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ECE 301 - Art Education in Early Childhood

Faculty of Education · Pre-School Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Cansu KÖKEN
Instructors: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Cansu KÖKEN

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to make students aware of the importance and place of art education and to have knowledge about the preparation and implementation of programs that support children's aesthetic awareness.

Course Content

Definition and function of art; history of art education; place and importance of art education in contemporary education; to recognize and evaluate a work of art; definition and importance of creativity and art education in early childhood; children's picture and characteristics according to their developmental stages; pre-school art education methods and techniques, materials used; art education in the museum; theories and practices related to creativity and art education in early childhood; preparation and implementation of programs that support children's creative expression skills and aesthetic awareness.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students describe a work of art.
  2. Students criticize a work of art.
  3. Students define and distinguish children's pictures in a work of art.
  4. Students give an example of children expressing themselves with a work of art.
  5. Students distinguish their children's picture by age and level of development.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%40 (21) Arts%60

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeGuided PracticeGroup StudyBrain StormingExperiment - Test / Lab/ Workshop / Field PracticeSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

PortfolioTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16348
Midterm11010
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final11010

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Definition of art and visual art, its function and aims, history of art education.Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
2Principles and aims of art educationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
3The place and importance of art education in contemporary education, material and environment properties for art educationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
4Basic concepts of art (line, form, color, tissue, place) and its implementationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
5The importance of art in early childhood, developmental stages and characteristics of artReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
6The importance of art in early childhood, developmental stages and characteristics of artReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
7Children's picture according to the developmental stages and features, children's picturesReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
8MidtermMidterm
9The role of the teacher in planning art activities according to developmental periods and organizing the environmentReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
10Evaluating children's artistic work and supporting their creativityReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
11The relationship of art education with all fields of development and art achievements in the MEB programReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
12Visual art activities (paint, paper, collage, kneading) and their implementationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
13Art education in the museum, realization of the visit and gaining experienceReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
14Art activity planning, implementation and evaluationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
15Art activity planning, implementation and evaluationReading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources
16Portfolio preparationPortfolio preparation