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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | SÇG209B2 | Adaptation for School and Early Literacy | Compulsory | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Short Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | The aim of this course is to enable pre-school teacher candidates to explain children's school readiness and adaptation process, to plan and implement activities in this direction, and to plan activities that facilitate transition to primary school. Another aim is to enable pre-school children to develop early literacy skills, to know their education, to plan and implement literacy preparation activities. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Öğr. Gör. Ceren ARI ARAT | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Describe the concept of readiness / school maturity to the school, know and explain the social, emotional, cognitive, psychomotor factors affecting readiness to school | | 2 | Assess children's readiness to school, plan and implement basic educational preparation activities, plan and conduct family-oriented guidance services in the school adjustment process. | | 3 | Learn about the development of literacy skills. Learn the theories about the development of literacy skills | | 4 | Organize activities by preparing educational materials and materials to support children's literacy skills. Parents are guided in this regard. | | 5 | Evaluates and criticizes researches related to readiness to read in scientific term |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Second Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None. | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | none | | Course Contents | | Definition of school readiness and factors affecting readiness; preparation, practice and evaluation of activities for the acquisition of readiness competence, preparation of school readiness and literacy in family, pre-school education, basic concepts, literacy approaches, factors affecting reading achievement, development of literacy skills, literacy environment and materials. It's a precaution for the development of literacy skills. Early literacy, reading skills and subfields; phonological process skills (phonemic awareness, phonological memory), verbal skills and development of vocabulary knowledge (knowledge of alphabet) (pre-alphabet, logographic level, partial alphabet step / semi phonetic level, full alphabet step; consolidated alphabetic stage, preparation for writing (writing awareness), planning, implementation and evaluation of reading and writing preparation activities appropriate for preschool education program. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Definition of school adjustment, factors affecting school adjustment | | | | 2 | Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the adaptation process to school | | | | 3 | Examination of sample activities to support school adjustment | | | | 4 | Definition of readiness, factors affecting readiness, dimensions | | | | 5 | Approaches to readiness | | | | 6 | Evaluating readiness | | | | 7 | Midterm exam | | | | 8 | Examination of sample activities in gaining school readiness | | | | 9 | Literacy approaches, basic concepts and importance | | | | 10 | Factors affecting reading, development of literacy | | | | 11 | Alphabet knowledge, Phonological awareness | | | | 12 | Verbal language skills, print awareness | | | | 13 | Planning and implementation of literacy preparation activities | | | | 14 | Planning and implementation of literacy preparation activities | | | | 15 | General Review | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Bolat, Ö. (2021). (Ed).Adım adım ilkokula başlamak okula uyum ve erken okuryazarlık eğitimi. Anı yayıncılık
Erdoğan, T. (2017). (Ed.). İlkokula hazırlık ve ilkokul programları. Eğiten kitap. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | none |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Attending Lectures | 5 | 8 | 40 | | Project Presentation | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Seminar | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Performance | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Homework | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | LO3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | LO4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | | LO5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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