Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
AE-SIS3	Child Psychology	Elective	2	3	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The objective is to study the subject matter, development, principles and the developmental periods of child psychology and thus to consider children?s immediate environment, their adjustment and the psychological problems they encounter.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Analyse development, its principles and periods of development.
2	Analyse childrens relations with their immediate environment, family, friends, school and teacher.
3	Research childrens adjustment disorders and behavioural disorders
4	Research children's psychological disorders.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

The basic concepts, a short history and methods of child psychology, pre-natal development, areas and properties of development in infancy, areas and properties f development in early childhood, areas and properties of development in late childhood, children in family, children in the school system, adjustment and behavioural problems in childhood, children with special needs.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The subject matter, a Short History and Methods of child Psychology
2	The concept of Development, its Principles and Developmental Periods
3	Physical and Motor Development
4	Cognitive Development and the Development of Intelligence
5	Language Development
6	Social and Emotional Development
7	Mid-term
8	Moral Development
9	Sexual Development and Education in Children
10	Adjustment and Behavioural Disorders in Children
11	Psychological disorders in Children
12	Children's Immediate Environment: Family, Friends, School and Teacher
13	Children and School
14	Children's Psychology and Cartoons
15	Preparation to final exam
16	Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Adler, A. (2016). Çocuk Eğitimi.(Çev. Kamuran Şipal). İstanbul: Say Yay. Aydın, B. (2015). Çocuk ve Ergen Psikolojisi. Ankara: Nobel Yay. Budak, E. ve Akbaş, A. (2011). Okuldaki Çocuk. İstanbul: İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık. Gül, E. (2017). Çocuklarda Psikolojik Sorunlar ve Tedavisi. İstanbul: Çıra Yay. Solmuş, T. (2016). Çocuk Psikolojisi ve Çizgi filmler. Ankara: Nobel Yaşam. Yavuzer, H. (2017). Çocuk Psikolojisi. İstanbul: Remzi Kitapevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
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

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	2	16	32
Self Study	2	15	30
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	11	11
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	14	14
Reading	10	3	30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO1			3	2	1	1
LO2			1	2	2	1
LO3			5	1	1	1
LO4			1	5	2	1

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High