GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD/1920010
Course Title: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Credits 3 ECTS 8
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
Learn theories and concepts of cognitive development.
Use cognitive development theories to prepare programs.
Evaluating educational programs
Develop programs according to children’s needs.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Field of cognitive development and its content
2. Week  Piaget’s cognitive development theory
3. Week  Vygotsky’s cognitive development theory
4. Week  Information processing theory
5. Week  Theory of mind
6. Week  Fisher: Dynamic skill theory
7. Week  Behaviorist approaches to cognitive development
8. Week   Midterm
9. Week  Theories of language development
10. Week  Evaluating and comparing theories with each other.
11. Week  The factors that affecting cognitive development
12. Week  Memory, Attention and Concept
13. Week  Symbols, False belief task and reality
14. Week  Social cognitive development: Understanding of self and other
15. Week  Final and Presentations
16. Week  Final and Presentations
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 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
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
1
15
15
 Preparing a Presentation
1
15
15
 Presentation
1
5
5
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
14
14
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
25
25
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Able to make developmental evaluationX
2Able to plan process of the Child Development and EducationX
3Able to prepare developmental Education ProgramX
4Able to Organize Educational EnvironmentX
5Able to Implement Family Education ProgramX
6Able to Implement Education Program for Children with Special NeedsX
7Able to implement Inclusive EducationX
8Able to follow up and be able to recognize technological developments enabling a rapid and true acquisition to knowledgeX
9Able to adapt himself to different situations, work as a teamX
10Able to train people turning theoretical knowledge into practice and managing itX
11Able to participate in professional activities and organizationsX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Ayşe Dilek ÖĞRETİR ÖZÇELİK , Ph.D.)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ogretir)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ogretir@gazi.edu.tr , dilekogretir@gmail.com)