CHILD DEVELOPMENT (TURKISH)


Profile of the Program

The Child Development programme was established to meet the educational and counselling needs of children with normal development, special needs, patients, children in need of protection and children at risk in our country by considering the highest benefit of children. The aim of this programme is to train well-equipped and qualified professionals who can prepare educational programmes to support the development of children with normal development, special needs and children in need of protection between the ages of 0-18; provide consultancy and publication services to individuals, institutions and organisations according to their needs; develop projects using modern approaches related to children, families, educators and society, and provide services to children, families and society in the field of child development and education.

Qualification Awarded

The students who successfully complete the program are awarded the degree of Bachelor of ÇOCUK GELİŞİMCİ

Level of Qualification

This is a Associate (Short Cycle) program.

Specific Admission Requirements

Students are accepted with YKS (Higher Education Institutions Examination) made by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM). Candidates who are high school graduates; According to the score they will get from the Basic Proficiency Test of the Higher Education Institutions Examination conducted by ÖSYM, they can be a student in the Programme if they make their preferences in accordance with the Preference Guide published by ÖSYM, provide the base score of the Programme to be determined for that year, are eligible to enroll in the Programme according to the ÖSYM Result Explanation System data and register between the specified dates.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

This program is subject to the fifth stage degree system of 120 ECTS credits in the field of Child Development in higher education. When the program is successfully completed and the program qualifications are met, an Associate Degree in Child Development is awarded.

Recognition of Prior Learning

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Students who graduate from the Child Development Programme can work as a group supervisor or assistant teacher in nurseries and day care homes affiliated to the Ministry of Family and Social Services; as an assistant instructor in kindergartens and nursery schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education; as an assistant instructor in the playrooms in the children's wards of hospitals; and as an assistant instructor in Special Education and Rehabilitation centres. In addition, they can also work as child development professionals and designers in areas such as children's publications and toy sector.

Access to Further Studies

The graduated students who completed their Two-year degree successfully are able to reach undergraduate program of universities “Preschool Teaching and Child Development and Education Teaching” department with vertical transfer on the condition that if they have adequate score from Vertical Transfer Examination.

Program Outcomes

1 To be able to fulfill the professional requirements of the profession in the field of child development and education and to have knowledge of ethical principles and rules
2 Paying attention to children about proper and good usage of Turkish language.
3 To be able to monitor the development of typically developing children and prepare activities that support their development.
4 To have knowledge and skills on communicating effectively with children and strengthening families' communication skills.
5 Apply and practice drama,play and music activities
6 Use of basic theoretical and practical knowledge, basic computer programs and related technologies in the field of Child Development
7 To be able to monitor the development of children with special needs, plan and implement activities to support their development
8 To have knowledge and training skills regarding safe and conscious media use of children and families
9 To plan and carry out all activities (Turkish, music, drama, art, games, movement, science, mathematics, trips, tool and material development) carried out in pre-school education institutions within a daily, weekly, monthly and annual flow
10 To have knowledge and practical skills regarding the branches of art (painting, literature, etc.) used to support children's development.
11 To have knowledge and skills in the field of child nutrition
12 To have knowledge and skills about child health and diseases and first aid intervention.

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Courses
BPR1021 Information and Communication Technology 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
CGL1001 Child Development I 5 5 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
CGL1002 Child Development II 5 5 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
CGL1005 Introduction in Early Childhood Education 5 4 2 4 2 1 2 1 5 1 1 1
CGL1013 Special Education I 5 4 1 5 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 1
CGL1014 Special Education II 5 4 1 5 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 1
CGL1018 Play and Drama at Early Childhood 5 5 1 3 5 1 1 1 4 4 1 1
CGL2003 Child Psychology and Mental Health 5 5 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
CGL2011 Practices in Special Education I 5 5 1 5 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 4
CGL2015 Program Development in Preschool Education 5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 1
CGL2020 Practices in Special Education II 5 5 1 5 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 4
CGL2022 Practices in Pre-School Institutions 5 5 5 4 3 3 1 2 5 2 1 5
CGL2023 Workplace Training 5 5 5 4 4 1 5 1 2 1 1 1
CGL2024 Practices in Special Education II 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 3 5 5 4 5
ENG1071 English I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ENG1072 English II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
HST1071 Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
HST1072 Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
LAW1154 Child Law and Child Psychology 3 5 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
TGT2006 First Aid 1 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
TLL1071 Turkish Language and Literature I 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TLL1072 Turkish Language and Literature II 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Departmental Elective
CGL2001 Material Development in Education
CGL2007 Communication with Children
CGL2009 Child Nutrition
CGL2017 Children and Media
CGL2018 Children and Painting
CGL2019 Children’s Literature 5 5 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 5 1 2
GE-Elective
COP1301 Career Development for Orientation to Work Life 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
COP1302 Dale Carnegie Strictly Business: Dale Carnegie Course 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
COP1303 TMI - Project Your Life Ahead 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1065 History of Civilization I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1066 History of Civilization II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1111 Art and Religion 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1112 Classical Turkish Art and Artists 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1113 European Art 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1114 Fine Arts in Turkey 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1115 Introduction to Art History 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1121 Introduction to Theatre 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1122 Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1123 Special Topics in Theatre 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1124 Turkish Theatre 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1131 Introduction to Classical Music 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1132 Trends in Classical Music 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1133 Twentieth Century Musıc 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1134 Introduction to Turkısh Classical Musıc 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1201 City and Culture 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1202 History of Istanbul as an Imperial City 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1203 Globalization and Istanbul 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1204 Istanbul in Social and Historical Perspectives 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1205 Unfolding the Layers of Berlin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1206 Virtual Discovery of Istanbul 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1211 City and Landscape 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1302 Dale Carnegie Strictly Business: Dale Carnegie Course 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1303 TMI Project Your Life Ahead 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1307 Marine Culture and Amateur Seamanship 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1320 Introduction to the 2030 Agenda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1403 French I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1404 French II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1405 German I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1406 German II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1409 Italian I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1410 Italian II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1413 Ottoman Turkish I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1415 Russian I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1416 Russian II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1417 Spanish I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1418 Spanish II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1431 Turkish Sign Language 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1432 English for Specific Purposes I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1433 English for Specific Purposes II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1439 Russian III 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1440 Russian IV 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1501 Anatolian Civilizations 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1502 Great Discoveries and Inventions in the History of Science 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1503 Greek and Turkish Relations in the Aegean 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1504 History of Food 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1505 History of Mediterranean World 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1506 History of the Modern Middle East 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1508 Wars That Change History 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1509 20. Century Political History 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1510 Contemporary Germany- History, Politics and Society since 1945 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1511 European History 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1513 History of Religions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1514 Ottoman Cultural History 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1515 New Religious Movements 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1601 Communication in Local Governments 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1602 Community Service Applications 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1604 Interpersonal Communication 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1605 Popular Culture 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1606 Prejudice and Aggression 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1607 Ethics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1608 European Integration and Turkish-European Relations 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1610 Innovative Leadership 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1611 Effective Skills for Communication 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1612 Political Communication Campaigns 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1613 Elections and Campaign Management 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1614 Social Media Management 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1615 Perception Management 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1616 Traffic and Road Safety 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1618 Communication and Stress Management 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1619 Using Media for Communication 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1620 Visual Literacy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1621 Internal Communication and Innovation Management 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1622 Creative Thinking and Entrepreneurship 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1623 Fashion and Media 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1625 Games and Culture 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1701 Creative Literature and Major Writers in the World 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1702 Critical Thinking and Literary Criticism 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1704 Trends in Literature 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1705 Literature and Society 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1706 Modern Turkish Novel and Story 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1707 Modern Turkish Poetry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1710 Turkish Poets and Poems 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1801 20th Century History of Thought 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1802 Aesthetic and Philosophy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1803 Contemporary Philosophy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1804 Islamic Philosophy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1806 Philosophy of Life 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1807 Political Philosophy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1808 Philosophy of Religion 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1809 Strategic Roadmaps and Innovation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1810 Systems-Design Thinking and Management 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1821 Classical Logic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1822 Logic I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1823 Logic II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GEP1824 Modern Logic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

1. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
BPR1021 Information and Communication Technology 1 2 2 3
CGL1001 Child Development I 4 0 4 9
CGL1005 Introduction in Early Childhood Education 2 0 2 6
CGL1013 Special Education I 3 0 3 5
ENG1071 English I 1 2 2 3
HST1071 Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic I 2 0 2 2
TLL1071 Turkish Language and Literature I 2 0 2 2
Total 30
2. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CGL1002 Child Development II 4 0 4 9
CGL1014 Special Education II 3 0 3 7
CGL1018 Play and Drama at Early Childhood 0 2 1 7
ENG1072 English II 1 2 2 2
HST1072 Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic II 2 0 2 2
LAW1154 Child Law and Child Psychology 0 0 0 1
TLL1072 Turkish Language and Literature II 2 0 2 2
Total 30
3. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CGL2003 Child Psychology and Mental Health 2 0 2 2
CGL2011 Practices in Special Education I 0 4 2 4
CGL2015 Program Development in Preschool Education 2 0 2 2
CGL2023 Workplace Training 0 0 0 6
TGT2006 First Aid 2 0 2 3
GE-Elective 3 4
Departmental Elective 2 3
Departmental Elective 2 3
Non-Departmental Elective 2 3
Total 30
4. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CGL2020 Practices in Special Education II 1 2 2 3
CGL2022 Practices in Pre-School Institutions 0 2 1 2
CGL2024 Practices in Special Education II 0 4 2 8
Non-Departmental Elective 2 3
Departmental Elective 2 3
Departmental Elective 2 3
GE-Elective 3 4
GE-Elective 3 4
Total 30

Program Director (or Equivalent)


CHILD DEVELOPMENT (TURKISH) - VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTH SERVICES

Instructor AYŞEN YALIN
Head of Department

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTH SERVICES
E-Mail: aysen.yalin@bau.edu.tr
Telephone: +90