COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECE 5009 EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

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

This course will enable participants to gain a full understanding of the learning theories and approaches related to concept and literacy development in early childhood and thus contribute in the development of teaching skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the basic definitions and concepts related to concept and language development.
2   Understand major theories and empirical research regarding child development in language/literacy
3   Develop developmentally appropriate practices that support language and concept development in children.
4   Understand how to use a variety of assessment strategies to monitor young children s progress and to plan literacy activities.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 Early category representations and concepts
3 Categorizing and early language development
4 Understanding and producing words
5 Brain and cognitive development
6 The development of children s understanding of grammar
7 Oral language development
8 General Revision, Assessment, Mid-term exam
9 Family Literacy and Language Development
10 Organizing Early Language and Literacy Instruction
11 Organizing Early Language and Literacy Instruction
12 Sharing good books with the children
13 Teaching Early Reading/Writing with the Child
14 General evaluation
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Grayson. A. (2004). Cognitive and Language Development in Children. Oxford: Blackwell.
Morrow, L. M. (2011). Literacy development in the early years: Helping children read and write (seventh edition).
Boston, MA: Pearson.
Copple, C. & Bredekamp, S. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children birth
through age 8. Washington, DC: NAEYC
Godwin, D. & Perkins, M. (2007). Teaching language and literacy in the early years. David Fulton publisher.
Peterson, E. A. (2002). A practical guide to early childhood curriculum: Linking thematic, emergent, and skill-based planning to children s outcomes (2nd Edition), Allyn and Bacon.
Sipe, L. (2008). Storytime: Young children s literary understanding in the classroom. NY: Teacher College Press.
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society. The development of psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Various methods are used: Traditional, cooperative, active learning, case study, presentation, discussion 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

Presenations and homework assignments will be a part of mid and final exam scoring.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is manadatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.34532442
LO.44532442

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