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Key Learning Outcomes

  • Knows the concepts, theories, national and international practices and relations between concepts in the field of child development.
  • Demonstrates basic reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills in the English language.
  • Communicates effectively in writing, verbally, nonverbally and visually, demonstrates presentation skills, works effectively as a team and independently.
  • Explains the developmental characteristics, learning characteristics and learning difficulties of children.
  • Uses information and information technologies required by the field of child development.
  • Prepares educational materials supporting the developmental areas (physical, cognitive, language, social-emotional, motor development areas) of children in pre-school education institutions and special education institutions and organizes educational environments.
  • Prepares, implements and evaluates educational programs taking into account the developmental characteristics and individual differences of children.
  • Considering Human and Child Rights, it evaluates the developments in its field with a critical approach within the framework of academic study discipline and ethical values and transfers them to the institution effectively.
  • Generates professional knowledge from data, synthesizes, analyzes, interprets and evaluates the produced information; gains the ability to conduct research and prepare projects, and by using the knowledge he has in solving problems, he makes his personal and professional development continuous.
  • He/she will have the intensity required by the field of child development, the ability to work under stress and pressure, as well as occupational safety, worker health, environmental protection knowledge and quality awareness.
  • In line with inclusive/integrated education, students will have the ability to prepare educational programs, organize environments, implement and evaluate programs by taking into account the developmental characteristics and individual differences of children with special needs.
  • Develops appropriate and current strategies for the problems faced in the field of child development and provides effective governance by using the necessary technology.
  • Has the ability to provide education, guidance and counseling for the families of children with normal development and special needs.