ECE248 COMMUNITY SERVICE
| Course Code: | 4110248 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 2 (1.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Early Childhood Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. VOLKAN ŞAHİN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course is intended to give preservice teachers an opportunity to involve in organizations serving for the community in order to carry out tasks that increase responsibility for a better society. It is aimed that the preservice teachers will gain knowledge and skills about understanding the existing social problems, especially in relation to education, and develops a sense of possible solutions through conducting voluntary work. It is expected that preservice teachers will consider voluntary tasks as a way of understanding society and education from a more realistic perspective at the end of the course. The course aims to increase preservice teachers’ awareness of social issues and develop certain ideas of voluntary works that will be helpful in dealing with such issues.
Course Content
Increase preservice teachers awareness of the social issues and developing certain ideas of voluntary works that would be helpful in dealing with such issues.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Gain knowledge about the importance of community service
- Carry out tasks that increase responsibility for a better society
- Develop an understanding regarding the existing social problems, especially in relation to education
- Develops a sense of possible solutions through conducting voluntary work.
- Elevate awareness of social issues and develop certain ideas of voluntary works that will be helpful in dealing with such issues.
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