GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY/EBS102
Course Title: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
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
Recognize important developmental crises in child development.
Understands children's perception, motivation and emotions.
Understands the development of personality and self in the child.
Comprehend the emotion and behavior problems in children.
Understands adaptation problems in children.
Explain the risk factors such as communication, use of technology, substance abuse, migration and psychological health problems in children.
Foresees the precautions that should be taken by schools, families and teachers about developmental and environmental risk factors and psychological problems in children

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Developmental crises in children
2. Week  Perceptions, motives and emotions in children
3. Week  Personality and self development in children.
4. Week  Emotional and behavioral problems in children
5. Week  Emotional and behavioral problems in children
6. Week  Adaptation problems in children
7. Week  Adaptation problems in children
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Communication with children.
10. Week  Use of technology in children
11. Week  Risk factors such as substance abuse and migration in children
12. Week  Risk factors such as substance abuse and migration in children
13. Week  Psychological health problems in children
14. Week  Precautions to be taken by schools, families and teachers about the problems affecting the psychology of children.
15. Week  Precautions to be taken by schools, families and teachers about the problems affecting the psychology of children.
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
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
8
3
24
 Searching in Internet and Library
4
3
12
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
1
5
5
 Preparing a Presentation
1
3
3
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
6
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
89
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.56
 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
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 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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