Teaching plan for the course unit

(Short version)

Referring to knowledge

Students obtaining a final grade of 9 or more, may, at the discretion of the faculty, be awarded a ’matrícula d’honor’, albeit that no more than 5% of the students enrolled on the course can receive this award.

Student assignments must be original work. Students copying on a test or plagiarising in a written assignment will be deemed to be in breach of the student code and automatically failed (see Article 16.7 and the annex to the Regulations governing the teaching, assessment and grading of learning at the University of Barcelona: http://www.ub.edu/acad/noracad/avaluacio_2020.pdf).

 

Activities and criteria

Assessment of the course is based on the following activities:

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  Group work. Group work is centred on one or two activities related to each of the three thematic blocks making up the course. They include reading of articles, analyses of documents and materials, production of scripts or tools, interviews with experts, professionals or families, etc. These activities should be collected in a learning folder. The assessment criteria include the degree to which concepts and ideas are developed, the degree to which these ideas and concepts are articulated and interrelated, the degree to which these concepts and ideas are used in an appropriate, functional and contextualized manner for the production of scripts or tools. Group work represents 60% of the overall grade.
• Individual work - essay reflecting on approach to working with families in early care and education. The assessment criteria include the degree to which concepts and ideas are developed and articulated and interrelated, the degree to which these concepts and ideas are documented and the quality of student reflection on their role as professionals. Individual work represents 40% of the overall grade.

Examination-based assessment

Prerequisite
 

In accordance with University regulations, any student can request they be evaluated by single assessment. To do so, they must fill out the "Single assessment request" form, which can be downloaded from the virtual classroom, and submit it no later than twenty calendar days from the start of the course.

 

Activities and criteria

Single assessment comprises a written exam in which students have to answer questions related to the theoretical and practical themes discussed on the course.

 

Repeat assessment

Students that fail the single assessment mode of evaluation are entitled to repeat the assessment tasks.

Repeat assessment comprises a written exam covering all course content, both theoretical and practical. Students sit the exam on the date and time set by the MIPE Academic Committee.

The final grade for students sitting the repeat assessment is the grade obtained on this exam and this exam alone.