are in the areas of Education Studies and Early Childhood Education.

You may prefer not to complete module assessments but to complete modules because you are interested in the topic. This is called taking a module to Audit only.

Expand+EC8108 A Nurturing Pedagogy: Care Skills in the Early Years

This course is concerned with developing students’ knowledge, values and skills that are core to cultivating nurturing pedagogy. Hayes (2007, 2008) argues that reconceptualising care as...

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This course is concerned with developing students’ knowledge, values and skills that are core to cultivating nurturing pedagogy. Hayes (2007, 2008) argues that reconceptualising care as nurturing strengthens the attention to the educative value of care and allows for a more appropriate ‘nurturing pedagogy’ to emerge in early education learning environments. It has been recognised (Siolta; CECDE, 2005) that the early years of a child’s life signal a time of unique dependency during which time care routines “…in a stimulating environment, are appreciated as opportunities to develop a relationship with the child”. To this end pertinent legislation, regulations and policies will be considered. An emphasis on real world application will be central to this module and students will be encouraged to apply theory to practice including practical skills, risk assessment and hygiene standards, for the care of a baby and young child. This pedagogy highlights the importance of initial and contributing professional development for those working in an early years setting. “The quality of early childhood services- and ultimately the outcomes for children and families-depends on well-educated, experiences and competent’ staff (Urban, Robson and Scacchi 2017).