COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVALUATION OF HISTORY SCHOOL BOOKS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAE 5007 EVALUATION OF HISTORY SCHOOL BOOKS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ERDAL ASLAN

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

Its aimed to familirize prospective teachhers with proper standarts of a text book.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know the physical qualities text books should have.
2   To know the educational and visual traits text books should have.
3   To know the linguistic qualities text books should have.
4   To be able to evaluate if a text book is qualified.
5   To be able to evaluate the text books.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Objectives and Content
2 Physical Qualities of a Text Book
3 Educational Qualities of a Text Book
4 Visual Qualities of a Text Book
5 Linguistic Qualities of a Text Book
6 Evaluating Relevance of Text Books' Content to the Cirriculum
7 Evaluating the Content of the Present Text Books
8 General Revision, Course Assessment, Midterm Exam
9 Evaluating the Language of the Present Text Books
10 Evaluating the Conformality of the Present Text Books to its Target Students
11 Evaluating the Format of the Present Text Books I
12 Evaluating the Format of the Present Text Books II
13 Evaluating the Suitability of the Present Text Books to Teaching I
14 Evaluating the Suitability of the Present Text Books to Teaching II
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. S. Özbaran, Tarih Öğretimi ve Ders Kitapları, Istanbul: Dokuz Eylül Yay., 1998.
2. S. Özbaran, Tarih, Tarihçi ve Toplum:Tarihin Çağrışımı, Doğası, Tarihçilik ve Tarih Öğretimi Üstüne Düşünceler, Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 1997.
3. S. Özbaran , Tarih ve Öğretimi, Istanbul: Can Yayınevi, 1992.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question and Answer, In class discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** 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)

erdal.aslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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