COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OOE 4002 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜZIN ÖZYILMAZ

Offered to

PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Developing environmental consciousness in students, acquiring environmentally sensitive, permanent and positive behavioral changes, getting active participation and duty to solve problems. They will be able to gain awareness about environmental issues and develop projects in this regard.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the purpose of environmental education
2   Interpret how ecological systems work
3   Explain the role of humans in the formation of environmental problems
4   Show sensitivity to environmental problems
5   Develop environmental literacy
6   Develop projects to solve environmental problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meeting, sharing information about the course. What is environmental education What are the aims of environmental education
2 Environmental education in preschool period
3 Systems, ecosystem concept, ecosystem elements, functions of ecosystems
4 Substance Cycles
5 Living creatures in the land
6 Natural disasters
7 Pollution types and human effects
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Recycling
10 Air pollution, Water pollution, Light pollution
11 Noise pollution image pollution
12 Soil pollution , Radioactive pollution
13 Environmental problems in the world and Turkey
14 Environmental activities with pre-school children
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Güney E. (2013) Çevre Sorunları . Ankara. Nobel Yayın dağ.
2. Önder, A. Özkan, B. (2013). Sürdürülebilir Çocuk Gelişimi; Okul Öncesinde Etkinliklerle Çevre Eğitimi. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık
3. Handan Asude Başal (2015) Okulöncesi ve Ilkokul Çocukları Için Uygulamalı Çevre Eğitimi. Ankara: Nobel Yay. Dağ.
4. Ed. Ogelman, H.G. (2014) Çocuk ve Çevre-Küçük Çocuklar ve Çevre Eğitimi El Kitabı. Ankara Eğiten Kitap
5. Gülay, H., Öznacar, M.D. (2010). Okul Öncesi Dönem Çocukları Için Çevre Eğitimi
Etkinlikleri. Ankara: Pegem A Yay.
6. Bayraktar, V. (Eds)(2022). Erken Çocuklukta Çevre Eğitimi. Istanbul: Lisans Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer, case-study,
cooperative learning techniques

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 of Students midterm exam, homework presentations and final exams are
avaluated according to learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Its required to join to %70 of courses
The Instructor hides to get various exercises done via individual and cooperation in
the planned education and training period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

guzin.ozyilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 12.00-13.00 Room HAY z2

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2423242
LO.3423242
LO.4423242
LO.5423242
LO.6423242

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