COURSE SYLLABUS

CHILD DEVELOPMENT I

1	Course Title:	CHILD DEVELOPMENT I
2	Course Code:	ÇCKZ105
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr.Gör.Dr. NURAY KOÇ
16	Course Lecturers:	Öğr. Gör. Aysun YÖNEL Öğr Gör. Elif YALÇINTAŞ
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	nuraykoc@uludag.edu.tr 0224 773 60 69 / Uludağ Üniversitesi Yenişehir İbrahim Orhan M.Y.O.
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To comprehend the characteristics of physical, psycho-motor, cognitive and language development of early childhood and adolescent period and also support the development of children in these areas.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To comprehend the basic concepts and principles of human development for the profession.;
2	Having knowledge and skills about physical development of children in aged 0-12.;
3	Using appropriate tools to measure children's physical development.;
4	Having knowledge and skills about psycho-motor development of children in aged 0-12.;
5	Using appropriate tools to measure children’s psycho-motor development.;
6	Having knowledge and skills about cognitive development of children in aged 0-12.;
7	Using appropriate tools to measure children's cognitive development.;
8	Having knowledge and skills about language development of children in aged 0-12.;
9	Using appropriate tools to measure children’s language development.;
10	To contribute to increase children’s education and life quality by information obtained from the development areas.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Basic concepts of human development (growth, maturation, learning, development, readiness, the critical period)
2	Principles of Development, Factors Affecting in Development (Heredity and Environment)
3	Periods and tasks of development
4	Definition and importance of physical development, basic concepts of physical development.
5	Using the measurement tools and materials of physical development and to evaluating of physical development.
6	Definition and importance of psycho-motor development, basic concepts of psycho-motor development.
7	Using the measurement tools and materials of psycho-motor development and to evaluating of psycho-motor development.
8	Course Repeat
9	Definition and importance of cognitive development, basic concepts of cognitive development.
10	Piaget’s cognitive development principles, cognitive development periods, cognitive development theory of Vygotsky and Bruner.
11	Using the measurement tools and materials of cognitive development and to evaluating of cognitive development.
12	Definition and importance of language development, basic concepts of language development.
13	Using the measurement tools and materials of language development and to evaluating of language development.
14	Examples of activities to improve physical, psychomotor, cognitive and language development areas

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Aral, N Baran, G. Bulut, Ş. ve Çimen S. (2001). Çocuk Gelişimi 1-2. Ya-pa Yayınları. Bayhan, Pınar, Artan İsmihan. (2004). Çocuk Gelişimi ve Eğitimi. Morpa Yayınları. Başal, A. Handan. (2003). Nasıl Mutlu Bir Çocuk Yetiştirebilirim?. Morpa Yayınları.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	4	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	6	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High