Course Title : Planning and Evaluation I (Preschool Education)
Code		Course Type	Regular Semester	Lecture (hours/week)	Seminar (hours/week)	Lab (hours/week)	Credits	ECTS
PRD 223-1		B	3	3	0	0	3.00	5
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Teaching Assistant and Office Hours
Language				English, Turkish
Course Level
Description		The course focuses on the appropriate use of assessment and observation strategies to document development, growth, play and while learning to join with families and professionals in promoting children’s success. Recording strategies, rating systems, portfolios, and multiple assessment tools are explored. The academic content of the course addresses theory, provides illustrations of appropriate practice for prospective teachers and discusses current trends for experienced preschool teachers. The course approaches assessment as an integral part of the teaching and learning process. Key components of the assessment system addressed in the course include cultural sensitivity, parent collaboration, and adopting a vision of inclusionary practice in all early childhood environments-child care and school. Topics such as standard-based and outcome-based teaching, high stakes testing, coping with legislative demands as well as relevant incorporation of technology in the assessment process, are addressed.
Objectives		By the end of the course students will be able to : • critically compare the purpose, value and use of formal and informal observation and assessment strategies and ethical implications within cultural and social contexts in early childhood settings.. • describe and evaluate the characteristics, strengths and limitations of common assessment tools with all children’s developmental, cultural and linguistic characteristics. • demonstrate systematic observation methods to provide data to assess the impact of the environment, interactions and curriculum on all domains of children’s learning and development. • assess the value of partnerships with families and other professionals in utilizing interpretations of observational data to inform teaching responses and strategies. • embed activities related to assessment within play-based environments, curriculum and care routines for typically and atypically developing children. • critically compare the purpose, value and use of formal and informal observation and assessment strategies and ethical implications within cultural and social contexts in early childhood settings.
Course Outline
Week	Topics
1	Introduction to assessment • Introduction to the course • Introduction to course syllabus • Student advising about the requirements of the course
2	A comprehensive assessment system for birth through preschool
3	Developing family partnerships in assessment
4	Observation as the key method in the system
5	Using basic concepts of measurement
6	Testing, • Choosing the right measure
7	Using alternative assessment strategies • Record keeping, reporting and collaborating with familjes and others
8	Mid term exam
9	Building a child study
10	Special issues in infant and toddler assessment
11	Issues in preschool assessment
12	Assessing teaching level • Informal evaluation • Learner outcomes • Using nacional standards to develop checklists • Inclusion of children with disabilities in assessment
13	Involving children in portfolio data collection
14	Standards-based teaching
15	Achievement testing
16	Final Exam
Prerequisites
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Other
Learning Outcomes and Competences
1	critically compare the purpose, value and use of formal and informal observation and assessment strategies and ethical implications within cultural and social contexts in early childhood settings.
2	describe and evaluate the characteristics, strengths and limitations of common assessment tools with all children’s developmental, cultural and linguistic characteristics.
3	demonstrate systematic observation methods to provide data to assess the impact of the environment, interactions and curriculum on all domains of children’s learning and development
4	assess the value of partnerships with families and other professionals in utilizing interpretations of observational data to inform teaching responses and strategies.
Course Evaluation Methods
In-term studies						Quantity	Percentage
Midterms						1	25
Quizzes						0	0
Projects						2	20
Term Projects						0	0
Laboratory						0	0
Attendance						1	10
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade							55
Contribution of final examination to overall grade							45
Total							100
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload
Activities					Quantity	Duration (hours)	Total Workload (hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours)					16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)					14	3	42
Assignments					2	7	14
Midterms					1	6	6
Final examination					1	8	8
Other					0	0	0
Total Work Load							118
Total Work Load / 25 (hours)							4.72
ECTS							5

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