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Kids Recognition Techniques

Course Code	: ÇGP219
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 2

Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course is to convey the importance and basic principles of recognizing children in early childhood; to introduce observational, self-expression, and sociometric techniques practically; and to provide students with the competence to reflect recognition and evaluation results into educational processes and prepare developmental reports.

Course Content

Principles of recognizing and evaluating children in early childhood, ethical rules in child assessment; observation, anecdotal records, rating scales, checklists; child interviews, surveys, wish lists, sociometry, guess-who, and role-playing techniques; parent interviews, home visits, portfolio management, and writing developmental reports.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Explains the basic principles, objectives, and ethical rules of recognizing and evaluating children in early childhood education.
2.	Prepares and implements objective observations, anecdotal records, checklists, and rating scales to monitor children's developmental characteristics.
3.	Conducts interviews, surveys, wish lists, sociometry, and role assignment techniques appropriately for the early childhood period.
4.	Systematically manages parent interviews, home visits, and portfolio processes to recognize the child holificationally.
5.	Writes developmental reports with pedagogical language using obtained recognition and evaluation data and utilizes results in individualizing the educational program.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	1 Kesicioğlu, S. O. (2018). Erken çocuklukta çocuğu tanıma ve değerlendirme. Eğiten Kitap.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Core Concepts, Necessity, and Importance of Recognizing and Evaluating Children in Early Childhood Education.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Basic Principles and Ethical Rules to be Followed in Recognizing and Evaluating Children.

Week 3 - Theoretical

Observational Techniques I: Standards of Natural and Systematic Observation, Preparation of Observation Forms.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Observational Techniques II: Keeping Anecdotal Records, Characteristics, and Application Principles.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Observational Techniques III: Rating Scales, Checklists, and Behavior Tallies.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Self-Expression Techniques I: One-on-One Interview Techniques with Children and Questionnaires for Children.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Self-Expression Techniques II: Wish Lists, Incomplete Sentence Completion, and Use of Children's Drawings for Assessment.

Week 8 - Theoretical

Techniques Based on Others' Opinions: Sociometry, Guess-Who, and Role Assignment Techniques.

Week 9 - Theoretical

Play-Based Recognition and Evaluation: Analysis of Child Behaviors in Play Environments and Unstructured Assessment.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Information Collection Forms: Student Recognition Form Data, Analysis of Health and Developmental History.

Week 11 - Theoretical

Environment Recognition Techniques: Planning Home Visits, Parent Meetings, and Family Interview Strategies.

Week 12 - Theoretical

Portfolio Management: Creating Children's Portfolios, Process and Product Evaluation Standards.

Week 13 - Theoretical

Recording Assessment Results, Writing Developmental Reports, and the Principle of Developmental Report Language.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Reflecting Recognition and Evaluation Results into the Educational Program (Curriculum) and Case Analyses.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Quiz	1	%5
Verbal Examination	1	%5
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	2	28
Individual Work	4	2	2	16
Quiz	1	1	1	2
Midterm Examination	1	1	1	2
Final Examination	1	1	1	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10
OÇ-1	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	3
OÇ-2	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4
OÇ-3	4	4	4	5	3	5	5	5	4	3
OÇ-4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4

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