The development of the child during pre-birth, birht and after birth, the factors affecting the development, the theories and theorists of development and learning will be discussed.

The theoretical opinions which are the basis of the development of pre-school education and the programs prepared in light of these theories will be developed and discussed.

Basic concepts related to statistics, regulation of data, applications in statistical package programs: It is aimed to gain the ability to do statistical analysis with SPSS package program. Course contents Multi-Factor ANOVA, Multi-Factor MANOVA, Covariance Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Non-parametric Statistical Techniques (Mann-Whitney, U Test, Wilcoxon Test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Freidman Test, Cohron Test).

Students will prepare a project in the guidance of a faculty member.