GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PARENT EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION/OÖÖ308
Course Title: PARENT EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Course Semester 6 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
Comprehends the importance, necessity and purpose of family education.
Recognizes programs for families that applied in the world and Turkey.
Plans and implements family education studies.
Knows the importance and purpose of family participation in preschool education programs.
Plans and implements family participation in preschool education programs.
Explains the importance of school-family cooperation. Knows the points to be considered in school-family cooperation.
Explain the role of school (teacher, administrator, other staff) and family in school-family cooperation.
Explains the importance and necessity of family participation in early childhood education programs.
Knows family participation activities. Plans and implements family participation studies. Plans and implements family education programs according to
Makes and applies the necessary evaluations about working with different families (religion, language, race, socio-economic etc.).

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Importance and necessity of family education
2. Week  Importance and necessity of school-family cooperation
3. Week  Points to consider in school-family cooperation
4. Week  The role of the family in school-family cooperation
5. Week  Role of the school (teacher, administrator, other staff) in school-family cooperation
6. Week  Importance and necessity of family participation in educational programs
7. Week  Benefits and barriers of family participation in educational programs
8. Week  Changing fatherhood role and importance of father participation
9. Week  Family participation in early childhood
10. Week  Family participation in early childhood
11. Week  Place of family participation in different approaches (Head Start, Montessori, Waldorf, Constructivist approach)
12. Week  Place of family participation in different approaches (Open Education, Bank Street, Reggio Emilia)
13. Week  Examining and discussing domestic and international studies related to school-family cooperation
14. Week  Studying and discussing domestic and international studies about parental participation in early childhood education programs
15. Week  Evaluation
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
1
20
 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
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
10
2
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
2
20
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
1
5
5
 Preparing a Presentation
1
6
6
 Presentation
1
7
7
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
5
5
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
5
5
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
96
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.84
 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. Ümit DENİZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/umitdeniz/)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sea_edu2003@yahoo.com)