TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Sixth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Sevgen Özbaşı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) At the end of the course, students will have grasped the main concepts of children's literature and the theoretical basis of children's literature. 2) Knows the basic elements of children's literature and the qualities that children's literature works should have. 3) Can select children's literature works according to the student's level and evaluate these works.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	By the end of this course, students will acquire the development of children's literature in the world and Turkey, the importance of meeting qualified children's books in childhood, and the function of children's literature in raising sensitive and thinking individuals who have acquired a reading culture; examining the properties (design, content and educational) that should be present in children's literature works with examples, illustrating unqualified children's books with examples and discussing their negative effects on children's developmental characteristics; studies to determine the suitability of the pre-service teachers according to the age groups of the books they read and examine, and what development they will contribute to, determining the contribution of various literary literary genres (epic, fairy tales, poetry, stories, novels, etc.) and linguistic materials (counting, rhyme, riddles etc.) addressing children to children's development.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week 2nd Week Week 1 :Distribution of syllabuses and information about the course 3rd Week Description of the topics to be covered during the term 4th Week Week 2 :Basic concepts in children's literature 5th Week Week 3 :Development of children's literature 6th Week Week 4 :The place of children's books in the child's development process 7th Week Week 5 :The place of children's books in the child's development process 8th Week Basic elements of children's literature 9th Week Week 6 :Basic elements of children's literature 10th Week Week 7 :Basic elements of children's literature 11th Week Determination of presentation topics and dates 12th Week Week 8 :Midterm exam week 13th Week Week 9 :Work studies in the context of basic elements of children's literature (by the instructor) 14th Week Week 10 :Work reviews in the context of basic elements of children's literature 15th Week Student presentations 16th Week Week 11 :Work reviews in the context of basic elements of children's literature 17th Week Student presentations 18th Week Week 12 :Work reviews in the context of basic elements of children's literature 19th Week Student presentations 20th Week Week 13 :Work reviews in the context of basic elements of children's literature 21th Week Student presentations 22th Week Week 14: Using children's literature in education 23th Week Overall evaluation of the course
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Sever, Sedat. Çocuk ve Edebiyat. İzmir: Tudem. Sever, Sedat. Çocuk Edebiyatı ve Okuma Kültürü. İzmir: Tudem. Oğuzkan, Ferhan. Çocuk Edeniyatı. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık. Aslan, Canan. Çocuk Edebiyatı ve Duyarlık Eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Alemdar, Yalçın ve Gıyasettin Aytaş. Çocuk Edebiyatı. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Project,Presentation,Report Preparation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Presentation of Book 1 10 Presentation of Article 1 10 Presentation of Case Study 1 10 Total(%) 30 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 30 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 70 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 3 2 6 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 3 10 30 Presentation (including preperation) 1 20 20 Total Workload 120 Total Workload / 30 4 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No