ECE409 CREATIVITY AND CHILDREN
| Course Code: | 4110409 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Early Childhood Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. SERAP SEVİMLİ ÇELİK, Assoc.Prof.Dr. HASİBE ÖZLEN DEMİRCAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Comprehend the creative process.
- Recognize teacher roles in enhancing creativity.
- Apply concepts taught through the creative activities.
- Analyze the components of creative environments.
- Implement child-centered activities that enhance creativity.
Course Content
Definition of creativity and related theories; properties of creative environment; relationship between creativity and art education; shape and concept development in art; development of drawing ability, color and proportion in children`s art work, various creativity activities using re-cycled materials.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe factors that encourage and discourage creativity.
- Explain the relationship of divergent thinking to creative expression.
- Describe how open-ended materials encourage divergent thinking.
- Explain teacher roles in supporting creativity in the classroom.
- Summarize teacher roles in encouraging creativity at home.
- Describe how to assess children’s creativity process.
- Summarize the role of creativity for enhancing a variety of subjects.
- Outline creativity concepts through participating in art, music, movement and drama.
- Describe strategies for integrating creativity into the curriculum.
- Describe environments that provide children with a wide range of creative experiences.
- Discuss the role of aesthetics in environments for children.
- Describe materials that will enhance creativity in children.
- Select meaningful, integrated learning experiences in the arts, music, drama and movement.
- Use creative transitions with children.
- Adapt music, movement, visual arts and dramatic play to meet the needs of children with special needs.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To have the knowledge about 0-72 month old children's cognitive, motor, language, social and emotional development and self help skills and to be able to make applications to support this area. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To be able to take measures for the protection of children's health. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To know the importance of game in pre-school education and to support the education and development of the child through play. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To recognize the pre-school education institutions in the scope of the purpose, structure and functioning of the Turkish education system. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To have information about classroom management approaches to be used in educational environments and to effectively implement these approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have information about international programs that are applied in the field of pre-school education and to use these programs' aspects that are appropriate to our culture in classroom practice. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be able to conduct research in the field of pre-school education and analyze and interpret research findings. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To be able to prepare, implement and evaluate Turkish, science, math, art, music, movement, games, reading and writing preparation and field trip activities that support different areas of development (cognitive, motor, language, self-care, social and emotional) of pre-school children and can be planned as individual, small group, large group and integrated groups. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be able to use and to allow students to use audio-visual teaching materials appropriate for pre-school age children for their development. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To be able to take responsibility and to fulfill these responsibilities in individual and group work. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | To understand the importance of family involvement in children's education and to plan activities related to family involvement. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | To have knowledge about literary genres prepared for pre-school children and to examine existing publications in terms of literary and artistic perspectives. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | To have knowledge about the importance and purpose of the use of formal and informal assessment methods appropriate for the age level and developmental level of pre-school children, and to apply and interpret different evaluation methods and to be able to interpret findings. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | To be able to follow/access, understand and question scientific publications for pre-school education. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution