Degree in Early Childhood Education

2026/2027 · 240 credits

Quality assurance

All UDC centers have a Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS), verified by the Agency to Calidade do Sistema Universitario de Galicia (ACSUG) and ANECA in FIDES programs and AUDIT, respectively, and in accordance with the standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA. Within IQAS centers integrate all their degrees and masters. IQAS procedures established who and how to follow up and monitoring of the results and the student's learning process in the titration, establishing coordinating bodies and mechanisms, evaluation and continuous improvement of the studies, which are the academic comittee and the quality assurance commision of center.

Learning outcomes

The IQAS establish how UDC centers measure and analyze the learning outcomes. To do the IQAS uses rates and global indicators for assessing the quality of training provided. Included among the results, in addition to the fees included in the title verification reports (efficiency rates, graduation and dropout), assessment rates, success and performance. We compare the results obtained in the title with the center's results for each indicator.

Academic years results

Quality assurance

To ensure that the title is developed in accordance with the verification report presented the center conducts an annual monitoring report in accordance with the procedures of the center IQAS and results. This report is reviewed by the ACSUG, external evaluation agency.

The outcome of this analysis will emerge corrective actions and improvement proposals that achieve the intended objectives and the improvement of the degree.

Committees

In order to ensure proper standards and quality at UDC, an academic management committee and a quality assurance committee are appointed for each faculty/school. In addition to, each faculty/school will be able to establish a specific academic management committee of the study.

Sánchez Bello, Ana
Presidenta
Chao Fernández, Rocío

Naya Riveiro, María Cristina

Vieiro Iglesias, María Pilar

Arias Rodríguez, María Alicia

Cotelo Guerra, María Dolores

Iglesias Galdo, Ana María

Lorenzo Castiñeiras, Juan José

Freire Ramos, Sergio
Estudiantado
Miramontes Villar, María Esther
Personal técnico, de gestión y de administración y servicios
Sánchez Bello, Ana
Presidenta
Espiñeira Bellón, Eva María
Vicepresidenta
Rivadulla López, Juan Carlos

Ríos De Deus, María Paula

Lage Galera, Laura
Estudiantado
Gomes Batista, Adrielly Nazare
Estudiantado
Vieiro Iglesias, María Pilar
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Vilameá Pérez, Mónica
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Barba Núñez, María
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Lorenzo Castiñeiras, Juan José
Vogal Coordinador de Título
Chao Fernández, Rocío
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Rodríguez Martínez, Susana
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Castro Rodríguez, María Montserrat
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Cotelo Guerra, María Dolores
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Pérez Guilarte, Yamilé
Vogal Coordinadora de Título
Sánchez Bello, Ana
Presidenta
Chao Fernández, Rocío

Simón López, Miguel Ángel

Varela Garrote, Lara

Sobrino Freire, Iria

Mesías Lema, José María

Pérez Guilarte, Yamilé

López Larrosa, Silvia

Soneira Calvo, Carlos

Méndez García, Rosa María

Golías Pérez, Yolanda

Lema Moreira, Estefanía

Rebollo Quintela, Nuria

Lage Galera, Laura
Estudiantado
Gomes Batista, Adrielly Nazare
Estudiantado
Freire Ramos, Sergio
Estudiantado
Cotelo Guerra, María Dolores
Vogal Coordinadora de Título

Study facts

Study data

Students enrollment Period Value
Students count 2025 531
Men 2025 86
Women 2025 445
Credits enrolled Period Value
Total enrolled credits 2025 30,282
Credits on 1st enrollment 2025 29,289
Credits on 2nd enrollment 2025 687
Credits on 3rd enrollment and above 2025 306
% credits repeated 2025 3.28
Academic results Period Value
Average credits by student 2025 57.3
SEGUIMIENTO rates Period Value
Graduation rate 2025 75

Centre data

Student enrollment Period Value
Students count 2025 2,016
Men 2025 426
Women 2025 1,590
Credits enrolled Period Value
Total enrolled credits 2025 114,511.5
Credits on 1st enrollment 2025 108,849.5
Credits on 2nd enrollment 2025 3,549.5
Credits on 3rd enrollment and above 2025 2,112.5
% credits repeated 2025 4.94
Academics results Period Value
Average credits by student 2025 56.8

Study data

Students enrollment Period Value
Students count 2024 535
Men 2024 92
Women 2024 443
Credits enrolled Period Value
Total enrolled credits 2024 30,318
Credits on 1st enrollment 2024 29,277
Credits on 2nd enrollment 2024 1,041
Credits on 3rd enrollment and above 2024 0
% credits repeated 2024 3.43
Academic results Period Value
Average credits by student 2024 56.67
Evaluation rate 2024 97.61
Success rate 2024 97.27
Performance rate 2024 94.94
SEGUIMIENTO rates Period Value
Efficiency rate 2024 96.82
Efficiency rate 2024 100
Graduation rate 2024 87.5
Leaving rate 2024 2.27

Centre data

Student enrollment Period Value
Students count 2024 2,038
Men 2024 423
Women 2024 1,615
Credits enrolled Period Value
Total enrolled credits 2024 114,353.5
Credits on 1st enrollment 2024 108,335.5
Credits on 2nd enrollment 2024 5,827
Credits on 3rd enrollment and above 2024 191
% credits repeated 2024 5.26
Academics results Period Value
Average credits by student 2024 56.11
Evaluation rate 2024 96.2
Success rate 2024 96.5
Performance rate 2024 92.83

Study data

Students enrollment Period Value
Students count 2023 525
Men 2023 94
Women 2023 431
Credits enrolled Period Value
Total enrolled credits 2023 29,928
Credits on 1st enrollment 2023 28,833
Credits on 2nd enrollment 2023 591
Credits on 3rd enrollment and above 2023 504
% credits repeated 2023 3.66
Academic results Period Value
Average credits by student 2023 57.1
Evaluation rate 2023 98.15
Success rate 2023 97.39
Performance rate 2023 95.59
SEGUIMIENTO rates Period Value
Efficiency rate 2023 97.39
Efficiency rate 2023 97.49
Graduation rate 2023 78.81
Leaving rate 2023 3.76

Centre data

Student enrollment Period Value
Students count 2023 1,890
Men 2023 383
Women 2023 1,507
Credits enrolled Period Value
Total enrolled credits 2023 104,757.5
Credits on 1st enrollment 2023 98,447
Credits on 2nd enrollment 2023 4,047
Credits on 3rd enrollment and above 2023 2,263.5
% credits repeated 2023 6.2
Academics results Period Value
Average credits by student 2023 55.43
Evaluation rate 2023 96.44
Success rate 2023 95.9
Performance rate 2023 92.48

Facts by subject

Success Not success Not presented

1

Theory of Education
123.0
10.0
4.0
Curriculum Design, Development and Assessment
93.0
5.0
2.0
Sociology of Education
120.0
11.0
5.0
Developmental Psychology (0 to 6 years olds)
91.0
7.0
5.0
Information and Communication Technologies in Education
127.0
3.0
3.0
History of Education
123.0
7.0
4.0
Psychology of Learning in Educational Contexts
132.0
5.0
5.0
Values and Education for Equality
138.0
14.0
8.0
Early Childhood Clinical Psychology
138.0
38.0
8.0
Research and Evaluation of Quality in Education Programmes
130.0
18.0
7.0

2

Education in Mathematics
138.0
19.0
2.0
Galician Language Teaching
131.0
1.0
1.0
Orientation and Tutorials
122.0
6.0
4.0
Psychological Intervention in Family Situations
92.0
2.0
2.0
Spanish Language Teaching
134.0
3.0
3.0
Teaching Natural Sciences
138.0
11.0
3.0
Teaching Physical Expression
120.0
13.0
5.0
Inclusive and Multicultural Education
127.0
1.0
1.0
Organisation and Evaluation of Education Institutions
123.0
24.0
3.0
Learning Situations, Materials and Teaching Resources
151.0
7.0
2.0

3

Curriculum Design in Education Projects (0 to 3 years)
120.0
2.0
2.0
Psychological Intervention and Prevention in Learning Disorders
116.0
1.0
1.0
Music Education Teaching
124.0
3.0
2.0
Teaching Children's Literature
118.0
3.0
2.0
Teaching on the Social and Cultural Environment
124.0
1.0
1.0
Foreign Language Teaching
121.0
6.0
3.0
Teaching Plastic Arts
131.0
2.0
1.0
Work Placement I
82.0
2.0
2.0
Teaching Galician History and Geography
8.0
0.0
0.0
Fine Motor Games
48.0
1.0
1.0
Mathematics and Games
14.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching on the Human Body and Healthy Living
49.0
1.0
1.0
Early Intervention
22.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching Foundations in of Inclusive Special Needs Education
19.0
1.0
1.0

4

Work Placement II
120.0
0.0
0.0
Music Education Teaching
64.0
0.0
0.0
Childhood, Television and Other Media
36.0
1.0
1.0
Cognitive Processes in Learning Disabilities
8.0
1.0
0.0
Psychomotor Education and Motor Skills
38.0
4.0
4.0
Mathematics in Life
77.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching Environmental and Sustainable Education
34.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching Children's Drama and Theatre
79.0
0.0
0.0
Audiovisual Languages and Artistic Education
38.0
0.0
0.0
Religion, Culture and Values
120.0
0.0
0.0
Final Year Dissertation
119.0
22.0
22.0

Success Not success Not presented

1

Theory of Education
122.0
4.0
0.0
Curriculum Design, Development and Assessment
91.0
5.0
0.0
Sociology of Education
113.0
7.0
6.0
Developmental Psychology (0 to 6 years olds)
87.0
7.0
2.0
Information and Communication Technologies in Education
120.0
1.0
1.0
History of Education
119.0
5.0
3.0
Psychology of Learning in Educational Contexts
128.0
2.0
2.0
Values and Education for Equality
131.0
13.0
9.0
Early Childhood Clinical Psychology
153.0
35.0
5.0
Research and Evaluation of Quality in Education Programmes
150.0
6.0
4.0

2

Education in Mathematics
100.0
33.0
2.0
Galician Language Teaching
128.0
0.0
0.0
Orientation and Tutorials
116.0
3.0
3.0
Psychological Intervention in Family Situations
84.0
1.0
1.0
Spanish Language Teaching
124.0
2.0
0.0
Teaching Natural Sciences
121.0
15.0
3.0
Teaching Physical Expression
120.0
8.0
1.0
Inclusive and Multicultural Education
109.0
2.0
1.0
Organisation and Evaluation of Education Institutions
116.0
15.0
6.0
Learning Situations, Materials and Teaching Resources
133.0
12.0
2.0

3

Curriculum Design in Education Projects (0 to 3 years)
128.0
2.0
1.0
Psychological Intervention and Prevention in Learning Disorders
138.0
1.0
1.0
Music Education Teaching
125.0
2.0
2.0
Teaching Children's Literature
132.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching on the Social and Cultural Environment
119.0
0.0
0.0
Foreign Language Teaching
137.0
2.0
2.0
Teaching Plastic Arts
118.0
2.0
1.0
Work Placement I
97.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching Galician History and Geography
1.0
0.0
0.0
Fine Motor Games
56.0
0.0
0.0
Mathematics and Games
25.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching on the Human Body and Healthy Living
51.0
0.0
0.0
Early Intervention
40.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching Foundations in of Inclusive Special Needs Education
15.0
0.0
0.0

4

Work Placement II
123.0
0.0
0.0
Music Education Teaching
53.0
2.0
2.0
Childhood, Television and Other Media
66.0
2.0
1.0
Cognitive Processes in Learning Disabilities
11.0
0.0
0.0
Psychomotor Education and Motor Skills
48.0
2.0
2.0
Mathematics in Life
93.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching Environmental and Sustainable Education
8.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching Children's Drama and Theatre
77.0
2.0
2.0
Audiovisual Languages and Artistic Education
23.0
0.0
0.0
Religion, Culture and Values
99.0
0.0
0.0
Final Year Dissertation
123.0
26.0
26.0

Success Not success Not presented

1

Theory of Education
119.0
4.0
4.0
Curriculum Design, Development and Assessment
83.0
3.0
2.0
Sociology of Education
114.0
2.0
2.0
Developmental Psychology (0 to 6 years olds)
95.0
4.0
4.0
Information and Communication Technologies in Education
114.0
2.0
2.0
History of Education
116.0
2.0
2.0
Psychology of Learning in Educational Contexts
126.0
2.0
2.0
Values and Education for Equality
118.0
11.0
4.0
Early Childhood Clinical Psychology
137.0
50.0
5.0
Research and Evaluation of Quality in Education Programmes
110.0
22.0
6.0

2

Education in Mathematics
125.0
6.0
6.0
Galician Language Teaching
141.0
1.0
1.0
Orientation and Tutorials
116.0
0.0
0.0
Psychological Intervention in Family Situations
91.0
0.0
0.0
Spanish Language Teaching
122.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching Natural Sciences
116.0
11.0
6.0
Teaching Physical Expression
124.0
7.0
3.0
Inclusive and Multicultural Education
125.0
1.0
0.0
Organisation and Evaluation of Education Institutions
117.0
20.0
3.0
Learning Situations, Materials and Teaching Resources
132.0
17.0
8.0

3

Curriculum Design in Education Projects (0 to 3 years)
120.0
3.0
3.0
Psychological Intervention and Prevention in Learning Disorders
120.0
2.0
2.0
Music Education Teaching
123.0
5.0
5.0
Teaching Children's Literature
126.0
2.0
2.0
Teaching on the Social and Cultural Environment
126.0
4.0
4.0
Foreign Language Teaching
129.0
5.0
4.0
Teaching Plastic Arts
127.0
5.0
3.0
Work Placement I
113.0
0.0
0.0
Teaching Galician History and Geography
5.0
1.0
1.0
Fine Motor Games
54.0
1.0
0.0
Mathematics and Games
40.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching on the Human Body and Healthy Living
55.0
0.0
0.0
Early Intervention
55.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching Foundations in of Inclusive Special Needs Education
11.0
0.0
0.0

4

Work Placement II
134.0
1.0
0.0
Music Education Teaching
28.0
0.0
0.0
Childhood, Television and Other Media
66.0
2.0
2.0
Cognitive Processes in Learning Disabilities
40.0
4.0
4.0
Psychomotor Education and Motor Skills
40.0
2.0
1.0
Mathematics in Life
57.0
4.0
4.0
Teaching Environmental and Sustainable Education
15.0
1.0
1.0
Teaching Children's Drama and Theatre
75.0
3.0
3.0
Audiovisual Languages and Artistic Education
22.0
1.0
0.0
Religion, Culture and Values
71.0
2.0
2.0
Final Year Dissertation
130.0
27.0
27.0

End of grade works

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Play as a tool for working on emotional education in early childhood education class.

Exploring school wellbeing: Perceptions and emotions of early childhood education students

Building learning through screens: Analysis of educational Apps for children

The construction of numerical notions in the early childhood education

Critical heritage education in early chilhood education: A didactic proposal on Galician heritage

Study of body expression in early childhood education through music and its benefits

Feel, Create and Grow: Art as an Emotional Language in Childhood

Sign Language in Early Childhood Education for Barrier-Free Communication. A Systematic Review.

Feeling nature, sowing empathy

A green path to child well-being

Living beings in early childhood education

'Exploring emotions: a look at ASD in the classroom'

ICT and their use and effect on early childhood education

"Sustainable Development Goals in the Classroom: Teacher Awareness and Knowledge Assessment"

Math’s with the Body: Learning Through Body Language in Early Childhood Education: Rhythm, Patterns, and Sequences

Educational value of the mid-morning snack in the 2nd cycle of early childhood education

'Living Culture”: Identification and Preservation of Galician Cultural Heritage through the Children’s Literature

An analysis of didactic resources in the English classroom in Early Childhood Education: manipulative resources vs ICTs.

Learning foreign languages in the cognitive development of early chilhood education

Continuing teacher training in Galicia: a qualitative study of the "digital sreens" proyect

Design of a didactic unit on rhythm and musical instruments as tools for the development of psychomotricity

The hidden reality of attention to diversity in the second cycle of early childhood education

“LET'S PLAY FROM 1 TO 10!” A teaching unit to work on counting and number recognition through psychomotor skills in the 2nd cycle of Infant Education.

Use of Educational Methods and Resources to Work on values in the second cycle of early childhood education

Create(ing): A childhood in expresssion

A space journey through emotions: an inclusive adventure for children with autism

Nature and early childhood: education for a suistainable future.

“Discussions and reflections on the practicum in a second-cycle early childhood education classroom”

Digital teaching materials in literacy development. Analysis and suggestions for use in Early Childhood Education

Monforte de Lemos, Capital of the Ribeira Sacra: A Didactic Proposal to Work on Heritage in Early Childhood Education.

Small Gestures, Big Chances: An Educational Proposal Based on the Importance of the 3 R´s

Case study: Juanita's garden in the CEIP Emilia Pardo Bazán.

The social services perspective on socially vulnerable students in educational centers

Research on astronomical conceptions in Early Childhood Education

Fostering Motivation to Learn: Using Thematic Characters as a Tool for Meaningful English Language Learning.

A project for the future: preserving Galician traditions from early childhood

Teaching proposal: Artistic education as a driver of integral development in early childhood education.

Developmental timetable and teachers’ and parents’ agreement on developmental milestones.

Xabarín Club, a bridge between literature and the digital world

Stimulation of phonological awareness in a 4 year old kindergarten classroom

A Coruña in essence: design of playful spaces for free play and creative development.

A didactic unit for traditional music as a resource for Early Childhood Education

Cultural Heritage as a Didactic Resource for Teaching-Learning of the Environment in Early Childhood Education

Family diversity in children´s literature: an analysis of the “Contos para contar” section in a Municipal Library of A Coruña.

'A living people is a people who sings': the transmission of Galician popular poetry in Early Childhood Education

Coparenting in early childhood education

Exploring the Island of Cortegada with the Early Childhood Education students

From Lips to Ears: The Galician Heritage as an Educational Resource

Discovering photografy in Early Childhood Education: images that speak of emotions.

The Influence of the Schoolyard and Teacher Accompaniment on Free Play and Movement in Early Childhood Education.

'Motor Skills in the Montessori Method: A Didactic Proposal in Early Chilhood Education'

EMOTIONAL EDUCATION PROJECT: Strategies for managing emotions for children aged 5-6.

Methodologies in Early Childhood Education: a comparative study in mediterranean Europe

Promoting self-regulation in childhood: a didactic proposal in natural environments.

Didactic proposal to enhance self-regulation in early childhood education.

Evaluation of socio-emotional development during free play in a sample of 4 and 5 year old pupils from a forest school and an urban school.

Multicultural education and multilingualism in early childhood through foreign language teaching and learning

Digital educational resources in the development of logical-mathematical skills in childhood education. Analysis and proposals for use

ICT and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Intervention proposal for emotional education.

"Accompanying gazes". Proposal for psycho-pedagogical intervention for a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Discovering the SDGs: underwater life in early childhood education

Didactal proposal "Little detectives of advertising: Whatever it shines is gold?

UDL as a strategy for educational inclusion. A systematic literature review

"Greta y los gigantes": a project for the creation of a sensory forest through environmental education in early childhood

The development of creativity and psychomotricity through artistic games in Early Childhood Education

Adapting through feelings: A didactic unit to promote emotional education in the early years at school.

The relationship between emotions and psychomotor skills in the second cycle of Early Childhood Education: Design of a didactic proposal based on PBL.

The emotions identification in Early Childhood Education stage

A literary discussion using wordless picturebooks in Early Childhood Education

Music in the development of emotional intelligence in early childhood education

Stimulation of basic cognitive processes (perception, attention and memory) in a classroom of 5th early childhood education.

Teacher training on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Early Childhood Education: Sustaining education by and for the future.

Childhood risk factors for the development of eating disorders: a systematic review

Development of phonological awareness in children with dyslexia.

The Importance of Early Acquisition of a Second Foreign Language: An Emotional TLU.

Infants’ perspective: siblings and parental treatment

ADS and emotions: towards a more inclusive education for pre-kindergaten students

Feel to be: emotional education in early school stages

Co-official languages in the classroom: the situation of the galician language in early childhood education

Didactic unit 'The sea takes care of you if you take care of it'

Interpreting the concept of time through Arts Education in early childhood

Didactic proposal for the development of reading and writing through ICT for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Heroes, witches and values: The educational power of fairy tales in childhood.

Montessori as a Pathway for Emotional Development and Autonomy in Early Childhood Education

Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse through literature in classrooms for children aged 3 to 6. Legislative review and development of an evaluation tool for teachers to select readings.

An analysis of a sample of teaching materials for a first start in written language

Artificial Intelligence in the Design and Application of Digital Educational Resources for Learning in Early Childhood Education

The representation of gender in current children`s literature: analysis of the books recommended in CLIJ magazine

A correlational study between out-of-school sports practice and cognitive functions in early childhood

Teachers and families perspectives on the Sshool well-being of early childhood education students

Phonological Awareness and DLD: A Comparison Between DLD and a Control Case

Didactic proposal for the promotion of self-regulation in early childhood education

The Impact of Nature on Child Development: A Didactic Proposal.

Literature for early ages (0 to 3 years): Analysis of a municipal library catalog.

Acquisition of phonological awareness and influence on word reading and writing: pre-post analysis after application of a 5-year program

Impact of screens on cognitive development and perception of reality in 0-6 years.

Weaving a Fabric of Voices: Women Who Paved the Way. A Teaching proposal for Early Childhood Education

Using Games as a Key Tool in Teaching English in Early Childhood Education

Implementation and use of the school radio in Early Childhood Education. A case study

Teacher training for innovation: A qualitative study on the 'Polos Creativos' project in Early Childhood classrooms.

Sound Roots: A teaching unit to explore traditional Galician music in early childhood education

Play in childhood: A comparative analysis in Europe

Development of Emotional Intelligence through Multiple Intelligences.

“THERE ARE NUMBERS IN EVERY CORNER” A teaching unit to work on counting, number writing and number recognition in a 4th-year Early Childhood Education classroom.

How do they understand the invisible? Air Research in the 3-Year Stage

The existence of shared values is essential for the coexistence between cultures

Working on Death in Early Childhood Education through Literature

Dialogue as a source of learning. Thinking skills in early childhood education.

Understanding and exxpressing empathy, frustration and envy in early cchiilldhood education: a study through drawing.

The Value of Intergenerationality. Case Study of the “Un Viaje en el tiempo” Program.

LGBT life stories to conquer the future educational model

The importance of symbolic play in English subject at the second cycle in early childhood education

Learning environments in early childhood education: designing a didactic proposal based on the new school and active methodologies.

Musical education as a link to emotional development in early childhood education

Curricular design of a didactic unit for emotional education in Early Childhood Education.

Observation of different forms of communication in Early Childhood Education students.

“Music as Socialization and Social Change in Early Education: A Sociological View”

A World of Emotions (Teaching Proposal for the Second Cycle of Early Childhood Education)

Parental participation in the educacion of their Children: diferences between rural and urban settings

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