COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENT & CHILD

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IOÖ 5014 ENVIRONMENT & CHILD ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜZIN ÖZYILMAZ

Offered to

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

This course will enable participants to gain to identify pollution sources, to learn preschool environment legislation and applications and to design original environment activities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the pollution sources
2   Learn preschool environment legislation
3   Preschool environment applications
4   To investigate environmental education programmes for early childhood education
5   To prepare activities to improve environmental awereness for early childhood period

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environment description, environmental education(general)
2 Preschool legislation: Foreign applications
3 Preschool legislation: Applications in Turkey
4 Environmental issues in preschool education, contents
5 Environmental sensitivity in preschool education
6 Environmental sources(General)
7 Mid-term exam
8 Environmental pollution sources: Air pollution
9 Environmental pollution sources: Water pollution
10 Environmental pollution sources: Soil pollution
11 Environmental pollution sources: Other pollution sources
12 Activity examples based on multiple intelligences theory
13 Environmental activities with preschool students
14 Developing environmental activities in early childhood education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bilton, Helen (2002). Outdoor Play in the Early Years, Second Edition: Management and Innovation, London: DavidFulton Publishers Ltd.
2. White, Jan (2007). Playing and Learning Outdoors: Making Provision for High Quality Experiences in the Outdoor Environment. New York: Tyler & Francis

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question answer, argumentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

guzin.ozyilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 4 15 60
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Research Presentation 4 15 60
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.153145325555
LO.244155425455
LO.345255355444
LO.4
LO.55