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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IOÖ 5030 ASSESSMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

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

Having knowledge about the approaches of assessing young children, appropriate child assessment techniques, and the use of formal and alternative assessment methods

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain knowledge about techniques of early childhood assessment 2   To gain knowledge about developmental scales that used for early childhood period 3   To apply inventory techniques which used in early childhood period 4   To develop activities for developmental level of early childhood children 5   To evaluate developmental activities and produce unique solutions for the problems faced in.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction, course presentation and planning 2 Genetic and environmental factors affecting individual differences 3 The importance of assesment of children in the education process 4 Classification of the basic principles of assesment techniques 5 Observation techniques (observation point lists, property records charts, anecdotal record). 6 Observation techniques (rating scales, development files), observation errors are involved. 7 Midterm exam 8 Self-description techniques (problem checklist, a list of questions / survey). 9 Self-description techniques (autobiography, wish lists, time scale). 10 Interaction based techniques (interviews, case studies, case conferences, parent conferences, parent meetings, home visits) 11 Techniques based on judgement of thirdth party (who is this, the social distance scale) 12 Techniques based on judgement of third party (who is this, the social distance scale) 13 Play therapy, developmental scales 14 Image analysis 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lecturer notes 2. Bireyi Tanıma Teknikleri. Editör : Yrd. Doç.Dr. A.Aykut CEYHAN, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları 2002 Eskişehir. 3. Barbara Nilsen, Ed. D. (1997) Week by week Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Problem solving, question-answer, presentation and discussion

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)

gunseli.gigrgin@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 9 117 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 25 25 Preparing assignments 3 10 30 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 5 3 4 4 LO.2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 LO.3 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 LO.4 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 LO.5 5 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 5