GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CHILD RIGHTS AND SAFETY/1380208
Course Title: CHILD RIGHTS AND SAFETY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To know the concept of childhood, the definition and importance of the concept of child rights, the place of children's rights in the Turkish legal s
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to the course, introduction of the university resources that the students can do research about the course.
2. Week  Concept of child in psychology, medicine and law
3. Week   Definition of Children's Rights, Preface, Features and Sources
4. Week  Convention on the Rights of the Child
5. Week  Juvenile delinquency, child labor and children's rights
6. Week  Child Abuse and Abuse and Children's Rights
7. Week  Midterm Exam
8. Week  An examination of the Turkish Penal Code in terms of children's rights
9. Week  Analysis of the labor law in terms of children's rights
10. Week  An examination of the Turkish Civil Code in terms of children's rights
11. Week   An analysis of the Child Protection Law in terms of children's rights
12. Week  The importance of children's rights in pre-school education and the responsibilities of educators.
13. Week  Review and discussion of current national-international literature
14. Week  General Evaluation
15. Week  Final Exams
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
3
8
24
 Searching in Internet and Library
3
8
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
2
8
16
 Preparing a Presentation
2
8
16
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
10
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
10
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
2
10
20
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1- Based on bachelor degree in early childhood education competencies, s/he improves and deepens high level of knowledge with original thinking and research.X
2- Grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to field of early childhood.X
3- The ability to use the expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field of early childhood.X
4- Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the field of early childhood and the knowledge from various other disciplinesX
5- Solves the issues of early childhood by using scientific methodsX
6- The ability to carry out a specialist study related to the field of early childhood independentlyX
7- Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processes of early childhoodX
8- Coming up with solutions while taking responsibility in the practice of early childhoodX
9- Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems related to early childhoodX
10- Evaluates issues of early childhood with a critical eye and encourages learningX
11- Transferring the current developments in the field of early childhood and his/her own work within the national and international environments orally, visually and in written formsX
12- Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessaryX
13- Having proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that language (European Language Portfolio B2 level)X
14- Uses computer programs competent enough for her/his departmentX
15- Using communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of the department.X
16- Collects data related to the field of early childhood, reviews and makes conclusions; implements and shares them by considering ethical valuesX
17- Develops different perspectives related to the field of early childhood, determines policies, plans them and assesses them within the quality frameworkX
18- Internalizes the knowledge gained in the field of early childhood, transforms it into a skill and uses it with interdisciplinary studiesX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Gülümser Gültekin Akduman)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gulumser)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (gulumser@gazi.edu.tr)