COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TODAY'S WORLD ISSUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 5002 TODAY'S WORLD ISSUES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course, the problems of today's world events and are able to analyze a broad sense of the events that informed about the connections with each other, they have learned to real-world events to educate individuals on the practical and analytical thinking.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, typical students should be able to analyze large spatial scale of the problems of today's world and to develop
2   At the end of this course, typical students should be able to ideas about the local and general management practices results of the spatiality
3   At the end of this course, typical students should be able to informed about the links with Today's events each other
4   At the end of this course, typical students should be able to think about practical and analytical with the real-world events
5   At the end of this course, typical students should be able to gain experience in writing and speaking on the text discussion with homework, and exams

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Paradox of the world's population lectures
2 The problem of energy sources and use lectures
3 Obesity, hunger, thirst (Clean Water) group presentation
4 Inequality in education and training systems group presentation
5 Unemployment and poverty group presentation
6 Alcohol and drug trafficking and youth group presentation
7 Cases of domestic violence and broken families group presentation
8 General Examination, Course evaluation, midterm exam
9 The world of street children group presentation
10 Regional differences and the geography of crime group presentation
11 Maskulinism and feminism group presentation
12 Democracy, modernity and human rights violations group presentation
13 World health (AIDS, avian flu, SARS, Hepatitis B, etc. ..) group presentation
14 World peace, terrorism and arms group presentation
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Canbolat, I. (2002) Küreselleşen Dünya ve Türkiye, Vipaş Yayınları, ISBN: 975-564-071-7, Bursa.
Elmas, G. (2001) Küreselleşme Sürecinde Bölgesel Dengesizlikler, Nodel Yayınları, ISBN: 975-591-266-5, Ankara.
Gündüz, M. vd., (2005) Nüfus Sorunu, Anı Yayıncılık, ISBN: 975-6376-50-3, Ankara.
Hacısalihoğlu, I.Y. (2001) Yeni Dünya Düzeni Arayışı, ve Türkiye, Çantay Kitabevi, ISBN: 975-7206-51-2, Istanbul.
Laslo, E. (2004) Küresel Bakmak: Evrensel Düşünmek, Çeviren: I. Canbolat, Nobel Yayıncılık, ISBN: 975-591-693-8, Ankara.
Inat, K. Duran, B. & Ataman, M. (2004) Dünya Çatışma Bölgeleri, Nobel Yayıncılık, ISBN: 975-591-617-2, Ankara.
Özey, R. (1998) Günümüz Dünya Sorunları, Aktif Yayınevi, ISBN: 9756755377, Istanbul.
Polat, O. (2002) Sokak Çocukları, Sokak Çocukları Derneği, Istanbul.
Kadıoğlu, S. (2005) Batı Ülkelerinde Kadın Hareketleri 20. Yüzyıl ve Kadın, Gri Tasarım, Istanbul.
Bora, A. & Günal A. (2002) 90 larda Türkiye de Feminizm, Iletişim Yayınları, ISBN: 975-05-0018-0, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Directed Readings, Problem Solving Classes

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)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Gümüş
nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr
(office tel)902323012136
(gsm)905335765054

Office Hours

Thuesday, 10.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 13 4 52
Final Preparation 1 10 10
Paper Preparation 1 10 10
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155554
LO.255554
LO.355554
LO.45555545
LO.554555

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