COURSE SYLLABUS

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

1	Course Title:	CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
2	Course Code:	SIN0002
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ASUDE BİLGİN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. NAGİHAN OĞUZ DURAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Asude Bilgin asudebilgin@uludag.edu.tr 0224 2942283
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to help students who are future teachers to understand child psychology and to help them understand the importance of mental health.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Future teachers deal with children and adolescents at pre-school, primary, secondary and high school levels. For this reason, it is very important that they understand child psychology.

Learning Outcomes:

1	The students can describe the basic concepts of child psychology and explain the historical development of this field.;
2	Can recognize children's personality and self characteristics.;
3	Can explain emotional, social, sexual, cognitive and physical development of children.;
4	Can understand and explain emotional and behavioral problems in children.;
5	Gains knowledge and skills about child psychology and mental health.;
6	Can explain childhood adaptation problems from a developmental perspective.;
7	Can know what to do for behavioral problems in children and can take action.;
8	When faced with a problem, can try different solutions.;
9	Gains knowledge and skills about the characteristics and education of children with special needs.;
10	Understands the importance of individual differences and approaches each child in this context.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Explanation of course objectives, content and assignments
2	Subject, history and method of Child Psychology
3	Recognizing and explaining the development of personality and self concepts
4	Studying development: Physical development
5	Theoretical approaches to development: Emotional development / Freud, Erikson)
6	Cognitive development (Piaget, Vygotsky)
7	Social development (Erikson, Kohlberg)
8	Sexual development (Freud)
9	Immediate environment of child:Family, friend and teacher
10	The importance of play in childhood and game theories
11	Interest of children: Painting, music, sports, books etc.
12	Adaptation and behavioral disorders in the children
13	Approach to problem children
14	Summarizing the lesson and general evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Mash, E. J., & Barkley, R. A. (Eds.). (2014). Child psychopathology. Guilford Publications.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	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	Test
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