GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INFANT BEHAVIOUR, INFANT PERIOD STUDIES AND EDUCATION/4920141
Course Title: INFANT BEHAVIOUR, INFANT PERIOD STUDIES AND EDUCATION
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
1. Discuss the basic characteristics of infancy and the factors affecting its development from an intercultural perspective.
2. Evaluate the latest developments related to the components such as memory, perception, attention, imitation, executive functions, metacognition, mind theory, temperament, self-regulation, resilience and the origins of prosocial skills in infancy.
3. Uses the methods and techniques used in monitoring and evaluating development in infancy.
4. Makes comparative analysis of research, methods and approaches in infancy

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  1. Introduction to the course and overview of infancy
2. Week   2. Brain development in infancy and recent research.
3. Week   3. Milestones of cognitive and language development in infancy
4. Week   4. Milestones of social and emotional development in infancy
5. Week   5. Development of memory, perception, attention, imitation in infancy and recent researches.
6. Week   6. Temperament development in infancy and recent researches.
7. Week   7. Self-regulation in infancy and recent research.
8. Week   8. Mid-term
9. Week   9. Resilience in infancy and recent research.
10. Week   10. Executive functions in infancy, metacognition, mind theory and recent research.
11. Week   11. Development of the relationships between probabilities and causality in infancy and recent researches
12. Week   12. Resistance in infancy and recent research
13. Week   13. Context in infancy; adult-infant interaction, basic needs, attachment, self-determination.
14. Week   14. Origins of prosocial skills in infancy and recent research.
15. Week   15 Diagnostic, imaging and research methodology in infancy and recent research
16. Week   16. final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 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
8
4
32
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
1
15
15
 Preparing a Presentation
1
16
16
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
0
 Other (should be emphasized)
4
10
40
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. NESLİHAN AVCI)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (-)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( navci@gazi.edu.tr )