COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECE 2101 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜZIN ÖZYILMAZ

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To make students have competence and knowledge for necessity, importance and content of the science education in early childhood education, to design activities, and use methods to promote childs scientific thinking in early ages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Explain the importance of science education in early childhood
2   2. Express role of teacher and parents in early childhood science education
3   3. Recognise basic science concepts in early childhood education
4   4. Explain importance of scientific process skills for children in early childhood education
5   5. Design activities related to scientific process skills in early childhood education
6   6. Recognise teaching methods and techniques related to early childhood science concepts.
7   7. Design, practise and evaluate materials and activities related to early childhood science education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Importance of science education in early childhood period
2 Basic science concepts and teaching techniques of these concepts in early childhood science studies
3 Science process skills in early childhood science education
4 Role of teacher and parents in early childhood science teaching
5 Concept maps and practising of these maps in early childhood science teaching
6 Analogies and practising of analogies in early childhood science teaching
7 Cooperative learning in early childhood science teaching
8 Course overview, evaluation and midterm examination
9 Science projects and practising of these projects in early childhood science teaching
10 Early Science Curriculum, and Science Practices in Other Countries Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi Programı ve Dünyada Uygulanan Fen Eğitimi Programları (Wings of Discovery , Tool Kit for Early Chilhood Science Education, La Main à là Pâte ,Pollen Science-Lab , Design and Making Centre , ScienceStart!
11 Drama in science education.
12 Hands on Science and Basic experiments in early science
13 Technology in early science education.
14 Designing, planning and assessment of early childhood activiities
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Sinanoğlu, F. (2006). Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi. Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.
2. Şahin F. (2000). O.Ö.Fen Bilgisi Öğretimi. Istanbul: Ya Pa Yayıncılık.
3. Macaroğlu E. (2005). Fen ve Doğa Etkinlikleri Uygulama Kitabı Istanbul: Morpa Yayıncılık.
4. Şimşek N. ve ark. (2007). Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık
5. Aktaş Arnas, Y. ( 2007), Fen Ve Matematik Öğreniyorum, Ankara: Kök Yayıncılık
6. Erbaş, S., Ergül, R., Şimşekli, Y., Özdilek, Z. (2002) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Öğretimi, Ankara: Ekin Kitabevi
7. Güler T. (2005) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Eğitimi, Istanbul: Mobilsoft Yayın.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer,Cooperative Learning, Drama, Class and Small Group Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of Students' midterm exams, homeworks, presentations and final exams are avaluated according to learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Its required to join to %70 of courses
The Instructor hides to get various exercises done via individual and cooperation in the planned education and training period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

guzin.ozyilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 12.00-13.30 at room HAY Z-2

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 8 24
Preparing presentations 3 8 24
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.153533322
LO.243533322
LO.335332
LO.4333
LO.5353
LO.63
LO.73

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