COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IOÖ 5031 CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RUKIYE GÜNSELI YILDIRIM

Offered to

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

This course aim to improve students' knowledge about the contemporary developmental theories and their contribution to understand preschool children's physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge of contemporary theories of development
2   To know the contribution of developmental theories on child development
3   Having ideas about the perspective of developmental theories on the child's physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development.
4   To have an idea about the contribution of developmental theories on pre-school education
5   To relate developmental theories with early childhood education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about the course
2 Theories of Freud and Ericson'un
3 Piaget's theory
4 Kohlberg's theory
5 Mahler 's theory
6 H.S.Sullivan 's theory of development
7 K.Horney 's theory
8 Course overview, evaluation and midterm exam
9 Theory of John Bowlby
10 Masterson's theory
11 Theory of Fromm
12 Adler's theory
13 Kohut's theory
14 Ainsworth theory
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ainsworth, M. (1978). Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of a strange situation. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2. Bandura, A. (1963). Social learning and personality development. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.
3. Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss. New York: Basic Books.
4. Erikson, E. (1985). Childhood and society. 35th anniversary ed. New York: W.W. Norton.
5. Klein, M. (1984). The Psychoanalysis of Children. London: Hogarth.
6. Kohlberg, L. (1987). Child psychology and childhood education: A cognitive developmental view. New York: Longman.
7. Piaget, J. (1963). The origins of intelligence in children. New York: Norton.
8. Piaget, J. (1968). Judgement and reasoning in the child. Totowa: Littlefield, Adams, & Co.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research, literature review

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm 40% final 60%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at 70% of the course is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gunseli.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 8 24
Preparing presentations 3 8 24
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.134435
LO.23335
LO.345
LO.445
LO.53343

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