PRE-SCHOOL TEACHING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ECE2003 Child and Media Fall 3 0 3 7

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Must Course
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. SEDA SARAÇ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YAVUZ SAMUR
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: • Have encountered a wide variety of primary documents, as well as scholarship and popular writing about childhood.
• Practice asking questions of shared class documents.
• student learn how to ask questions about a primary source, to use library databases for historical research, and to write for an online audience.
• Think historically about their own cultural experience, critically re-encountering the culture of their own youth.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Course Content

This course will look at the development of popular culture associated with children in Turkey and the Western Cultures. Using cultural objects made for and by children and youth, we will ask larger questions about the relationships between children and adults, while addressing topics including media, consumption, citizenship, class, and gender.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course
2) Historical and recurring concerns about children’s use of mass media
3) Business models of children’s media
4) Media use acrosss childhood: Access, time and content
5) Children, race, ethnicity and media
6) Gender, media use and, effect
7) Media and the family
8) Attention and media during infancy and early childhood
9) Learning from educational media
10) Media violence and agression in childhood/youth
11) Prosocial effects of media exposure
12) Media and advertising effects
13) Media policy and interventions
14) Concluding reflections on profession

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Calvert, S. L. & Wilson, J. B. (2011). The handbook of children, media and development. Susex: Wiley –Blackwell.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Total %
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 0
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK %
Total %

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Laboratory 6 10 60
Application 14 4 56
Presentations / Seminar 1 1 1
Homework Assignments 10 1 10
Quizzes 2 2 4
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 177

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Analyze and demonstrate knowledge of concepts, ideas, applications in early childhood education and to be able to evaluate them critically. 4
2) To understand and know the developmental and learning capacities of 0-66 month old children and to reflect these to their education process. 4
3) Implementation of the subject matter, pedagogical and professional knowledge necessary for early childhood education. 4
4) Create teaching potential for 0-66 months old children regarding their multidimensional developmental process including skills and attitudes and behavior applicable to life. 4
5) To know how to develop, apply and evaluate learning mediums with sıitable education programs, teaching approach and methods and techniques which is flexible for each individual child . 4
6) To know and apply the necessary measurement and assessmant techniques suitable for early childhood educaton.
7) To develop and apply projects that supports children, families and individuals in the community and contributing positively to their developmental process. 3
8) To integrate the knowledge and experience of working together with different programs and different age groups. 3
9) To demonstrate the commitment to early childhood profession, professionalism,life-long learning and professional growth. 3
10) To cooperate and collaborate with other individuals and community to bring awareness about early childhood education to society. 3
11) To be able to recognize problems in early childhood education, to bring scientifically acceptable solutions to these problems and participate effectively in projects leading to such solutions.
12) Demonstrate knowledge of the laws, regulations and policies related to early childhood education and act accordingly.
13) To demonstrate commitment to societial,scientific and professional values. 3
14) To recognize and respect different cultures and to be sensitive to individual and cultural differences. 4
15) To demonstrate competence and ethical approach in information and communication technologies. 4
16) To demonstrate English profiency in communicating, knowledge sharing and professional development areas of early childhood education.