COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACADEMIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING SKILLS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5577 ACADEMIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING SKILLS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Course Objective

The aim of this study is to learn how to move from a topic to a question, to investigate this topic research methods, and to acquire a methodological approache of writing and verbal presentation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify research topic, question and hypothesis
2   Learn literatüre review
3   Prepare an article according to the APA 6 guideline
4   Present a research effectively

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science and counseling, research
2 Identifying resarch topic and resarch question and specifying research hypothesis
3 Literature reviews
4 Reading and not taking methods.
5 Achieving an academic language
6 Sections of a research report
7 General principles for writing research reports
8 Midterm, rehearsal, evaluation
9 APA 6 Guidelines I
10 APA 6 Guidelines II
11 APA 6 Guidelines III
12 Choosing where to publish an article
13 Verbal and visual presentation I
14 Verbal and visual presentation II
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Hartley, J. (2008). Academic writing and publishing: A practical handbook. New York: Routledge.
Siyez, D.M. (2014). PDR de kaynak tarama ve rapor yazma (4. Baskı). Ankara: Pegem Akademi
Heppner, P.P., Wampold, B.E., Kivlighan, D.M. (2013). Psikolojik danışmada araştırma yöntemleri (Çev Ed. D.M. Siyez). Ankara:Mentis Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, fieldwork and demonstration

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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