COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING PROGRAMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 2002 SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING PROGRAMS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASLI AVCI AKÇALI

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of social studies programs in terms of approach, content, learning areas, learning attainments, skills, values, learning-teaching processes and assessment-evaluation approaches, and gain skills to evaluate programs in an objective way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic concepts of Social Studies programs
2   To be able to recognize the development, goals and approach of the social studies programs
3   To be able to explain the basic elements of social studies programs
4   To be able to comprehend the contents of social studies programs and learning-teaching processes
5   To be able to comprehend teacher competencies and the role of teachers in the implementation of programs

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of teaching programs
2 The development of social studies programs from past to present
3 Approach of the current social studies programs
4 The aims of the current social studies programs
5 Attainments of current social studies programs and distribution of the attainments according to grades
6 Learning areas in the current social studies programs
7 Contents of the current social studies programs
8 Midterm Exam
9 The skills that the current social studies programs aims to develop
10 The values that the current social studies programs aims to develop
11 Learning-teaching process in current social studies programs
12 Assessment-evaluation approach of current social studies programs
13 Teacher competencies
14 The role of teachers in the implementation of programs
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. MEB. (1998). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretim Programları (4,5,6,7). Istanbul: Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yayınları.
2. MEB, (2005). Sosyal bilgiler 4.-5. sınıf programı. Ankara: Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü Basımevi
3. MEB, (2005). Sosyal bilgiler 6.-7. sınıf programı. Ankara: Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü Basımevi
4. MEB, (2018). Sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programı (Ilkokul, Ortaokul 4, 5, 6 ve 7. Sınıflar).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion, group-work

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)

asli.avci@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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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