GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD II/OÖE202A

Course Title:	DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD II
Credits	3	ECTS	4
Semester	4	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Associate Prof. Dr. Ayşe Dilek Öğretir Özçelik

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

http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ogretir

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

ogretir@gazi.edu.tr, dilekogretir@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

By the end of this course, students will understand the history of developmental study and its major concepts.
They will understand physical, motor and cognitive development in the early childhood years (ages 3 through 6).
They will understand the links between play, development, and language and sybolic thought in the early childhood years.
They will understand the interaction between language, literacy, and schooling in early childhood.
They will understand social and emotional development in the early childhood years, and the place of families and culture in our understandings of dev
And, they will understand moral, gender and identity development in early childhood.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Theories of Childhood Development.
2. Week	Physical and motor development in the early childhood years (3-6).
3. Week	Physical and motor development (continued).
4. Week	Cognitive development in the early childhood years. -Piaget's perspective.
5. Week	Cognitive development in the early childhood years. -Vygotsky's perspective.
6. Week	Play in early childhood & Sembolic thought.
7. Week	Midterm exam
8. Week	Language and literacy in the early childhood years. Acquisition of native and second language.
9. Week	Social and emotıonal development in early chıldhood: -Social competence and its development., -Emotional competence and its development.
10. Week	Social and emotional development (continued): -Peer relations. -Cultural acquisition.
11. Week	Development from kindergarten through 3rd grade.
12. Week	-Kohlberg's Moral Development theory. -Peer relations.
13. Week	-Identity development -Gender & development.
14. Week	Families, culture, and cultural differences & Development.
15. Week	Evaluation
16. Week	Final Exams

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Laure Berk, Çocuk Gelişimi, Çeviren: Ali Dönmez ve Bekir Onur, İmge Kitabevi, 2013.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Direct instruction, Question-Answer, Video and other visual media presentations; Classroom and online discussion forums; Feedbacks on reflection papers.

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

NONE

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	0	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	13	2	26
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	13	3	39
Searching in Internet and Library			0
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	10	10
Final and Studying for Final	1	15	15
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			90
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			3.6
ECTS:			4

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Have basic content knowledge and practice for early childhood period.					X
2	Plan educational process intended to support development and learning				X
3	Organize healthy, supportive and stimulative educational environment			X
4	Choose, use and prepare material			X
5	Use alternative and effective learning methods in early childhood period					X
6	Conduct educational activities considering individual differences			X
7	Communicate with the families and provide family involvement				X
8	Work in collaboration with family, school and society			X
9	Evaluate education program.			X
10	Monitor and evaluate children in different ways				X
11	Develop effective communication skills					X
12	Develop awareness for daily usage of information technology			X
13	Develop skills related to research, exploration and creating alternative solutions			X
14	Develop sense of aesthetics and selectivity skills		X
15	Have scientific and professional ethic value			X
16	Plan a research, comment on research and make inferences.					X
17	Follow national and international developments in early childhood period			X
18	Use Turkish efficiently and appropriately.				X
19	Update and develop oneself in teaching				X
20	Participate in professional activities organizations				X

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