ECE519 PARENT-TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
| Course Code: | 4110519 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Early Childhood Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HASİBE ÖZLEN DEMİRCAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Identify characteristics of healthy and diverse families.
- Evaluate the effects the community has on a child and his or her family.
- Utilize skills in organizing new information and resources, and in advocating for children and families.
- Examine effective parent school partnerships.
- Demonstrate the ability to locate and use relevant resources addressing school and community partnerships available in online archives.
- Synthesize research findings on a key component of parent involvement.
- Analyze the varying impacts of the contextual factors on parent involvement
- List and categorize the types of school-home partnership resources that enhance parent involvement.
- Discuss current events in the news and legislation that effect children and their families.
- Design initiatives to forge useful social actions for sake of the community including children.
Course Content
To assist those in the field of early childhood education in the understanding and effective handling of questions arising from parent-child relationships and teacher-parent-child relationships. Through the use of readings, case histories, and data drawn from individual experiences, an understanding is sought of the dynamics of the most frequently encountered problems of children in classrooms. Development of methods of forming constructive relationships with children, parents, and ancillary school or social agency personnel.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Have skills to identify the problems related to the study field, developing solutions using appropriate research methods and applying these methods. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Have necessary knowledge and skills to plan, finalize and present research studies related to Early Childhood Education. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Have necessary knowledge to contribute to program development and evaluation studies related to Early Childhood Education. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Have skills to apply innovations related to Early Childhood Education in institutions and organizations where they are assigned. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Have ability to monitor and evaluate domestic and international publications related to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Be capable of conducting data analysis by using appropriate statistical methods and techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Have theoretical knowledge about assessment techniques in education, teaching methods and material development that form the basis of the specialist area of Early Childhood Education. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Have academic and research ethics. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution