Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
OAES0152018332	FAMILY AND CHILDREN IN TURKISH CULTURE	Elective	2	4	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The main aim of the course; to get to know the family and child culture, to have information about the changing family structure and the value of the child in Turkish culture from past to present, to assimilate the child-family-society relationship in the social and cultural context. In addition to this course; individuals who will specialize in the field of early childhood education; It is aimed to gain a perspective on the conceptualization of childhood.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Explains the basic concepts related to family and child culture.
2	Gains knowledge about family and child in Turkish culture in the past and present.
3	Explain the changing family structures in Turkish society.
4	Explain the change in the value of the child in Turkish society.
5	Recognizes different perspectives on childhood.
6	Analyzes the effects of processes such as family, education, society and culture on the construction of childhood.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Different family structures, Turkish family structure; The values and behaviors towards raising children in Turkish society, the value of the child; Family culture, traditions and customs in Anatolia; nuclear family interaction with extended family, extended nuclear family model; The Changing Family Structure and the Value of the Child Research in Turkey, intercultural child and family studies; child and family in individualistic, collectivist and relational cultures, child culture, culturally sensitive teacher and family participation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Meeting, introduction of the course, basic concepts
2	Cultural approaches to the child and family: Historical development of childhood and child culture
3	Cultural approaches to the child and family: Different family types in the world and in Turkish culture
4	Changing Family Structures and the Value of the Child Research in Turkey
5	Changing Family Structures and the Value of the Child Research in Turkey
6	Parenting, Parenting Values and Behaviors
7	Child-family research in Turkey and its reflections on education
8	Midterm Exam
9	Intercultural child-family research and its implications for education
10	Conceptualization of childhood, the effects of society and family
11	Childhood and rights-based perspective
12	Child participation (Hart's Steps of Participation)
13	Teaching sensitive to child and family culture
14	Family involvement sensitive to child and family culture
15	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Akgün, E. (2020). Türk Kültürü’nde Aile ve Çocuk. Pegem Yayınevi. • ASPB. (2011). Türkiye’de aile yapısı araştırması. Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanlığı. • Bekman, S. Ve Aksu-Koç, A. (2013). İnsan gelişimi, aile ve kültür. İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları • Göncü, A. (2014). Oyunda Büyümek: Çocuk Gelişimi ve Eğitimine Sosyokültürel Bakış. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları. • Hart, R. (2008). Children’s Participation. The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Enviromental Care. Routledge. (Türkçe Çevirisi Tülin Şener Kılınç, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık) • Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (2010). Benlik, aile ve insan gelişimi. İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları. • Onur, B.(2005). Türkiye’de çocukluğun tarihi. Ankara: İmge Yayınları. • Sayıl, M. ve Yağmurlu, B. (2012). Ana Babalık: Kuram ve Uygulama. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları. Makaleler: • Durgel, E., & Yagmurlu, B. (2014). Türk göçmen ailelerde sosyallestirme hedefleri ve ana babalik: Okul öncesi döneme detayli bakis. Turk Psikoloji Yazilari, 17(34), 3. • Erol, P. Ö., & Aloğlu, E. (2017). Çocuğun değeri ve aile değişimi: Türkiye’den otuz yıllık bir portre. Sosyoloji Dergisi, (35), 77-101. • Kagitcibasi, C. (2005). Autonomy and relatedness in cultural context: Implications for self and family. Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 36(4), 403-422. • Kagitcibasi, C., & Ataca, B. (2005). Value of children and family change: A three-decade portrait from Turkey. Applied psychology, 54(3), 317-337. • Kagitçibasi, Ç., & Sunar, D. (1992). Family and socialization in Turkey. Parent-child relations in diverse cultural settings: Socialization for instrumental competency, 5, 75-88. • Yagmurlu, B., Çitlak, B., Dost, A., & Leyendecker, B. (2009). Türk Annelerin Çocuk Sosyallestirme Hedeflerinde Egitime Bagli Olarak Gözlemlenen Farkliliklar. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 24(63), Okuma Listesi: • Kaya, N. (2019). Bütün Çocuklar İyidir. İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları • İnal, K. (2007). Modernizm ve çocuk. Ankara: Sobil Yayınları. • Oztan, G. (2011). Türkiye’de çocukluğun politik inşaası. İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. • Postman, N. (1995). Çocukluğun yokoluşu. Ankara: İmge Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	40	40
Final Examination	1	70	70
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			110

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High