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COURSE DESCRIPTION

UNDERSTANDING OF CHİLDHOOD AND CHILD PARTICIPATION/4920008

Course Title:	UNDERSTANDING OF CHİLDHOOD AND CHILD PARTICIPATION
Credits	3	ECTS	8
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

Corsaro, W.A., 1997. The Sociology of Childhood. London: Sage. 
2. Brembeck, H., Johansson, B., and Kampmann, J., eds. 2004. Beyond the competent child: 
3. Archard, D., 1993. Children: Rights and Childhood. London: Routledge. 
4. Alanen, L., and Mayall, B., 2001. Conceptualising Child-Adult Relationships. London:Routledge Falmer. 
5. Freeman, M., 1998. The sociology of childhood and children’s rights. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 6, pp.433-444.
6. Grover, S., 2004. Why won’t they listen to us? On giving power and voice to children participating in research. Childhood, 11 (1), pp.81-93.
7. James, A., and James. A., 2004. Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice.London: Palgrave Macmillan. 
8. James, A., Jenks, C., and Prout, A., 1998. Theorizing Childhood. Cambridge: Polity Press. 
9. James, A., and Prout, A., 1997. Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood. 2nd ed. London: Falmer Pres
10.	Morrow, V. 2011. Understanding children and childhood', Centre for Children and Young People: Background Briefing Series, no. I.

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Discusses sociological and disciplinary perspectives on children and childhood
Discusses historical and cultural context in sociology of childhood
Discusses children's geographies
Discusses children and childhood in developmental studies
Discusses education for all children Explains universal desingn for learning, basic concept and principles
Discusses concept of citizen/agentic child with cases and literature
Discusses child participation in everyday life an educational environment
Discusses education for all children: universal desingn for learning
Develops participatory programs and practices regarding children. (Plans the right of participant children)

-- 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	Sociological and disciplinary perspectives on children and childhood
3. Week	Historical and cultural context in sociology of childhood
4. Week	Children's Geographies
5. Week	Understanding children and childhood in developmental studies
6. Week	Education for all children:universal desingn for learning, basic concept and principles
7. Week	Agentic child: case and literature discusssion
8. Week	Inclusive education, universal design for learning and education for all : case and literature discusssion
9. Week	Children in everyday life and educational environment
10. Week	Individual study: current issues in childhood studies
11. Week	Individual study: current issues in childhood studies
12. Week	Individual study: current issues in childhood studies
13. Week	Individual study: current issues in childhood studies
14. Week	individual study presentation
15. Week	individual study presentation
16. Week	individual study presentation

-- 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			0
Report Preparing	1	102	102
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:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
Course Credit (ECTS):			8

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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2						X
3				X
4					X
5					X
6					X
7						X
8			X
9						X
10						X
11				X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Neslihan AVCI)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(-)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(navci@gazi.edu.tr)

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