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COURSE DESCRIPTION

DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD/OÖÖ102

Course Title:	DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Credits	3	ECTS	5
Course Semester	2	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

By the end of this course, students will develop an understanding of the classical and contemporary theories and perspectives of child development.
They will understand the historical trajectory of the developmental study
They will understand the basic developmental concepts, and developmental stages from birth through kindergarten.
They will understand the biological and cultural foundations of childhood development
They will understand prenatal development, and developmental features of the newborn
They will understand the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social developmental features in infancy and toddlerhood.
They will understand the language development and development of symbolic thought in the early years.
They will understand the importance of conceiving development in the context of familial, social-cultural, and historical processes.
They will understand the formative role of an affectionate, caring adult-child relations in the early years

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face interaction

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Intro: Developmental concepts. History of Developmental Study
2. Week	Classical Development Theories
3. Week	Contemporary Development Theories
4. Week	Biological and cultural foundations of development. Nature vs. Nurture Arguments
5. Week	Prenatal Development
6. Week	Newborn
7. Week	: Physical and Motor Development
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Cognitive Development
10. Week	Social and Emotional Development
11. Week	Language development
12. Week	Play, Sembolic thought, and Language Development
13. Week	Supporting development
14. Week	Familial, social and cultural context of development
15. Week	Evaluation
16. Week	Final

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	40
Assignment	0	0
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	14	1	14
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	1	5	5
Preparing a Presentation	1	5	5
Presentation	5	1	5
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	6	1	6
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	6	1	6
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			125
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			5
Course Credit (ECTS):			5

-- 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

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(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)

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