Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
202200404100DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION Compulsory242
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The emergence of educational approaches, different educational approaches and the implications of these approaches in educational programs.to gain competencies related to reflections.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr.Gör. Rabia ACEMİOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1Comprehends the importance of programs in early childhood education.
2At the end of the course, she evaluates the early childhood approach programs and knows their contents.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Within the scope of this course; emergence of educational approaches, in Turkey and different educational approaches in the world and the educational approaches of these approaches. to the issues of gaining qualifications related to their reflections in their programs place is given.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The reasons for the emergence of educational approaches
2Montessori Approach
3Waldorf Approach
4Reggio Emilia Approach
5Project Approach
6Bank Street Approach
7Forest School Approach
8MIDTERM
9Portage Early Education Program
10Small Steps Early Education Program
11High Scope Program
12AÇEV's Education Programs
13Comparison and evaluation of Approaches/Programs
14final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Aktan Acar, E. (Ed.). (2020). Early childhood education mosaic: Great thoughts/ideas, models and approaches. Ankara: Nobel Prize Academic Publishing. Çakıroğlu Wilbrandt, E. (2019). Montessori method: All aspects of Montessori education and activity guide. Istanbul: Final Culture and Art Publications. Inan, H. Z. (2012). Contemporary approaches in preschool education: Reggio Emilia approach and project approach. Ankara: Memoir Publishing.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Discussion3618
Reading5525
Performance3515
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)60
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