COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECE 5014 AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DUYGU ÇETINGÖZ

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The purposes of this course display children at risk, causes of risk and measures to be taken.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develop a point of view about risk concept and its causes
2   Develop an understanding about such risks as violence, trauma, divorce, toxicomania, exploitation, loosing parents etc
3   Comprehend how to deal with the problems and the needs of the children at risk.
4   Understand the rights of the children at risks and the adults responsibilities
5   Develop research proposals relevant to how to improve the children at risk.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course context and resources
2 Recognizing children at risk
3 Recognizing children at risk
4 The reasons of risk factors.
5 The situation of at risk children in Türkiye and World
6 Preventing and saving
7 Recognizing institutions working for children at risk
8 Course overview, evaluation, and Midterm examination
9 Children at street
10 Working children
11 Children exposed to neglect and exploitation
12 Children that need to be saved
13 Socially disadvantaged children
14 General evaluation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dennis TA, Brotman LM (2003) Effortful control, attention and
aggressive behavior in preschoolers at risk for conduct problems. Ann NY Acad Sci 1008: 252 255.
2. Yağmurlu B, Altan O (2010) Maternal socialization and child
temperament as predictors of emotion regulation in Turkish preschoolers.
Infant Child Dev 19: 275-296.
3. Bayhan, Vehbi (2002): Risk Toplumu , Doğu Batı, Sayı:19, Ankara
4. Bayhan, Vehbi (2003) : Küresel Risk Toplumunda Eşitsizlikler , IV. Ulusal Sosyoloji Kongresi, 16-18 Ekim 2003, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Sivas
5. Beck, Ulrich (1992): Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity, Sage, London.
6. Giddens, Antony (2000): Elimizden kaçıp Giden Dünya, (Çev: O.Akınhay), Alfa Yay., Istanbul
7. Ungar, Sheldon (2001): Moral Panic Versus The Risk Society: The Implications of The Changing Sites of SocialAnxiety , The British Journal of Sociology, Jun 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Relative evaluation will be made.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Policies and rules regarding course content will be determined.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

duygu.cetingoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It is on Wednesday every week.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2444332
LO.3444332
LO.4444332
LO.5444332

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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