COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLICIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ZÜBEYDE DOĞAN ALTUN

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to designed for understanding early childhood policies in the world and to examine the implementations of these policies. The fundamental aim of the course is to provide deep professional understanding to teacher candidates in the context of early childhood policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   By the end of course, successful students will be able to; develop general understanding to the topics that are in the context of early childhood policy, explain the context and the importance of early childhood services.
2   Make comparisons among different early childhood programs, their aims and their contexts, examine national and international examples of the topics in the context of early childhood policy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview (the description of early childhood policy, the aim and the content)
2 The history, importance and the short-long term effects of early childhood interventions
3 The sectors in early childhood services
4 Administration of early childhod services
5 Finance in early childhood services
6 Evaluation in early childhood services
7 Different program examples in early childhood services
8 Course overview, evaluation, and Midterm examination
9 Educators: qualifications, legal rights and responsibilities
10 Standarts in early childhood services
11 National and international stakeholders in early childhood policies
12 Current situation of early childhood interventions in our country
13 Presentations
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kağıtçıbaşı Ç., Sunar, D., Bekman, S., & Cemaliler, Z. (2005). Erken Müdahalenin Erişkinlikte Süren Etkileri. Istanbul: Anne-Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı Yayınları.
Kaytaz, M. (2005). Türkiye de Okul Öncesi Eğitimin Fayda-Maliyet Analizi. Istanbul: Anne Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı
TÜSIAD (Türk Sanayicileri ve Işadamları Derneği) (2005). Doğru Başlangıç: Türkiye de Okul Öncesi Eğitim. S. Bekman ve C. F. Gürlesel. Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 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)

murat.ellez@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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Reading 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

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.12244342
LO.2243354

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