COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PROBLEMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IOÖ 5028 THE PROBLEMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN TURKEY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GÜZIN ÖZYILMAZ AKAMCA

Offered to

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to determine the problems in preschool education in Turkey based on Literature and propose the solutions to solve these problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Determine past and present problems of preschool education in Turkish education system
2   Having historical knowledge about the development of pre-school education
3   Find solutions to problems and to reveal their views in this area
4   Having information about the status of pre-school education in other countries
5   To offer solutions of problems of early childhood education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about the course
2 Overview of the problems of pre-school education
3 Physical conditions and problems in pre-school education
4 Problems in early childhood education teacher training
5 Problems in early childhood educationteacher training
6 Applied pre-school education programs (comparison of old and new programs
7 Applied pre-school education programs (comparison of old and new programs
8 Midterm Exam
9 Managerial problems in early childhood education
10 Early childhood education's place in National Education meetings
11 Early childhood education's place in National Education meetings
12 The status of the prevalence of the Early childhood education and its problems Status of preschool education in comparison with other countries and Turkey
13 Status of preschool education in comparison with other countries and Turkey
14 Evaluation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ARAL, Neriman. KANDIR, Adalet. YAŞAR, Münevver Can. Okulöncesi Eğitimi 1.Ya-Pa Yayınları, Istanbul Ağustos 2001,
2. BEKMAN, Sevda. GÜRLESEL, Can Fuat. Doğru Başlangıç: Türkiye de Okulöncesi Eğitim TÜSIAD Yayın, 2005
3. LEVENT, Ethem. Beş Yıllık Kalkınma Programlarında Okulöncesi Eğitim . Okulöncesi Eğitim ve Sorunları. Türk Eğitim Derneği VII. Eğitim Toplantısı, Şafak Matbaası, Ankara 1983,
4. T.C. MEB Dokuzuncu Milli Eğitim Şurası, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Istanbul 1975,
5. T.C. MEB Onuncu Milli Eğitim Şurası, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Ankara 1981,
6. T.C. MEB Onbirinci Milli Eğitim Şurası, Milli Eğitim Yayınları,
7. T.C. MEB Onikinci Milli Eğitim Şurası, Milli Eğitim Yayınları,
8. T.C. MEB Ondördüncü Milli Eğitim Şurası, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Basımevi, Istanbul. 1993,
9. T.C. MEB Onbeşinci Milli Eğitim Şurası, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Istanbul. 1996,
10.T.C. MEB Okulöncesi Eğitimi Genel Müdürlüğü. Kreş Programı. Ya-Pa Yayınları, Istanbul. 2002,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, problem-based learning, cooperative learning

Assessment Methods

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

gunseli.girgin@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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 199

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.134
LO.23
LO.344
LO.43
LO.533333

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