KN402 : Developing scientific concepts

Department

Department of Kindergarten

Academic Program

Bachelor in Kindergarten

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

EPSY200

Overview

Summarized course:

The course aims at enabling students to understand what is meant by the term "concept" and how to acquire it for a preschool child, to familiarize students with the factors affecting it and the psycho-cognitive processes that help the child's composition, to publicize the levels and types of development of the concept, to publicize the role of a teacher in kindergarten and to acquire scientific concepts

Intended learning outcomes

Main Contents of the Course

Scientific topics

Meaning of the concept and presentation of different definitions to clarify it.

Teaching concepts for preschool children - factors influencing concept learning

Learning Concepts - Through Directed Discovery - Learning by Discovery - Learning by Mission Analysis Method

First half Exam

Concept Composition - Sensory Perception Processes - Balancing - Abstraction - Generalization

Psychological processes underlying concept formation - attention - perception - remembrance

Conceptual Growth Levels/I-II-III-IV-V

A second mid-term exam

Factors influencing the growth of concepts (senses - intelligence - activity practice - type of experience) -The characteristics of the concept

Use of concepts - types of concepts and classifications

The importance of teaching scientific concepts in preschool children

Teacher's role in teaching and acquiring scientific concepts for preschool children

Teaching and learning methods

The course will be presented to the student through

lectures,

discussion and dialog

Research and Survey

Methods of assessments

Methods of evaluating students in this course(class work 40% & final 60%)

Editorial exam 30

Oral exam 5

Research 5

Editorial exam 60

Publisher

Edition

Author

Where it is located

Dar Almaseera

Boutros Hafez

www.//doc.abhatoo.net.ma/IMG/doc/22fev3.

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