CREATIVITY AND PLAY

ECE646

Course Code: ECE646
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Ayşe Güler Küçükturan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

To be aware of the supporting factors of crativity and obstacles
To understand the importance of creativity education
To support play development of children by means of literature, music and painting activities

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The play theories, the importance and place of the play in the childhood, development of creativity, and the relation of play and the creativity in the early childhood. The implication of creativity in the early childhood education.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Concepts of creativity, characteristics of creative character
2^nd Week	Theorems related to creativity
3^rd Week	Relationship between play and creativity
4^th Week	Relationship between art education and creativity
5^th Week	Development of art activities of children
6^th Week	Creativity education with different materials
7^th Week	Literature activities
8^th Week	Mid-term Exam
9^th Week	Obstacles for creativity
10^th Week	Creative play
11^th Week	Musical activites
12^th Week	Various ways to express the ideas
13^th Week	Preseantations of the projects
14^th Week	Preseantations of the projects

Recommended or Required Reading

Darıca, N. (1993). Okulöncesi Dönemde Sanat Eğitimi, 9. YA-PA Okulöncesi Eğitimi ve Yaygınlaştırılması Semineri. Ankara: YA-PA Yayınları.
Üstündağ, Tülay (2002) Yaratıcılığa Yolculuk. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Practice
Project
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	20
Project	1	30
Presentation of Case Study	1	30
Other	1	20
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X
K2	X
K3	X
K4		X	X
K5
K6
K7
K8			X
K9		X	X
K10			X