| Course Objectives: |
Within the scope of this course, to provide students with information about the concept of creativity, to provide information about creativity theories and processes, to transfer necessary techniques for children to have creative thinking and to be able to apply this on children, to provide information about children's ways of expressing their creativity, to provide information about art and development in children and teaching art activities that can be applied with children. |
| Course Content: |
Within the scope of this course, the concept and dimensions of creativity,
degrees of creativity and revealing the relationship between intelligence and
brain, creativity processes, the characteristics of creative people, the
characteristics of creativity in early childhood and creative problem solving
techniques, the way of children express their creativity, the development of art
in children and what can be applied with children will have information about art
events. |
| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Information about the course content, the way it is taught and the responsibilities of the student Concept of creativity and dimensions of creativity |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 2) |
Big-Little-Mini Creativity Creative Thinking Theory and Approaches |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 3) |
Creativity and Intelligence Creativity and the Brain |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 4) |
Creativity Processes Characteristics of Creative People Factors Affecting Creativity |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 5) |
Creativity in Early Childhood |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 6) |
Creative Problem Solving Techniques for Preschoolers (Brainstorming/Scamper) Methods and Strategies that Improve Creativity in Individuals |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 7) |
The Role of the Family in Creativity Education |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
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MIDTERM EXAM |
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| 9) |
How Children Express Their Creativity (Play, Language) |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 10) |
How Children Express Their Creativity (Music and Movement, Drawing) |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 11) |
Art and Development in Children |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 12) |
Artistic Development in Children |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 13) |
Art Events (Watercolor techniques/crayon techniques/printing techniques/collage works) |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 14) |
Art Events, (Paper/Clay/Dough studies) |
Pre-readings on the topics from the course resources and articles |
| 15) |
FINAL EXAM |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Identifying actual and modern understandings and theories in Child Development, knowing national and international improvements of the related field. |
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| 2) |
Knowing and identiying developmental areas, being aware of the possible problems of those areas and developmental needs of children. |
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| 3) |
Understanding children's rights, children's value and place into the society and defining relations among society. |
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Defining variables affect children's psychology and wellness. |
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| 5) |
Identiying children's illnesses. |
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Defining children's healthy nutrition. |
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Assessing children's development in all areas. |
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| 8) |
Planning and applying developmental appropriate curriculums, activities and materials to support children's development. |
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| 9) |
Planning and applying suitable training for families and society. |
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Developing skills to work both in groups and having responsibilities to work individually. |
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Gaining effective foreing language skills to work in related field and to follow technological developments in the world. |
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Gaining professional ethics and having an abilitiy to think critically. |
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Having an idea about different perspectives and respecting differences. |
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Having ability to work individually and feeling professional responsibility. |
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