Information Package / Course Catalogue
Research in Early Childhood
Course Code: İOÖ554
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

In this course, aimed to examine the national and international research early childhood.

Course Content

In this course, aimed to examine and compare issues related to early childhood education research in the world and in Turkey.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understands the importance of early childhood education research
2.Concepts related to early childhood education research wins.
3.Gain information about early childhood education research.
4.Compares the research Turkey and abroad.
5.follow current studies about early childhood research
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Early Childhood Education Journal
2.Journal of Early Childhood Research
3.Temel, F. Z. (Edt) (). Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Yaklaşımlar ve Programlar. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
4.Naughton, M. G., Rolfe, S. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2001). Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The importance of early childhood research
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Temel, F. Z. (Edt) (). Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Yaklaşımlar ve Programlar. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The importance of early childhood research
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Temel, F. Z. (Edt) (). Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Yaklaşımlar ve Programlar. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Concepts related to early childhood research
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Temel, F. Z. (Edt) (). Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Yaklaşımlar ve Programlar. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
Week 4 - Theoretical
The selection quality sources related to early childhood
Week 5 - Theoretical
Inspect the selection sources
Week 6 - Theoretical
Theoretical analysis of the sources
Week 7 - Theoretical
Theoretical analysis of the sources
Week 8 - Theoretical
Examining early childhood periodicals (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Comparison to the research in Turkey and abroad.
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Journal of Early Childhood Research
Week 10 - Theoretical
Comparison to the research in Turkey and abroad.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Comparison to the research in Turkey and abroad.
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Early Childhood Education Journal
Week 12 - Theoretical
The different approaches to early childhood
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Naughton, M. G., Rolfe, S. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2001). Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Week 13 - Theoretical
The different approaches to early childhood
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Naughton, M. G., Rolfe, S. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2001). Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Week 14 - Theoretical
The different approaches to early childhood
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Naughton, M. G., Rolfe, S. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2001). Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment40520
Reading50735
Midterm Examination101010
Final Examination101515
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
2
2
1
3
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2
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OÇ-5
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2026