Preschool Education

PRESCHOOL EDUCATION MA PROGRAM

 

Academic Unit: Primary Education

Program Objectives: The aim of this program is to develop early childhood education in Turkey and around the world and to train teachers who can implement creative, innovative and effective methods that can increase the quality of preschool education. In this respect, we support our students to increase their knowledge on preschool education and carry out the MA program to train the future academicians.

Medium of Instruction: Turkish

International Student Quotas: International student quotas are announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Admissions Calendar: Admissions calendar is announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Application Link: https://lisansustu.yildiz.edu.tr/sbe/en/ (Applicants are advised to check the academic calendar first and send their applications only during the application period.)

Admission Requirements: Admissions requirements announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

 

Compulsory Courses:

Code

Course Title in Turkish

Course Title in English

Course Type

Number of Credits

OKL5102

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Farklı Yaklaşımlar

Contemporary Approaches in Early Childhood

Required by the program

3

OKL5113

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Program

Curriculum in Early Childhood

Required by the program

3

OKL5100

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri

Research Methods in Early Childhood

Required by the program

3

OKL5004

Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Bilimsel Etik

Research Methods and  Ethics

Required by the Council of Higher Education

2

OKL5001

Seminer

Seminar

Required by the Council of Higher Education

0

Elective Courses:

Code

Course Title in Turkish

Course Title in English

Number of Credits

OKL5103

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Aile Eğitimi ve Katılımı

Parent Involvement and Educatıon in Early Childhood

3

OKL5111

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Drama

Drama in Early Childhood

3

OKL5110

Erken Çocukluk Dönemi Çağdaş Gelişim Kuramları

Contemporary Development Theories in Early Childhood

3

OKL5114

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Yaratıcı Düşünme Becerileri

Creative Thinking Skills in Early Childhood

3

OKL5108

Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Aile ile Etkili İletişim

Family and Communication Skills in Early Childhood

3

OKL5105

Özel Gereksinimli Çocuklar ve Eğitimleri

Children with  Special Needs and Special Education

3

 

Academic Staff:

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Remziye CEYLAN
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aysun GÜROL
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Nur TUĞLUK           
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Özkan SAPSAĞLAM
  • Res. Asst. Feride GÖK ÇOLAK
  • Res. Asst. Hatice ÜNLÜ
  • Res. Asst. Beyza AKÇAY        

 

Who can apply?

In-Field Quotas

Preschool Education, Child Development, Child Development Education programs should apply to in-field quotas.

Out-of-Field Quotas

Primary School Education, Social Work, Home Economics, Psychology, Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Physical Education, Sports, Arts, Library Science, Foreign Languages, Computer Science, Educational Studies in Mathematics and Science, Business Administration, Law, Political Science, Sociology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing programs should apply to out-of-field applicant quotas.

 

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from the program, students are required;

  • to take at least 7 courses (21 local credits/ 120 ECTS), two of which are required by the department
  • to pass the “Seminar” and “Research Methods and Scientific Ethics” courses,
  • to pass all courses with at least CB grade and have at least 2.50/4.0 GPA,
  • to comply with the publication requirement,
  • to register to “Lecture on Specialized Field” and “MA Thesis” courses in order to write a thesis, after completing the required number of credits,
  • to pass the MA thesis defense successfully.

Publication Requirement: MA students are required to meet at least one of the following requirements which has to be related to their thesis and done in cooperation with their thesis supervisor(s):

  1. An oral/ poster presentation at a national/ international refereed academic congress
  2. An academic article published or accepted for publication at a national/ international refereed academic journal

Department Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

Admissions Contact:

 

E-mail Address

Website

Graduate School of Social Sciences

gsss@yildiz.edu.tr, sbemdr@yildiz.edu.tr

http://sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/

Department Contact:

Name- Surname

E-mail Address

Phone Number

Res. Asst. Feride GÖK ÇOLAK

fgok@yildiz.edu.tr

+90 212 383 55 57

Res. Asst. Hatice Ünlü

hunlu@yildiz.edu.tr

+90 212 383 55 97

Res. Asst. Beyza Akçay

bakcay@yildiz.edu.tr

+90 212 383 55 67