Okul Öncesi Öğretmenliği Lisans Diploması

• Explain the basic concepts related to education.Improve the habits of 0-72 months children to the benefit of their physical, mental and emotional progress.
• Relate the basic concepts and their applications at pre-school level.Use multiple tools and methods of early childhood assessments to continuously monitor and document children’s progress and to guide instruction.
• Utilize appropriate pedagogical and professional knowledge and skills in planning, implementation, and evaluation of early childhood curriculum and services.
• Demonstrate commitment to early childhood profession, professionalism, lifelong learning, personal and professional growth.
• Develop appropriate instructional strategies for pre-school students in the educational process.
• Value diverse opinions, belief systems, cultures and contribution of others.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills, inquiry, creativity, initiative and innovation to solve a range of problems in everyday situations.
• Access and analyze information from a variety of sources, including information and communication technology, to attain personal and professional goals.
• Assess the developments in the field field of preschool teacing.
• Knows philosophy, philosophical foundations of education and contemporary educational theories.
• Have the ability to use his / her mother tongue correctly, beautiful and effective.
• Has cultural and social values of society.
• Develops professional and ethical behaviors.

Students’ performances on the courses of this department are evaluated in accordance with Biruni University Associate Degree and Bachelor Degree Education-Training and Exam Regulation. The process of announcing mentioned regulation on Official Gazette has been launched. Important points for the regulation are provided below: the constraint that require students with 1.99 and below grade point average (gpa) to take courses passed with DC and DD letter grades primarily is abolished. Students failing with FF letter grade in a course are required to take that course primarily during the course selection period. – Students failing with FD (absenteeism) letter grade in a course should primarily take that course during the course selection period and they have to attend the class. -In a repeat course situation, a student’s course load is maximum 45 ECTS; however, the student should primarily take the repeat courses. – Students with 3,00 and above GPA and are successful in all his/her courses, can increase his/her course load, which is normally 30 ECTS, by adding two more courses in his/her schedule with the approval of his/her supervisor. Nonetheless, it is not possible to take extra courses from following semesters. – An undergraduate transfer student (from another department within Biruni/ from another university) can take maximum 45 ECTS. Previously, if a transfer student had DC and DD courses in his previous university, mentioned courses were not exempted. However, new regulation enables those courses to be exempted. A student studying double major/minor program can take maximum 45 ECTS for his/her major and double major/minor programs. – A student’s absenteeism numbers are lowered on the condition that he/she provides his/her health report offering him/her to be absent for 5 days or above, and faculty/ vocational school administration’s approval is required for the validity of this condition. If a student’s absent days, based on the health report, excess the half of the total class hours, the student will fail because of absenteeism. – For graduation, a student should be successful in all classes and his GPA should be 2.00 or above. – The exam for increasing grades (it is for students who are successful in midterm/final exams and want to increase their grades) is only available for students with DC and DD letter grade. The grade of this exam is valid for the overall grade. To take this exam, the student should apply for it during the period that is announced in academic calendar. - One course exam (it is for students failing in one course but in graduation state). *The grade of one course exam replaces for overall grade. * Students failing in one course exam are provided an opportunity to retake the exam one month after the resit exams of the following semester. * A student can take one course exam only once in a semester. *There is no one course exam for a failed course because of absenteeism and for a course that was not taken by the student before. * One course exams are not implemented for courses of laboratory, practice, clinic practice, workshop, project, dissertation * Students failing to get enough points in one course exam for graduation can take more than one courses in the following semester/year. *If a student, required to take one course exam, does not take the exam, his /her excuse for not taking it will not be valid.Students are required to be successful in all program courses and not to have any FF grade. Also, students are responsible to complete 240 ECTS credits and to have at least 2,00 Grade Point Average.

Students must comply with the legal and academic requirements to access the studies in Biruni University according to the process established by the ÖSYM (Higher Education Council Student Selection and Placement Centre) regulations. Students who have started studies in other universities within or outside the country may apply for their recognition. The recognition record is unique for each student and therefore the procedure is carried out accordingly before the start of each academic year. More information about general admission requirements can be found in the catalogue of Information on the Institution. Under an established exchanges program or one approved by the University, exchange students from abroad may be accepted for studies on the courses taught in English. Or, if they are confident in Turkish, they may then enroll in any courses, running in Turkish, shown on the Course Structure diagram.

Preschool Teaching Program Graduates can work in the kindergartens of primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education, independent kindergartens, kindergartens in private sector and special education institutions where young children are present. If they want, they can open their private institutions. Besides, the program graduates can work as academic staff in the academic units of universities by continuing their masters and doctoral programs. Our associates may also serve as specialist / expert assistants in institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education or the Ministry of Family Social Policy.

Qualification is continuous