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
GEP0305	Communication Practices	Fall Spring	0	6	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SELCAN YEŞİLYURT Instructor SİNEM İNCE
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course helps students to be become educated producers and also consumers of media. Students will develop critical thinking skills of the economics and workings of journalism and they will explore how social and political forces affect newswriting. This course will help students learn to better understand the connections between economics, politics and the media. The course also provides students with a basis in media research, newsgathering and newswriting. Finally, students will develop critical thinking skills to understand the challenges of the new media landscape with digital technologies.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
This course will help students to face the real world after university. Since it will be held in Habertürk, students for the first time will find a chance to meet the professional world and explore how journalism works including the production of news. Habertürk will give students the chance to explore news production by overcoming the constraints of the classroom. Therefore students will develop a sense of how communication is practiced in the professional atmosphere.

Course Content

The course is deeply connected to other undergraduate journalism courses in a way that it provides professional experiences of journalism where students can apply what they have learned in their in-class courses. Since this course is a General Elective, it is not necessarily designed for journalism students. The course provides opportunities for every student from all faculties to develop and apply work discipline, communication practices and critical thinking skills in their professional life. They will have the chance to apply what they have explored in their theoretical and practical undergraduate courses.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	Working in the Professional World I
3)	Working in the Professional World II
4)	Practices in News Gathering in Selected Departments I
5)	Practices in News Gathering in Selected Departments II
6)	Discussion of the Student Project proposal with the Head of the Selected Department
7)	Practices in News Writing in Selected Departments I
8)	Practices in News Writing in Selected Departments II
9)	Interview Journalism
10)	Practices in Photo-Journalism
11)	Practices in Online Journalism
12)	Issues and Practices in News Editing
13)	Presentation of the Student Project in the Newsroom
14)	Review and Discussions

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Journalism: A Career Handbook Anna McKane 2009 ISBN10: 0713667966 ISBN-13: 978-0713667967
References:

Evaluation System

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

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.
2)	To understand and know the developmental and learning capacities of 0-66 month old children and to reflect these to their education process.
3)	Implementation of the subject matter, pedagogical and professional knowledge necessary for early childhood education.
4)	Create teaching potential for 0-66 months old children regarding their multidimensional developmental process including skills and attitudes and behavior applicable to life.
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 .
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.
8)	To integrate the knowledge and experience of working together with different programs and different age groups.
9)	To demonstrate the commitment to early childhood profession, professionalism,life-long learning and professional growth.
10)	To cooperate and collaborate with other individuals and community to bring awareness about early childhood education to society.
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.
14)	To recognize and respect different cultures and to be sensitive to individual and cultural differences.
15)	To demonstrate competence and ethical approach in information and communication technologies.
16)	To demonstrate English profiency in communicating, knowledge sharing and professional development areas of early childhood education.