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FACULTY OF EDUCATION / OÖEAE 302 - PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION

Code: OÖEAE 302 Course Title: EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEÇİL YILDIZ (secilyildiz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To develop knowledge and awareness about the environment and natural resources and to have sensitivity about how to protect them, to develop knowledge and awareness about the role of the teacher, the educational environment and the program in environmental education in early childhood. It is to emphasize the importance of children's gaining a positive attitude towards the environment, to examine and evaluate environmental education programs and practices, to develop the ability to plan and implement practices that support environmental education for early childhood children, and to plan activities in which families can be included in the environmental education process.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Explain the basic concepts related to the environment. PO-8 Uses ways of reaching information and information resources effectively.
Examination
LO-2 Explain the importance of environmental education. PO-8 Uses ways of reaching information and information resources effectively.
PO-11 Uses information and communication technologies at the level required by the field.
Examination
LO-3 Plan and implement environmental education activities that can be done with early childhood children PO-5 Plans and implements an educational program suitable for the developmental characteristics of preschool children.
PO-11 Uses information and communication technologies at the level required by the field.
Presentation
LO-4 Plan and implement environmental education activities for families. PO-5 Plans and implements an educational program suitable for the developmental characteristics of preschool children.
PO-6 Communicates effectively with the child, family, school and society.
PO-10 Selects, prepares and uses materials for learning outcomes and children's needs.
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic concepts related to environmental education; the importance of environmental education; environmental education in preschool; planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children living things, plants, air, soil, water, recycling, energy saving, environmental pollution, natural disasters, etc.).
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Course introduction, expectations and responsibilities lecture, question and answer
2 Basic concepts about the environment Lecturing, brainstorming, resource searching
3 Environmental education and its importance in early childhood Lecturing, brainstorming, resource searching
4 Environmental education approaches in early childhood Lecturing, brainstorming, resource searching
5 Environmental education program examples Lecturing, brainstorming, resource searching
6 School-family cooperation in environmental education Lecturing, brainstorming, resource searching
7 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
8 mid-term exam
9 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
10 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
11 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
12 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
13 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
14 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
15 Planning and implementing environmental education activities for preschool children and their families Planned group work, role playing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Gülay, H. (2010). Okul öncesi dönem çocukları için çevre eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.
2 Ogelman, H. G. (2021). Erken çocukluk döneminde çevre eğitimi. Ankara: Eğiten Kitap.
3 Louv, R. (2018). Doğadaki son çocuk. Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları.
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture presentations, projector, computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 16 1 60
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 7 21
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 7 21
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 14 42
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 0
final exam 0
0
0
Total work load; 141