TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Associate Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Third Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Döndü Ceren Kılıç
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Knows the basic concepts of education. 2) Explains the elements, principles and standards of early childhood education program. 3) Compares a variety of early childhood education programs used in Turkey and abroad. 4) Describes various approaches used in early childhood education in Turkey and abroad. 5) ExplainS learning theories and learning process. 6) Program tasarısı hazırlar. 7) Prepares, implements and evaluates annual, monthly and daily activity plan by using program development principles. 8) Plans, implements and evaluates family involvment studies in early childhood education program. 9) Explains how to evaluate the development of the child in educational program.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	The aim of this course is to introduce basic concepts of education, approaches to early childhood education and programs (Head Start Approach, Reggio Emilia Approach, High Scope Approach, Waldorf Pedagogy, Montessori Approach, GEMS), and obtain information about the process of preparing a training program. In addition, in line with the MONE Early Childhood Education Program, it is aimed to gain information about the processes related to the principles of preschool education, Activity Plan, Daily Education Flow, Monthly Plan.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction of the Course, Introduction of the Course Content 2nd Week Historical Development of Pre-School Education in Turkey, and Related Educational Preschool Basic Concepts and Principles 3rd Week Approaches and Programs in Early Childhood Education (Waldorf, Montessori, Bank Street, Home School, Head Start) 4th Week Approaches and Programs in Early Childhood Education (Portage, Project Approach, Highscope, Reggio Emilia, Forest School, 5th Week Design and Models in Program Development 6th Week Learning Theories and Learning Process 7th Week MEB 2013 Education Program for 0-36 Months Children and Pre-School Education Program? Key Features 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week MEB 2013 Pre-School Education Program: Development Features, Achievements and Indicators, Learning Centers, 10th Week MEB 2013 OÖEP Annual plan, Monthly Plan, Daily Training Flow and Activity Plan 11th Week Preparing and Presenting Integrated Events 12th Week Evaluation Dimension of the Program, Family Participation Studies 13th Week Evaluation of Child's Development in Education Programs 14th Week Example applications 15th Week FINAL
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	MEB Okul Öncesi Eğitim Programı Program Kitabı(2013). MEB Okul Öncesi EğiTim Programı Etkinlik Kitabı (2013). Aktan Acar, E. (2019). Erken Çocukluk Eğitimi Mozaiği. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık; Ankara. Temel, F. (2018). Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Yaklaşımlar ve Programlar. Vize Yayıncılık; Ankara. Temel, F., Aral, N. (2018). Gelişimsel Destek Programları. Hedef CS Yayıncılık; Ankara.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Case Study,Discussion,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No