COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHILDREN AT RISK AND THEIR EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IOÖ 5036 CHILDREN AT RISK AND THEIR EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DENIZ EKINCI VURAL

Offered to

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Course Content, Sources, Supplementary Materials, Strategies, Methods, and Techniques to be Employed
2 The concept of being at risk and the definition of risk groups in children, the factors that cause children to be in the risk group. Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
3 Characteristics of risk groups (disadvantaged, neglected and abused, pushed into crime, children in need of protection) Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
4 Characteristics of risk groups (street children, working children, immigrant and refugee children) Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
5 The situation of children in the risk group in the world and in Türkiye Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
6 The role of family and educators in recognizing children at risk Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
7 Prevention and support programs implemented for children placed in the risk group Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
8 Midterm exam
9 Studies conducted on children who were pushed into the risk group in early childhood Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
10 Studies conducted on children who were pushed into the risk group in early childhood Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
11 Studies conducted on children who were pushed into the risk group in early childhood Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
12 Studies conducted on children who were pushed into the risk group in early childhood Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
13 Studies conducted on children who were pushed into the risk group in early childhood Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
14 Studies conducted on children who were pushed into the risk group in early childhood Lecture, Discussion, research- investigation, problem solving
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bayhan, Vehbi (2002): Risk Toplumu , Doğu Batı, Sayı:19, Ankara.
2. Bayhan, Vehbi (2003) : Küresel Risk Toplumunda Eşitsizlikler , IV. Ulusal Sosyoloji
Kongresi, 16-18 Ekim 2003, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Sivas
3. Beck, Ulrich (1992): Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity, Sage, London.
4. Erbay, E. (2008). Çocuk işçi olmak: Çocuk işçiliğine retrospektif bir bakış. Istanbul:
Kişisel Yayınlar
5. Giddens, Antony (2000): Elimizden kaçıp Giden Dünya, (Çev: O.Akınhay), Alfa Yay.,
Istanbul
6. Mercan Uzun, E. ve Bütün, E. (2016). Okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarındaki Suriyeli
sığınmacı çocukların karşılaştıkları sorunlar hakkında öğretmen görüşleri. Uluslararası
Erken Çocukluk Eğitimi Çalışmaları Dergisi, 1(1), 72-83.
7. Seçer, Z. (2019). Risk altındaki çocuklar ve eğitimleri. Ankara: Eğiten Kitap
8. Ungar, Sheldon (2001): Moral Panic Versus The Risk Society: The Implications of The
Changing Sites of SocialAnxiety , The British Journal of Sociology, Jun 2001.
9. Yağmurlu B, Altan O (2010) Maternal socialization and child
temperament as predictors of emotion regulation in Turkish preschoolers.
Infant Child Dev 19: 275-296.
10. Yazıcı, D., Akman, B., Kardeş, S., ve Mercan Uzun, E. (2017). Preservice preschool
teachers views on the characteristics of gifted children. Journal for the Education of
Gifted Young Scientists, 5(3), 70-89. Gün, S. (2017). Çocuk: Işçi, yoksul, göçmen. Nota
Bene Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, lecture, student presentation, research-
Investigation, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FINS * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

will be announced later

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced later

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.ekinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 199

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11

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