Information Package / Course Catalogue
Childbirth Education Approaches
Course Code: EB701
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

At the end of this course, students determined according to the principles of adult education using educational tools and equipment, proper training methods, training planning, pre-natal and pre-natal information and gain the skills to conduct training classes.

Course Content

Adult education and characteristics, educational tools and materials, teaching methods, methods of prenatal education, prenatal education classes, the conceptual structure, history, importance, purpose, philosophy, and their roles, with different kinds of exercises are practiced during pregnancy, prenatal education classes, and the results of studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain the properties of adult education
2.To be able to explain the methods of prenatal education
3.To be able to tell the basic features of prenatal education classes
4.To be able to show exercises applied in the pregnancy
5.To be able to interpret the research on prenatal education classes
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Nichols F.H., Humenıck S.S. Childbirth Education, Practice, Research and Theory, 2. Edition, Mosby Campany, 2000.
2.Demir A. Hamileliğe Hazırlık Doğum ve Sonrası Annenin El Kitabı, Kurtuluş Printing House, Ankara, 2002.
3.Okumuş H, Mete S. Anne ve babalar için Doğuma Hazırlık, I. Edition, Deomed, 2009.
4.Dick Read G. Childbirth without fear, 2nd Edition. London:Printer and Martin Ltd, 2005.
5.Kadayıfçı O. Lamaze Yöntemi İle Doğuma Hazırlık, Nobel Medical Bookstore, Ankara, 2005.
6.Johnson J.Y. Maternal&Child Health Nursing, Care of the Childbearing, 4. Edition. Sounders Company, Pheladelpia 2003
7.Şeker S., Doğuma Hazırlık Sınıflarının Annenin Fonksiyonel Durumuna ve Bebeğini Algılamasına Etkisi, Danışman: Sevil Ü. Ege Üniversitesi Sağlık Bil. Enst. Unpublished PhD Thesis, İzmir, 2006.
8.Yenal K. Web ortamında yapılan gebe eğitim programının gebelerin günlük yaşam aktivitelerine etkisinin incelenmesi. Danışman: Sevil Ü. Ege Üniversitesi Sağlık Bil. Enst. Unpublished PhD Thesis, İzmir, 2006.
9.Özbaşaran F, Avcı HD, Çoban A, Taşpınar A. Doğum öncesi dönemde gebelere uygulanan planlı eğitimin (doğum öncesi eğitim kursu) etkinliğinin incelenmesi, DPT Scientific Research Projects, Manisa, 2008
10.Jansen M.D., Bobak I.M. Maternity and Gynecologic Care, Third Edition, Toronto. The C. V. Mosby Campany, 2003.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Adult education
Week 2 - Theoretical
Training tools and equipment
Week 3 - Theoretical
training methods
Week 4 - Theoretical
Prenatal training methods -one training method -videotape training method -via computer and internet training
Week 5 - Theoretical
Prenatal training methods -group training
Week 6 - Theoretical
The conceptual structure of prenatal education classes
Week 7 - Theoretical
Philosophy and the role of prenatal education classes
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9 - Theoretical
Prenatal education classes, history, importance and purpose
Week 10 - Theoretical
Key features of prenatal education classes
Week 11 - Theoretical
pregnancy exercises
Week 12 - Theoretical
Types of prenatal education classes
Week 13 - Theoretical
Research on prenatal education classes
Week 14 - Theoretical
Research on prenatal education classes
Week 15 - Theoretical
Research on prenatal education classes
Week 16 - Final Exam
FINAL EXAM
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination120222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)95
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
OÇ-2
5
4
OÇ-3
3
3
OÇ-4
5
5
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026