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Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Fall Semester | ||||
Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
Type of Course | Optional | ||||
Department | GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING | ||||
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
Name of Lecturer | FARUK BOZDAĞ (faruk.bozdag@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
Objectives of the Course | |||||
The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and abilities they need to protect and enhance mental health at school within the context of psychological counseling and guidance services, hence enhancing the educational and training processes. |
Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
LO-1 | Defines the basic concepts of mental health |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-22 Makes connections between psychological counseling with other social science branches (sociology, anthropology, philosophy... etc). PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-2 | Explains mental health according to basic psychology theories |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-22 Makes connections between psychological counseling with other social science branches (sociology, anthropology, philosophy... etc). PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-3 | Explain the risk factors and protective factors for mental health at school |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-6 Supplies group or individual psychological counseling services, in the fields of vocational, individual and social, to the different age ranges and target audience, according to the needs. PO-19 Investigates the events and facts by following scientific methods, interprets and evaluates the data by making statistical analyses. PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-4 | Knows school-based mental health approaches |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-22 Makes connections between psychological counseling with other social science branches (sociology, anthropology, philosophy... etc). PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-5 | Explains the mental problems that are frequently seen in school according to the developmental periods. |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-6 Supplies group or individual psychological counseling services, in the fields of vocational, individual and social, to the different age ranges and target audience, according to the needs. PO-22 Makes connections between psychological counseling with other social science branches (sociology, anthropology, philosophy... etc). PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-6 | Knows the mental health services offered at school according to developmental stages. |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-6 Supplies group or individual psychological counseling services, in the fields of vocational, individual and social, to the different age ranges and target audience, according to the needs. PO-22 Makes connections between psychological counseling with other social science branches (sociology, anthropology, philosophy... etc). PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-7 | Evaluates examples of practices aimed at protecting mental health at school within the framework of ethical rules. |
PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-4 Explains the importance of working by taking into consideration of the ethic rules and legal arrangements in terms of human rights and vocational ethics. PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals. |
Examination |
LO-8 | Establishes the relationship between learning and mental health |
PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance. PO-4 Explains the importance of working by taking into consideration of the ethic rules and legal arrangements in terms of human rights and vocational ethics. PO-6 Supplies group or individual psychological counseling services, in the fields of vocational, individual and social, to the different age ranges and target audience, according to the needs. PO-22 Makes connections between psychological counseling with other social science branches (sociology, anthropology, philosophy... etc). PO-27 Uses the most appropriate teaching strategies, methods and techniques considering students’ developmental characteristics, individual differences, characteristics and achievements of the subject area. |
Examination |
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
Course Contents | ||
The definition of mental health and related concepts, mental health according to psychology schools, factors affecting mental health at school, mental health at school and humanistic education approach, mental health at school by developmental stages, and the relationship between cognitive and affective learning and mental health. | ||
Weekly Course Content | ||
Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
1 | Basic concepts of mental health | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
2 | Mental health according to basic psychology theories | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
3 | The relationship between learning and mental health | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
4 | Mental health at school: Risk factors and protective factors | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
5 | School-based mental health approaches | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
6 | Mental health problems are frequently seen at school according to developmental periods – I | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
7 | Mental health problems are frequently seen at school according to developmental periods – II | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
8 | mid-term exam | |
9 | Mental health problems are frequently seen at school according to developmental periods – III | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
10 | Mental health service at school according to developmental periods – I | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
11 | Mental health service at school according to developmental periods – II | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
12 | Mental health service at school according to developmental periods – III | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
13 | Practice examples for protecting mental health at school – I | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
14 | Practice examples for protecting mental health at school – II | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
15 | Mental health and ethics in school | Lecture, discussion, question-answer |
16 | final exam | |
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
1 | Kılıççı, Y. (2006). Okulda ruh sağlığı. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık. | |
2 | Korkut Owen, F., Owen, D. W. ve Karaırmak, Ö. (2013). Okul psikolojik danışmanları için el kitabı: Kendini keşif için araçlar. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık. | |
3 | Uçar, S. (2021). Okullarda ruh sağlığı. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık. | |
4 | World Health Organization. (2021). Mental health in schools: A manual. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/347512/9789290225652-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y | |
Required Course instruments and materials | ||
Smartboard, computer, projector, PowerPoint presentation, blackboard, pen, textbook. |
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 | |||
5.Report | |||
6.Workshop | |||
7.Performance Project | |||
8.Term Paper | |||
9.Project | |||
final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
Student Work Load | |||
Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 2 | 14 | 28 |
Outside Class | |||
a) Reading | 2 | 12 | 24 |
b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 12 | 24 |
c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
Oral Examination | 0 | ||
Quiz | 0 | ||
Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
Own study for mid-term exam | 3 | 7 | 21 |
mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Own study for final exam | 3 | 7 | 21 |
final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
0 | |||
0 | |||
Total work load; | 120 |