Information Package / Course Catalogue
Social Development
Course Code: ÇGL207
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To teach the students to learn social- emotional and personality development and the problem cases of these developmental areas.

Course Content

Completing the course students will; Be able to define basic concepts about social emotional and personality development; comprehend social emotional developmental process; get information about factors which affect social emotional development; realize retardation and sensitive to them; show proper behavior in retardation; comprehend importance of personality development; gain ability to orientate personality development in childhood; comprehend importance of sexual development and education; define a perspective and give suggestions to educators and families; comprehend that parents, educator and all sectors necessary should be conscious about social emotional, personality and sexual development and show proper behavior.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.She/He will have information which is necessary for theoretical and practical in the field of child development.
2.He/she will have the information of evaluation and interpretation comparatively the accuracy, reliability and validity of the gaining information on child development.
3.He/she will have knowledge of children's developments, learning properties and challenges.
4.He/she will have knowledge of developmental problems, physical, cognitive, language, social-emotional, sensory development areas with taking in the consideration the ethical values
5.It has information about the developmental evaluation of typical and atypical children in the direction of information given in the field of child development.
6.In the field of child development he/she will have the skills of generating different solutions to the problems with the evidence-based approach for the children with typical and atypical development.
7.He/she will take responsibility in trans-disciplinary studies and fulfills its task efficiently in the field of child development.
8.Using his advanced knowledge in the field of child development, he/she will execute independently individual and group works.
9.He/she will evaluate critically their own knowledge?s to identify their own learning and to guidance learning.
10.Using the effective ways of attaining knowledge, he/she will develop a positive attitude for life-long learning.
11.He/she will Internalize, generalize and exhibit knowledge which he/she gained in the field of child development.
12.With the awareness of social responsibility, he has knowledge about professional projects, researches and activities for the social environment she/he lives in.
13.To sets an example with external appearances, attitudes, behaviors and act in accordance to society democracy, human rights, social, scientific and professional ethics, laws, regulations with the legislation.
14.Informed the people and institutions related to the field of child development issues, share ideas and solutions to problems in team.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts about social emotional development and personality development
Week 2 - Theoretical
Theories about personality development
Week 3 - Theoretical
Factors affecting personality development
Week 4 - Theoretical
Emotional development
Week 5 - Theoretical
Recognizing problem situations in emotional development, parental suggestions
Week 6 - Theoretical
Problem cases of emotional development, suggestions for parents
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 8 - Theoretical
Approaches about social development
Week 9 - Theoretical
Social emotional developmental process ,Factors that affect social development
Week 10 - Theoretical
Definition and evaluation of social abilities and realization of retardation
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sexual development and education
Week 12 - Theoretical
Suggestions for parents and educators about sexual development
Week 13 - Theoretical
Researches about social development
Week 14 - Theoretical
Case study, role playing / Drama
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment2%25
Midterm Examination1%25
Final Examination1%50
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)28
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes