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| Compared to the past, the continuously changing role of teachers in teaching-learning process has become more important in the recent years and has become a guide who not only explains the subject matter but also facilitates the learning process. In the context of the recent reform efforts in faculties of education in Turkey, Department of Early Childhood Education was established at KTU, Fatih Faculty of Education in 1998 and has been maintaining its existence within the constitution of Primary Education Department since 1998. | | | QUALIFICATION AWARDED | | | The students who have successfully completed all of the thought courses of the programme with 240 ECTS credits and achieved a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 are given Bachelor's Degree in EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | | | LEVEL of QUALIFICATION: | | | First Cycle Degree | | | MODE of STUDY | | | Full Time | | | ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS | | | 1 - To have high school diploma, 2 - To be successful and get enough grade at OSS exam ( Student Selection Exam) | | | OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME | | | The primary goal of the Department of Early Childhood Education is to train teachers who have positive attitudes toward teaching and have necessary professional skills for their field. Teachers who graduated from this department are expected to represent a true role model for their students in terms of their personal and professional life, to follow innovations in their fields to maintain professional development and have effective communication skills. The program also aims to develop teachers with a sound understanding of how children learn; confident in using technology; capable in problem-solving; attentive to human rights, democracy, and ethics. The program emphasises critical thinking, personal reflection, and professional development of preservice teachers. The program offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. When the early childhood student teachers complete this program, they are employed in kindergartens. | | | RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING | | The "Directive on Recognition of Prior Learning", Senate Decision No. 340 issued on July 28, 2023, has been accepted and entered into force regarding the students registered in all programs of Karadeniz Technical University to determine the principles to be followed for the recognition, crediting, and adaptation of the achievements acquired by the students at non-university institutions.
In this Directive,
- recognition of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired with special interest through an exemption exam to be substituted as program courses,
- recognition of workplace and internship experiences through portfolio evaluation to be substituted as program courses,
- and the crediting of certificates received from accredited institutions regarding students' special interests are covered.
Announcements of courses included in the scope of recognition of prior learning, applications, and evaluation will be made on the dates specified in the academic calendar.
Recognition of prior learning will offer numerous benefits to our students and employers. For our students, increasing professional development and mobility in the labour market, preventing repetition of education and waste of time, providing early graduation, reducing the cost of learning, encouraging learning, and increasing the student's motivation and self-confidence can be counted among the benefits of recognition of prior learning. From the employers' perspectives, it will contribute to satisfying skill or competence deficiencies in the workplace, reducing the time employees spend outside the workplace for training purposes, and thus using resources more efficiently. | | | QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS | | | The degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all the courses in the curriculum including summer practices, with a CGPA of 2.00 out of 4.00. Thus, the students are given Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. | | | EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS | | | Every term, students are subjected to various mid-term studies (mid-term exams, presentation, project, seminars, assignment, laboratory practices, etc.,) and end-of-term examinations. The contribution of both mid-term and end-of-term examinations to overall score is 50%. Marks are assigned out of 100. In order to attend to the end-of-term examination of a course, students must attend at least 70% of its theoretical part and if there are practical and/or laboratory sessions, they must attend 80% of them. It is required to obtain 40 out of 100 points from end-of-term examination of a course regardless of its midterm examination mark. In calculating the end-of-term mark, if a class size is more than 10, ?Norm-Referenced Assessment System? is employed, whereas if a class size is less than 10, ?Criterion-Referenced Assessment System? is employed. ?Students are regarded as successful if they get any of such scores as AA, BA, BB, BC or CC. In the case of having DC, which is a conditional mark, students can pass the course as long as they have a CGPA of at least 2.0 out of 4.0 for that term. Students having the marks from DD to FF fail. Students can take make-up examinations from all courses that they have failed at the end of the each term as long as these courses are belong to that term. In order to have detailed information about Examinations, Assessment and Evaluation, please visit
http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/Metin.Aspx?MevzuatKod=8.5.16677&MevzuatIliski=0&sourceXmlSearch= | | | GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS | | | Students who are successful from all lessons and having 2.00 (from 0-4 level) average and above from all lessons get undergraduate diploma at the field of EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | | | OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES | | | Both public and private kindergartens | | | ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES | | | In our department, there are also graduate studies; Masters and PhD. These programme have been continued since 1998. | | | CONTACT INFORMATION | | | | | DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : | | | Preschool Education program is settled in A block in Fatih Faculty of Education with 4 academic personals. The program uses the classrooms and computer saloons in the department.
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