GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INCLUSIVE PRACTICES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION/1380011
Course Title: INCLUSIVE PRACTICES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 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
Discusses the philosophical and educational bases of early childhood period integration practices.
Defines the special needs child with the philosophy of inclusion and integration.
Knows the current practices and legal basis of the inclusive/integration practices.
Knows the basic components of mainstreaming in early childhood education.
Gets information about the society's point of view related to inclusive education practices.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Glancing through the syllabus, introduction
2. Week  Current issues, studies, and developments related to inclusive practices
3. Week  Early diagnosis, early intervention, and IEP review and preparation
4. Week  Early diagnosis, early intervention, and IEP review and preparation
5. Week  Teachers’ attitudes toward mainstreaming and teachers.
6. Week  Teachers’ attitudes toward mainstreaming and teachers.
7. Week  Parental attitudes toward mainstreaming
8. Week  Parental attitudes toward mainstreaming
9. Week  Social status of children with disabilities, Peer relationships and degree of peer acceptance
10. Week  Social status of children with disabilities, Peer relationships and degree of peer acceptance
11. Week  Integration related services
12. Week  Importance and effectiveness of integration related services
13. Week  Educational and environmental arrangements for integration students
14. Week  Discussion of student feedbacks and thoughts related to inclusive practices
15. Week  Final exam
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
1
40
 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
12
3
36
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
5
60
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
2
8
16
 Preparing a Presentation
2
5
10
 Presentation
2
4
8
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
10
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
10
10
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 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)
   (Assist.Prof.MÜMİN TUFAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (-)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (mumintufan@gazi.edu.tr)