GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
RESEARCH METHODS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION/4920006
Course Title: RESEARCH METHODS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT 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
Discusses problem of paradigm in child development researchs
Explains basic steps of research and reporting
Discusses ethic code for research with children
Discusses sociological and developmental principles for research with children
Discusses limitations and possibilities for research with children as a source of information
Explains limitations and possibilities of qualitative and quantitative designing, sampling, data collecting tools, data collect, and reporting
Discusses examples of research papers critically
Writes research proposal
Conducts research and reporting

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction, examination of the curriculum
2. Week  problem of paradigm in child development researchs basic steps of research and reporting
3. Week  Ethic code, sociological and developmental principles for research with children Limitations and possibilities for research with children as a source
4. Week  limitations and possibilities of qualitative and quantitative designing, sampling, data collecting tools, data collect, and reporting
5. Week  Discussing examples of research papers critically , Writing research proposal
6. Week  Research paper presentation Conducting child development research
7. Week  Conducting child development research Presenting research proposal
8. Week  Presenting research proposal Conducting child development research
9. Week  Research paper presentation Conducting child development research
10. Week  Research paper presentation Conducting child development research
11. Week  Research paper presentation Conducting child development research
12. Week  Reporting child development research
13. Week  Reporting child development research
14. Week  Reporting child development research
15. Week  Final exam:Presenting research results
16. Week  Final exam:Presenting research results
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
3
30
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
40
 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
10
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Material Design and Implementation
6
14
84
 Report Preparing
1
40
40
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
12
12
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
1
1
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
210
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3
4
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Neslihan Avcı)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (-)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (navci@gazi.edu.tr)