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My career goal: Childcare and education

Updated Friday, 21 January 2022
A career in childcare and education is an investment in future generations. Find out how to engage your strong communication and leadership skills to care for young ones and guide their learning.

Exploring careers in childcare and education

This short video gives an overview of some career possibilities in early years childcare and education.

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    Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

    Teaching assistants are an important resource in education. This unit looks at how the role has developed across the UK over time and particularly in Wales. It explores the skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork.

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  • Children’s perspectives on play

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    In this free course, Children's perspectives on play, you are asked to put yourself in the place of young children and to think about their view of play and their reasons for playing. When children have personal freedom to choose and make decisions about what and who they want to play with, as well as where they want to play, they are highly ...

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  • Attachment in the early years

    Attachment in the early years

    This free course, Attachment in the early years, covers theory and research in the area of attachment in early childhood. In the 1950s, John Bowlby was the first person to develop a theory about the significance of early attachments between caregivers and very young children. His work has stimulated a massive and very productive field of ...

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  • Play, learning and the brain

    Play, learning and the brain

    This free course, Play, learning and the brain, examines the area of brain-based learning, with a particular focus on the development of the young child's brain, and is of particular relevance to those who work with young children. We begin by looking at the structure and functions of the brain, and the impact that sensory deprivation can have ...

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  • Supporting children's development

    Supporting children's development

    This is an introductory course for anyone who is interested in children’s development, especially support staff in schools, such as teaching assistants.

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The following videos explore some specific jobs within childcare and education.


Unsung - a documentary on teaching assistants:                                 Transcript

 

An introduction to playwork:Transcript


A day with a childminder:
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How to become a childminder:                                    Transcript


National Careers Service links

icould links

icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice.

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  • Early years education

    Early years education

    This article provides information on getting into early years education

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