COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHARACTER AND VALUES EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECE 4101 CHARACTER AND VALUES EDUCATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BERNA ÇÖKER

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to examine the foundational concepts, theories and problems about the values education and increase the awareness of the early childhood teacher candidates about the value education and development of children in early childhood period.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students identify and define the universal values.
2   Students explain the moral and personality development and integrates the knowledge to the activities.
3   Students discuss the importance of the universal values and its education.
4   Students design activities about the universal values, which can be implemented at home and at school
5   Students explain the importance of the families in developing universal values and design activities that increase the awareness of the families about their role.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and overview of the course.
2 The purpose and importance of values education.
3 Different approaches to values education.
4 Moral values education
5 Social values education
6 Individual values education
7 Universal values and moral development
8 General Revision, Assessment, Mid-term exam
9 Instructional methods used in the values education programs
10 Instructional methods used in the values education programs
11 Value- personality -character education programs around the world
12 The role of families and educators in values education
13 Designing values education activities
14 Designing values education activities
15 Yarıyıl sonu sınavı

Recomended or Required Reading

Schiller, P. Bryant,T. (1998) The Values Book, Bestwille: Gryphon Hause, Maryland.
Tillman, D., Hsu, D. (2000) Living Values Activities For Children Ages 3-7, Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communication Inc.
Balat, Uyanık, G., Dağal, Balaban, A., (2006) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Değerler Eğitimi Etkinlikleri, Ankara: Kök Yayıncılık.
Dilmaç, B., Incanca Değerler Eğitimi, Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım. Pighin G. (2005) Çocuklara Değer Aktarımı, (Kinder Werte geben-aber wie ) Çev. Ali Yaşar Gök. Izmir: Ilya Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Various methods are used: Traditional, interactive, active learning are used either individually or concurrently.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

% 70 class attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

berna.coker@deu.edu.tr
bernacoker@gmail.com

Office Hours

monday 1500-1600

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

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.15431
LO.25441
LO.35441
LO.45451
LO.55451

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