Prof. Dr. Nagihan OĞUZ DURAN nagihan@uludag.edu.tr
18
Website:
19
Objective of the Course:
To understand the characteristics of childhood development. Within the scope of this course, it is aimed that students will be able to comprehend the general characteristics of childhood, developmental tasks, and developmental problems specific to the period. Among the targeted goals, the development characteristics of the individual and the acquisitions of the factors affecting this development are in question.
20
Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
Evaluating the developmental stages in a scientific perspective requires adapting the information to social life. Students gain the ability to look at and evaluate the problems faced in educational settings and daily life from the perspective of the development levels of the individual.
21
Learning Outcomes:
1
To be able to understand the basic concepts of developmental psychology;
2
To be able to understand the research methods of developmental psychology;
3
To be able to understand the principles of development and factors influencing development ;
4
To be able to understand personality development ;
5
To be able to understand language development, cognitive and moral development ;
6
To be able to understand prenatal development and factors influencing prenatal development ;
7
To be able to understand the theories of cognitive, personality, and social development during 0-2 years ;
8
To be able to understand the theories of cognitive, personality, and social development during 2-5 years;
9
To be able to understand the theories of cognitive, personality, and social development during 6-15 years;
10
To be able to synthesize the theories of developmental phases ;
22
Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
1
Definition, historical development and disciplines of psychology, the and place of developmental psychology among other disciplines
2
Research methods in developmental psychology
3
Basic concepts of development
4
Principles of development
5
Developmental stages and developmental tasks
6
Freud and Psychosexual Development
7
Freud and Psychosexual Development
8
Erikson and Psychosocial Development
9
Erikson and Psychosocial Development
10
Language development: Behavioral and Psycholinguistic approaches
11
Cognitive development: Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
12
Cognitive development: Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development
13
Moral Development: Piaget’s and Kohlberg’s Theories of moral development
14
General repetition and evaluation of the course
23
Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
Gander J Mary ve Gardiner W Harry Cocuk ve ergen gelisimi Imge kitabevi 2011
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
Mid-term and final exams composed of multpile question types.
Information
Multiple choice and true-false tye exams
25
ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
3
12
36
Homeworks, Performances
0
12
12
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
22
22
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
22
22
Total WorkLoad
142
Total workload/ 30 hr
4
ECTS Credit of the Course
4
26
CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
