Short course

Social Pedagogy: Providing Children and Young People with Nurturing Care and Education

Online course details

Price

£250 (includes VAT)

Next course date

Open now

Duration

4 units, 5 hours of study per unit

CPD hours

20 CPD hours

Delivery

Self-guided online learning

Location

Online

Online course description

This professional development short course offers a unique introduction to the concept of social pedagogy within the context of working with and caring for children and young people. By considering the child in a holistic manner, you will gain insight and learn new ideas for working creatively with challenging and difficult behaviour and in caring for children experiencing difficulties in their lives.

Social pedagogy is a well-established and popular discipline in mainland Europe, which is now seeing increasing levels of interest and is gradually being adopted throughout the UK within childcare settings. By studying this professional development course, you will enhance your knowledge in relation to this specific, contemporary approach to caring for and educating children and young people.

100%agree that the course is relevant to personal or professional development**Short Course Experience Survey 2021
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Who is the course for?

Though open to anyone with an interest in social pedagogy, this professional development short course will be of particular relevance to a wide-range of practitioners in the statutory, private, voluntary and charitable sectors including:

This professional development course will provide you with:

"I really liked to learn about the different social pedagogy models. Those I will definitely adopt to my work. Learning about different ways to reflect will help me a lot in every point of my life. I think it is really important to be more reflective about you and your fellow men."

Social Pedagogy feedback from the Short Course Experience Survey 2021

Pauline Green introduces the Social Pedagogy online short course

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Structure, certificates and assessment

You will study this course 100% online. It comprises a range of activities including:

There is no obligation for you to undertake every activity, but being involved in all aspects of the course will help you to achieve a well-rounded knowledge about social pedagogy.

There is no graded assessment. Instead, you will receive a badge for each completed Unit, and then upon completion of the whole course, you will be awarded with an e-certificate.

An accredited provider of the CPD Standards Office

We are proud to be an accredited provider of the CPD Standards Office for our online short courses and free courses, demonstrating that they conform to CPD best practice and are appropriate for inclusion in a formal CPD record.

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Course units

The course is made up of 4 units, each will require approximately 5 hours of study.

The course is designed to gradually develop your knowledge about social pedagogy, from discovering what social pedagogy is in the first unit, to being confident enough to apply your knowledge to practice situations by the end of the course.

This unit provides an introduction to social pedagogy by looking at what social pedagogy is including the definitions and the background to this approach.

In this unit we will investigate a range of social pedagogical models and review how they can be used and applied in practice.

In this unit we will examine different reflective frameworks that can be used to enhance your practice.

In this unit we will be applying social pedagogical approaches and research to real-life situations.

Learning outcomes

Benefits

A flexible course that fits in with working and family life

This learner led course is open for continuous enrolment, which means it can be studied at any time and delivered 100% online, allowing you to manage your studies around work and family commitments. This is a self-guided course which involves reflective activities to assess subject understanding whilst completing an action plan for use in the workplace. Our online short courses are designed to be intellectually stimulating, thought provoking and rewarding.

Fees and funding

Fee: £250 (includes VAT)

Course requirements

The course is widely available for anyone to take part in regardless of age, location or education status.

However, there are some basic requirements. You will need access to the internet whether it is on your PC, tablet, mobile or other electronic devices, as well as a valid email address to register with our online learning environment in order to take part in the course.

You will need to agree to the terms and conditions before you start the course which will be available when you enrol.

Learners should have an understanding of the English Language and the ability to study in English.

How to enrol

All of our short courses are delivered through an easy-to-use online learning platform, which you can enrol from directly.

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