This is a 60 ECTS diploma for people who have completed a qualification for preschool assistants at the upper secondary school level.
The objective of the programme is to prepare students for further study in preschool teacher education.
Completing this programme grants access to the B.Ed. programme in preschool teacher education at UI or UA. All credits from the diploma may be transferred to the B.Ed. programme.
Students study part-time (50%) over two years with a mixture of on-site and distance learning.
Course topics include:
- Working practices in preschools
- The role of preschool teachers
- Language acquisition and development
- Language development and bilingualism
- How play affects brain development
- Childhood literacy
- Movement and dramatic expression
- Music in preschools
- Natural sciences and mathematics
- Toddlers in preschool
Other
Upon graduation from a teacher's program at an Icelandic university, a teacher must have a competency in Icelandic that corresponds to a minimum of C1 in the European Language Framework.
Here you can see the Language Framework of the Council of Europe.