COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARLY CHILDHOOD MATHEMATIC EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECE 2103 EARLY CHILDHOOD MATHEMATIC EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ZÜBEYDE DOĞAN

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To learn mathematical concepts which will be gained pre-school students and perform activities realted these subjects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to explain mathematical thinking in pre-school education.
2   Be able to recognize importance of mathematics education in pre-schhol.
3   Be able to design activities related to matching, grouping, orderining, comparing.
4   Be able to explain development of mathematical concepts in pre-school.
5   Be able to explain how to desing activities in pre-school education.
6   Be able to determine the roles of teachers in pre-school education.
7   Be able to investigate mathematics program in pre-school education.
8   Be able to determine intuitive math.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mathematics education in pre-school; Scope and importance, principles and standards.
2 Number concept in early childhood
3 Preparing an activity about numbers
4 Matching, classifying, grouping, comparing and sorting in mathematical concept development
5 Preparing an activity about Matching, classifying, grouping, comparing and sorting
6 Basic mathematical concepts: Pattern
7 Preparing an activity about Pattern
8 Course overview, evaluation, and Mid-term examination
9 Basic mathematical concepts; Graph
10 Preparing an activity about Graph
11 Basic mathematical concepts that will be gained in pre-school: Geometry and space
12 Activities related to Geometry and space
13 Problem solving in early childhood
14 music and technology in mathematics education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Akman, B. (Ed.). (2010). Okul öncesi matematik eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
2.Dere, J. ve Ömeroğlu, E. (2001). Okul öncesi dönemde fen doğa matematik çalışmaları. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
3.Güven,Y. (2000). Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Sezgisel Düşünme ve Matematik. Istanbul:YA-PA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Whole class discussions, small-group activities, instructor and student-led demonstrations.

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 will be made by exams consisting of questions to understand whether the students have learnt the subjects. And also there will be on going process evaluations based on the activities prepared by the students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation in the course, preparing activities and other assignments are expected.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zubeyde.dogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 1130

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 6 6
Final Preparation 1 10 10
Paper Preparation 1 20 20
Research Presentation 1 12 12
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

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.15554
LO.25554
LO.35554
LO.45554
LO.55554
LO.65554
LO.75554
LO.85554

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