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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
AE-OÖS13Children at Risk and EducationElective474
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course; The main objective of this course is to get to know the children at risk and to raise awareness about the reasons for the risk and the measures that can be taken.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Recognizes and classifies the children in the risk group, explains the reasons for pushing children into the risk group by basing them on scientific research results
2Plans and implements protection and prevention programs for each risk group
3Recognizes the support mechanisms in bringing these children into society
4It investigates what NGOs are working with these groups and criticizes the work carried out.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Risk factors and effects, groups of children created by risk factors; children living and working on the streets, children working in sectors, fragmented family children, children in need of protection, children committing crime, children neglected and abused, children at developmental risk, children living in unfavorable environmental conditions and their characteristics, critical elements in their education. measures; Projects implemented in Turkey and other countries for the education of children at risk.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Violence, trauma, hyperactivity, neglect and abuse, addiction etc. definition of risk situations
2Who are the children in the risk group?
3Reasons for children being pushed into the risk group
4Reasons for children being pushed into the risk group
5The role of the family and the teacher in the recognition of children at risk
6In the world and in Turkey, the situation of children in the risk group
7Turkey pushed the risk group for children? Also applied to prevention and support programs
8Visits to the shelter centers of children who are pushed to the risk group (Street Children Center)
9Midterm exam
10Children and NGOs in the risk group
11Children and mass media in the risk group
12Youth Family Center and Child Education Houses Visit.
13Project presentations
14Project presentations
15Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Stuart,C.G. Bostrom (2003) Children at Promise: Nine Principles to Help Kids Thrive in an at Risk World, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub -F.M.Gresham,K.L. Lane,T.A. O'Shaughnessy (2001). Interventions for Children With or at Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. -Tower-Crosson, C. (2001). Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect, Pearson Allyn & Bacon 5th.Edition.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination144
Attending Lectures4520
Self Study12224
Individual Study for Mid term Examination10220
Individual Study for Final Examination10220
Reading12224
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)114
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