COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION IN THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IOÖ 5020 LANGUAGE AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION IN THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR BERNA ÇÖKER

Offered to

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

This course will enable participants to gain a full understanding of the importance of creative expression and language development and will enable students to develop developmentally appropriate language activities, equipment and supplies for the early childhood classroom.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Articulate the theoretical foundations and the relationship to practice in language and creative expression curriculum areas.
2   Utilize a diverse range of appropriate teaching strategies including designing (preschool) outdoor learning environments that serve as a primary delivery method for language and creative expression curricula.
3   Plan language and arts curriculum activities consistent with recognized early childhood education content standards.
4   Write appropriate language and creative expression outdoor curriculum plans based on observations of specific children.
5   Engage with children during play, routines, and planned activities in ways that enhance observations of specific children
6   Engage with children during play, routines, and planned activities in ways that enhance language and art learning and development.
7   Use a variety of techniques to assess children's learning and to evaluate the language and creative expression outdoor curriculum.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the content of the course
2 Theoretical Framework for Creativity
3 Creativity and Education
4 Language Arts and outdoor play
5 Creative Arts Curriculum: Understanding Children s Art
6 Teaching Art outdoors
7 Creative Arts Curriculum: Music and Movement
8 MID-TERM
9 Integrating Music and Movement into Language Arts
10 Creative Drama Activities and Experiences
11 Integrating Creative Drama into Language Arts
12 Materials and Resources for Language and Creative Expression
13 Assessing Language Arts and Creative Expression
14 Assessing Language Arts and Creative Expression
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Isenberg, J. B. , Jalongc, M. 1997. Creative Expression and Play in Early Childhood. (2nd Ed.)
Prentice Hall.
2. Brewer, J. 2007. Early Childhood Education: Preschool through Primary Grades. Pearson.
3. Kostelnik, M.J. 2011 Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum. 5th ED. Pearson.
4. Bilton, H. 2010. Outdoor Learning in the Early Years. Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: Lecture, discussion, question answer, project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

berna.coker@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 7 91
Preparing presentations 3 7 21
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1333
LO.2333
LO.3333
LO.4333
LO.53333
LO.6333
LO.7333

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