BRANCH OF CHILD

DEVELOPMENT AND

EDUCATION IN TURKEY

It is called accordance with the principles of child training program development, education and training to gain competency in practice the field.

Child Development

WHY EARLY CHİLDHOOD EDUCATİON?

Pre-school education services, the child's physical health and well-being in the short term, social knowledge and competence, emotional health and maturity, language and cognitive development, communication skills and general knowledge of the instrument is a development makes an important contribution.

Students who graduate from the branch of Child Development and Education, in accordance with their chosen branch of competences acquired in the education sector;

1. In Pre-school education institutions,

2 We can work in special education and rehabilitation centers in Turkey.

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN TURKEY

Narration Discussion  Case study (sample events) Demonstration Problem Solving Individual Study Question and Answer Brainstorming Acting ( role – playing ) Simulation Pair works Drama

NARRATİON

It is based on teacher-centered , teacher publishes and teacher tells subjects in courses .

DİSCUSSİON 

It is a method that is to direct the students to think, well - understood in order to improve the information provided used to explain and points.

CASE STUDY ( SAMPLE EVENTS )

It is a teaching method by solving real-life problems encountered in the classroom

DEMONSTRATİON

It is a method way that showing students instruments and materials before and then explanation . Teachers have students to be accustomed these activities and students make practice using with these information.

PROBLEM SOLVİNG

Problem solving effective and useful in order to reach the desired goal is to select and use good and suitable tools and behaviors of all possibilities.

INDİVİDUAL STUDY

It is a learning way that a student learns , knows , notices and lives .

QUESTİON AND ANSWER

It is a teaching method that communicated a number of pre-arranged questions are answered and explained the truths to the other people by students .

BRAİNSTORMİNG

It is a creative method that is used in order to bring solutions to the problems and also this method is used to decide and imagination through creative thinking way .

ACTİNG ( ROLE – PLAYİNG )

It is a teaching method that students use to express their feelings and thoughts into another person provides a teaching technique.

SİMULATİONIt is a teaching method that

students act the situations and troubles as if they are real in life and treating and students do educational activities in the classroom .

PAİR WORKS AND GROUP WORKS

It is a teaching and studying method according to the number of students (at least two or maximum of eight students) come together to work on the same subject is called the common purposes of their study group.

DRAMA

It is a teaching method that students know and notice how to behave in which stiuations by learning and living .

THEORIES WHİCH ARE USED IN CHİLDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE IN TURKEY

1- Mental development ( Jean Piaget’s learning theory )

A- Sensory motion ( sensorymotor ) period (0-2 years )

B-Operation (pre-operational) period [2-7 years]

C- Concrete Operations (Concrete Operational) Period [7-11 years]

D- Abstract Processes (Formal Operational) Period [11 - age]

JEAN PIAGET 'S THEORY OF GAMES

Practical game (0-2 years): In this phase, motor activity, the most obvious

Symbolic Play (2-7 years): Symbolic play a representative basis for thinking

Canonical game (7-12 years): This is a more advanced cognitive level of the universe

SPECIAL EDUCATION

According to Thorndike an intelligence, consists of a mixture of many mindfulness skills.

These are: Mechanical Intelligence: Tools, equipment

and machinery enforce use of this intelligence is enabled

Social Intelligence: Understand the people, which they describe relationships between individuals to act in accordance with

Abstract Intelligence: Words, numbers, formulas, symbols, such as thinking, scientific

MENTAL HEALTH

The famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, mental health, simply "to love and to work as"

"Mental Health = Love and Work" SİGMUND

FREUD

We are getting use of Sigmund Freud theory for mental health :

THE COURSES ARE İN DEVELOPMENT OF PEDİATRİC

ANİMATİON MOTHER AND CHİLD HEALTH CHİLDCARE CHİLD NUTRİTİON MUSİC IN CHİLDREN'S ACTİVİTİES CHİLDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNİCATİON AND CONTACT WİTH THE CHİLD EARLY CHİLDHOOD PROGRAM BRANCH OF DEVELOPMENT GAME TOY MAKİNG SPECİAL EDUCATİON

ANİMATİON

This course is aimed at teaching the roles to play in society with the child's visual ways

MOTHER AND CHİLD HEALTH

Mother's womb before birth including the birth of the child and the child's developmental stages later with the birth process and the mother's health status and so on are discussed

CHİLD CARE

It is a course that we learn preparation for child’s age appropriate simple events , materials publishes , daily care ,nutrition ,physical security in courses in Turkey .

CHİLD NUTRİTİON

We learn which food and nutriment must be given to children and which food and drinks can be suitable and specific for children from their birth to their certain ages in courses in Turkey . And also we are taught to prepare the specific kid – friendly menus for the children in our courses.

MUSİC İN CHİLDREN’S ACTİVİTİES

We learn the importance of music for children in the courses . Moreover we are taught some kinds of music so the children feel good and calm themselves. And also we know and learn some types of musical rhythm and instruments in our courses in Turkey .

CHİLDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH

We are informed to their psychological development , influencing the development of mental factors and other similar publications in our courses in Turkey.

THE BRANCH OF CHİLD DEVELOPMENT

We learn and examine carefully about child’s psychomoto , social – emotional, language and self-care skills step by step from starting child’s birth .

DRAMA

This course is about children’s necesseties . We learn that children recognize and know their personalities . We are sure that children had better know and notice their personalities easily by themselves . We are taught children have to know their needs and must notice being able to solve problems which face to face by living and learning by themselves .

GAME

Children games , game phases ( getting warm , moving , relaxing and acting games etc. ) are taught and discussed in our classes in Turkey .

MAKİNG TOYS

It is followed and taught the different levels , methods and tecniques for making toys according to children’s ages , interests ,desires their development .

SPECİAL EDUCATİON

The privileged children with developmental stages are taught in our courses in Turkey . And also suitable events , materials and methods – tecniques for these children are taught and explained in our courses in Turkey .

EARLY CHİLDHOOD PROGRAMME

It is the course that annual and daily plans are decided and determined for children in kindergartens or nursery schools in Turkey . We can learn and know these plans in these courses in Turkey .

These activities were done in our early childhood programme courses :

(LEAF PRİNTİNG )

(BRUSH PRİNTİNG)

(BAMBOO PRİNTİNG)

(SPREAD PRİNTİNG)

TOY MAKİNG WİTH DİFFERENT MATERİALS

(PAPER WORKS)

Pre-school education begins at the earliest 3 years old in Turkey

6 years old begins to read and write in Turkey .

Game is more important than educatian in kindergartens in Turkey .

Pre-school education begins from 1 year old in Spain .

4-5 years old begins to read and write .

we observed that there is an equality between education and game in the kindergartens in Spain .

IN TURKEY IN SPAIN

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TURKEY AND SPAIN

The types of equipment and toys are used and different equipment and toys are less than in Turkey

Generally there are no sufficient practice parts in teaching classes in Turkey.

There are interest corners ( parts ) but there are no sufficient materials in classrooms in Turkey .

The types of equipment and toys are much more than in Spain.

There are more sufficient practice parts in teaching classes in Spain .

There are interest corners(parts ) and enough meterials in classes in Spain . And also there are boxes or cabinets for materials in classes in Spain.

IN TURKEY IN SPAIN

According to the child’s interest and willingness some programmes or activities can be changed.

There is 1 teacher and sometimes 1woman helper for 25 children in each classroom in Turkey .

3-6 years old childrens have the same meal , food and drinks in the kindergartens in Turkey.

According to our observations in Spain there are no changes with the activities and games.

According to our observations in Spain there are 2 teachers for 15-18 children .

According to our observations there are different meals , food and drinks in Spain .

IN TURKEY IN SPAIN

In Turkey usually , teachers are active but students are passive.

In Turkey kindergarten buildings consists of independent building

In Turkey children do not wear uniforms in kindergartens

There is 1 year theoric education or training and 2 years practical education or training in high schools in Turkey .

Both teachers and children are active in Spain .

We saw in Spain kindergarten buildings are not seperated from other buildings .

We saw all children and all teachers wear uniforms in kindergartens in Spain.

We do not know anything about this in high schools in Spain .

IN TURKEY IN SPAIN

The first modern early childhood instutions were opened in early 20 century . But the first kindergarten was opened in 1915 . The first private kindergartens opened in factories in Turkey . The first public kindergartens and nursery schools were opened after the Balkan Wars. The first private kindergartens were opened in some cities on 23 rd July 1908 later in Istanbul in Turkey. The first planned pre-school child education started in 1913 in Turkey.

Until 1961-1962, detailed and modern public kindergartens and nursery schools could not founded in Turkey . After 1961-1962 detailed and modern public kindergartens and nursery schools were opened in 10 big cities in Turkey . And also 20 primary school teachers performed at these modern and detailed public kindergartens and nursery schools in Turkey .

Between 1960 and 1964 the branch childhood development and care was opened in technological and vocational schools for girls to train teachers for these kindergartens and nursery schools

In Turkey nursery school and kindergartens are organised in 3 divisions :

1- Public and private nursery for infants ( 0-3 years ): Families in turkey do not send their children to these schools. They usually look after their children at home by themselves ( % 50). And also, some families have baby-sitters to look after the children at their home ( % 50).

2- Public and private kindergartens (2-5 years ): The %60 of families in Turkey send their children to these schools.

3- Public and private kindergartens for 6 years: The %80 of families in Turkey send their children to these schools.

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