Course Profile

sap course 1544776368

Course Code:

ECEP 102

Course Title:

Development in Early Childhood

Course Level:

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits:

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits

Catalog Description:

Basic concepts about physical, motor, cognitive, language, social- emotional, personality development, moral development and sexual development of children aged 36-72 months, developmental theories; factors affecting developmental areas; developmental characteristics; relation of development areas.

Pre-requisite:
Co-requisite:

Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Semester: 
Spring
Type of Course: 
Compulsory
Mode of Delivery: 
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction: 
English
Course Objectives: 

This course aims to equip pre-service early childhood teachers with the knowledge of 36-72 months child development and learning theories and give them an ability of implementing those concepts in the early childhood developmental contexts, curriculum and models.

Course Learning Outcomes: 

1. Identify young children’s universal characteristics across age groups

 

2. Recognize children’s wide range of individual and developmental differences

3. Associate the contextual factors that affect young children’s development and learning

4. Discover how the theories of child development and learning have influenced early childhood program models and curricula

5. Critique the theories of child development and learning

6. Apply child development knowledge into early childhood teaching and learning 

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: 
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Scaffolding/Coaching
Collaborating
Case Study/Scenarion Analysis
Video Presentations
Field Trips
Guest Speakers
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria: 
Test / Exam
Quiz
Observation
Presentation (Oral/Poster)

Student Workload:

Lectures
42
hrs
Course Readings
16
hrs
Field Trips/Visits
9
hrs
Observation
6
hrs
Hands-on Work
15
hrs
Exams/Quizzes
20
hrs
Resource Review
12
hrs
Oral Presentation
10
hrs
Team Meetings
10
hrs

Prepared By:

Revised By:

Adile Gülşah Saranlı