COURSE SYLLABUS

CHILD AND MENTAL HEALTH

1	Course Title:	CHILD AND MENTAL HEALTH
2	Course Code:	OKU5213
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
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:	Doç. Dr. ELVAN ŞAHİN ZETEROĞLU
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Handan Asûde BAŞAL asubasal@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To be able to know the preschool child in every aspect, to give the activities necessary for their education, taking into account the psychological state and developmental characteristics of the child, and to inform about the application and interpretation of child recognition scales that teachers can use in the preschool period.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The student will be more knowledgeable and will have a more command of the subjects in the field of preschool education.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Recognizing the purpose and importance of getting to know children in pre-school education;
2	Knowing the methods used to identify children;
3	Know the important necessary properties of the children ;
4	Know the techniques that is necessary to identify children ;
5	Understand the importance of identifying children according to educational perspective ;
6	To give information about the application and interpretation of child recognition scales that can be used by teachers in pre-school period. For example; Good Enough, Child Identity Form, Drawing Family Test. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to course context and resources
2	Individual and Individuality: Influencing factors for individual differences
3	Goals, importance, and necessity of getting to know children
4	Basic principles for conceptualizing children
5	Some techniques which can be used for getting to know the children
6	Other observational techniques: 1) Narrative reports 2)Observation lists
7	Observational techniques
8	Interviewing
9	Survey methods and other sociometric techniques for children
10	Sociometric methods for children
11	Case study
12	Tests for young children like Drawing family test
13	Protecting and keeping safe the data deprived from individuals
14	General assessment of the course

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Özgüven İ. E. 2005; Bireyi Tanıma Teknikleri. PDREM Yayınları, Ankara. GÜRÜN, O. A.1984; Çocuğumuzu Tanıyalım. İnkilap Yayınları, İstanbul. Yavuzer, Haluk. 1992. Resimleriyle Çocuk. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	50
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	12	20
Final Exam	1	30
Total	14	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		70
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		30
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Question and answer, discussion and written exam
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