GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED CHILD DEVELOPMENT/1380003
Course Title: ADVANCED CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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
Students learn why early childhood development is important.
Students learn about multicultural perspective on early childhood development.
Students learn care and quality in early childhood.
Students will have information about services and issues related to early childhood development in Turkey
Students will have information about the principles of motor development in early childhood, affecting factors and researches about the subject.
Students will learn about brain development in early childhood, differences in cognitive development and new perspectives and make researches on the s
Students will have knowledge about language development in early childhood, individual differences in language development, language development and p
Students will learn about social and emotional development, emotional growth and social competence, cultural and social competence, other sources of v
Students learn the role of family in cultural context in early childhood development.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Why Should Early Childhood Development be Learned?
2. Week  Multicultural Perspective on Early Childhood Development
3. Week  Care and Quality in Early Childhood
4. Week  Services and Problems on Early Childhood Development in Turkey
5. Week  Motor Development Principles in Early Childhood, Affecting Factors and Related Researches
6. Week  Physical Compatibility, Perceptual Competences in Early Childhood
7. Week  Midterm
8. Week  Brain Development in Early Childhood, Differences in Cognitive Development and New Perspectives
9. Week   Brain Development in Early Childhood, Differences in Cognitive Development and New Perspectives and Related Researches
10. Week   Language Development in Early Childhood, Individual Differences in Language Development, Language Development and Perception and Related Researches
11. Week  Language Development in Early Childhood, Individual Differences in Language Development, LanguageDevelopment and Perception and Related Research
12. Week  Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood Cultural Context Emotional Growth and Social Competence, Cultural and Social Competence,
13. Week  Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood Cultural Context Emotional Growth and Social Competence, Cultural and Social Competence,
14. Week  Family in Cultural Context in Early Childhood Development
15. Week  final
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
2
10
 Application
4
20
 Projects
4
20
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
70
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
30
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
12
3
36
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
3
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
8
3
24
 Preparing a Presentation
8
3
24
 Presentation
4
3
12
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
5
5
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
5
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
177
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.08
 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.Esra Ömeroğlu)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/omeroglu)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (omeroglu@gazi.edu.tr )