*Translated: Childhood Education. Language: German.
Be an active part in shaping the future of children with a Bachelor’s degree in Childhood Education.
Is the education and support of children very close to your heart? Then actively accompany the process of education and development. With a degree in Childhood Education at the IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), you will learn educational skills and also have the chance of a management position.
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If you enjoy working with children, many opportunities of fulfilling work will be within reach after completing a degree in Childhood Education:
As a childhood educator, you are an expert in the development, upbringing, and education of children. You develop concepts to support children, advise parents on educational issues, or take on leadership roles in educational institutions. Childhood educators work primarily in social institutions such as kindergartens, daycare centres, preschools or after-school care. You also have the opportunity to work in various counselling centres, for example, for child and family development.
In a management role in a daycare centre, you are a key contact point and provide trust to children and their parents. The job focuses on the loving and caring interaction with children as well as promoting their intellectual and social skills. You make a major contribution to integration and identify or resolve behaviour-related issues cooperatively with parents, siblings, and therapists. As a manager, you also take on important administrative tasks, manage staff, and develop activities and individual programmes at the daycare centre.
More and more educational counselling centres have specialised in developing new concepts for working with parents and are increasingly supporting families with babies and young children. As an educational counsellor, you make use of your knowledge in development and psychology and support the creation of programmes and preventive measures. You can also work as a counsellor in the field of youth welfare and family courts and support family court proceedings with your specialised expertise.
You can complete your Bachelor's degree in Childhood Education in various forms of study. It all depends on what your individual everyday life looks like and what prerequisites you start your studies with. Here you find a good overview of the advantages of the different forms of study and which model will best support you personally on your way.
You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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Don't waste any thought on the numerus clausus (NC), it is not important at IU. We deliberately do without it for most courses of study because we want to put your talents and strengths in the foreground. This also means that you don't have to take into account the waiting semesters. There is also no nerve-racking selection process. Instead, we would like to talk to you personally. We can then work together to find the right course of study to realise your dreams for the future.
You can study the Childhood Education bachelor’s degree through the distance learning programme completely on your own terms and with 100% flexibility. Thanks to the virtual learning format with interactive online courses, your IU studies can be completed entirely independent of time and place.
You can pursue the Childhood Education bachelor’s degree in the dual study programme at the following study locations: Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, Mainz, Mannheim, München, Münster, Stuttgart, or at the Virtual Campus, which makes your dual study programme possible anywhere in Germany.
Yes, we also make this possible at IU. In addition to the entrance qualification in the form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, interested students without an Abitur have the opportunity to enter our Bachelor's programme. You can study Childhood Education without an Abitur if you are a state-certified technician/business economist, have completed an advanced training course, have a master craftsman's diploma or have at least two years of vocational training and at least three years of subsequent work experience.
The bachelor’s degree in Childhood Education through the distance learning programme lasts 36, 48, or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose.
The dual study programme usually takes 7 semesters. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, that’s absolutely no problem.
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During your studies in Childhood Education, you will not only learn how to accompany the educational and developmental processes of children. You will learn to develop and implement concepts based on scientific findings. This qualifies you to take on advisory and managerial functions.
It should also be added that studying, just like working with children, can give you a lot of pleasure. Lifelong learning accompanies you like a common thread. In your professional future, many exciting further training courses await you, so that you can support children and families every day in broadening their horizons.
Your IU Studies in Childhood Education are self-determined and flexible. Numerous selection and design options make it easy for you to combine your Bachelor's degree programme with your individual everyday life. As far as the content is concerned, you will deal intensively with the areas of care, education and upbringing. The examination of socio-pedagogical, psychological and neurobiological basics that are important for early childhood development is also part of your studies.
In addition, you will acquire methodological competences to be able to supervise inpatient as well as outpatient development programmes later on. You can deepen your knowledge in your compulsory elective area in certain subject areas such as child day care or leisure pedagogy.
After completing your Bachelor's degree in Childhood Education, if you choose the dual study programme, you will automatically receive the title "State-recognised Childhood Educator". If you choose the distance learning programme, you will have to complete an internship in early Childhood Education to earn this title. After graduation, you can use your expertise to support families and educational institutions in the development and promotion of important relationship and educational skills.
Your degree in Childhood Education, combined with the necessary professional experience, also qualifies you to take on management functions. This gives you the opportunity to design programmes according to the latest scientific findings. Following your Bachelor's degree, you can also complete a Master's degree at IU.
