COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OKÖ 2003 DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR DENIZ EKINCI VURAL

Offered to

PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The purpose of this course, the concept of student teachers in early childhood development and developmental processes to gain basic information about prenatal development and physical development, motor-action development, cognitive development and language development related to the acquisition of basic concepts and processes to provide information about.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the development of pre-natal period
2   To explain the basic concepts of growth and development
3   To explain cognitive development in early childhood
4   To explain motor development in early childhood
5   To explain the physical development of early childhood
6   To explain language development in early childhood
7   To understand the relationship between development areas to each other
8   To understand relationship the early development and the pre-school education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and basic concepts of development
2 Development and the concept of term
3 Characteristics and principles of development
4 Pre-natal period of development
5 Development of new-born
6 Physical development (factors affecting the physical development)
7 Physical development (body organ systems development)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Motor development (the basic concepts of motor development)
10 Motor Development (stages of motor development)
11 Cognitive development (cognitive development, basic concepts)
12 Cognitive development (Piaget, Vygotsky and Gardner)
13 Language development (language development, basic concepts)
14 Language development (language development and bilingualism period)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atay, M. (2005). Çocukluk Döneminde Gelişim II Ankara: Kök Yayıncılık.
Gander, M. J. ve Gardiner, H. W. (2007). Çocuk ve Ergen Gelişimi. Imge Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecture, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.ekinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 2 7 14
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1534
LO.2534
LO.3534
LO.4534
LO.5534
LO.6534
LO.7534
LO.85534