Childhood Practice

About this course

Childhood practice is a professional and academic degree that develops your ability to support the learning, wellbeing, and development of children from infancy through to the early years of primary education. It is grounded in understanding how children grow and learn, what they need from the adults and environments around them, and how practitioners can create conditions in which every child thrives. The discipline draws on developmental psychology, education theory, social policy, and ethics, while remaining rooted in the real experiences of working with young children and their families. At the University of the Highlands and Islands you will study across four years on a full-time programme. A distinguishing feature of this degree is that you are supported, monitored, and assessed within a workplace setting, meaning your academic learning and your professional practice develop in cl

Where its graduates go

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• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
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• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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