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| PEM2012 | Child, Play and Design | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Habibe ACAR | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course are to inform about children, play and children's playground design issues, to help playground design for all children in open spaces and to contribute creating more livable environments for children.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Recognize the child in the development process and to be informed about the child's needs and wishes | 1,2,12 | | | LO - 2 : | Be aware of the importance of the play and designed playgrounds for children in open spaces | 1,2,12 | | | LO - 3 : | Learn to use your theoretical knowledge about child and play yours designs | 1,2,12 | | | LO - 4 : | Design appropriate playgrounds for children?s needs and wishes | 1,2,12 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In this course, the child's biological, cognitive, social development processes and skills, needs and wishes in these processes will be discussed and will be focus on the concept of the play. Also will be given clues about importance of play for child, necessity of playing for children in open spaces, activities children can do and they want to do in these areas, children's expectations on the playground. Eventually will be given information about the important points when designing a playground for children need to be considered in open spaces and design processes. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, models of child development | | | Week 2 | Concept of play and development for child, classification of types of games and important of play | | | Week 3 | Places where children play, classification of play areas | | | Week 4 | Children's relationships with the natural landscape areas and elements,the importance of natural areas for children
| | | Week 5 | Play potentials of the natural area and the natural elements | | | Week 6 | Differences of children and adults' perceptions in the environment,features of children like to see in open spaces, plants | | | Week 7 | Activity-space relationship | | | Week 8 | Playground design process. What should be considered when designing a playground for children?
| | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Examples of children's playgrounds are designed with different concepts in Turkey and in the world, comparisons, discussion | | | Week 11 | Presentations of students homework about examples of best concept playgrounds in the world
| | | Week 12 | Presentations of students homework about examples of best concept playgrounds in the world
| | | Week 13 | Presentations of students homework about playgrounds in their environments and suggestions for these playgrounds | | | Week 14 | Presentations of students homework about playgrounds in their environments and suggestions for these playgrounds
| | | Week 15 | Final exam | | | Week 16 | | | | |
| 1 | Moore, R., C., Goltsman, S., M. ve Iacofano, D., S, 1997. Play for All Guidelines: Planning, Design and Management of Outdoor Play Settings for All Children, Second Edition (1992), Reprinted, Mig Communication | | | |
| 1 | Moore, R., C., 2002. Plants for Play: A Plant Selection Guide for Children | | | 2 | Tai, L., Taylor Haque, M., McLenlan, G.K., Knight, E.J., 2006. Designing Outdoor Environments for Children: Landscaping Schoolyards, Gardens and Playgrounds, McGRAW-HILL. | | | 3 | Cristopher, S., Mark, B., 2006. Children and Their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces, Cambridge University Press. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 11 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 59 |
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