GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES/OÖÖ209
Course Title: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Course Semester 3 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
Knows and tells the basic elements that determine preschool education policy in the World and Turkey.
Tell the definition, principles, importance and benefits of preschool education
Pre-school education in the world and Turkey explain their policies.
Knows and tell the similarities and differences relating to pre-school education policy in the world and Turkey
Knows and explain the learning environment and teacher training styles of Pre-school educational institutions in the world and Turkey
Examines the legal, social and cultural responsibilities of the family in pre-school education.
Knows the financial allocation of countries to education and especially to preschool education and makes evaluations in this context.
Taking into account the situation of preschool education in different countries makes the assessment of the needs to be done in Turkey as forward-look

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  This course is conducted in the form of face to face education.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Pre-school and early childhood concept
2. Week  Pre-school education in Turkey
3. Week  Pre-school education policies in the world and Turkey
4. Week  Criteria to be taken into account to determine the status of pre-school education in different countries
5. Week  Pre-school education in Finland
6. Week  Pre-school education in Cuba
7. Week  Pre-school education in Sweden
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  Status of pre-school education in different countries
10. Week  Status of pre-school education in different countries
11. Week  Status of pre-school education in different countries
12. Week  Status of pre-school education in different countries
13. Week  Status of pre-school education in different countries
14. Week  General evaluation of the situation of preschool education in the World
15. Week  Assessment of what needs to be done prospectively related to preschool education in Turkey
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
0
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
20
 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
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
1
14
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
6
1
6
 Preparing a Presentation
5
1
5
 Presentation
5
1
5
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
1
14
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
1
14
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
100
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Have basic content knowledge and practice for early childhood period.X
2Plan educational process intended to support development and learningX
3Organize healthy, supportive and stimulative educational environmentX
4Choose, use and prepare materialX
5Use alternative and effective learning methods in early childhood periodX
6Conduct educational activities considering individual differencesX
7Communicate with the families and provide family involvementX
8Work in collaboration with family, school and societyX
9Evaluate education program.X
10Monitor and evaluate children in different waysX
11Develop effective communication skillsX
12Develop awareness for daily usage of information technologyX
13Develop skills related to research, exploration and creating alternative solutionsX
14Develop sense of aesthetics and selectivity skillsX
15Have scientific and professional ethic valueX
16Plan a research, comment on research and make inferences.X
17Follow national and international developments in early childhood periodX
18Use Turkish efficiently and appropriately.X
19Update and develop oneself in teachingX
20Participate in professional activities organizationsX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. H. Elif DAĞLIOĞLU)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/daglioglu/bio )
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (edaglioglu1@gmail.com)