COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 5001 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI EKBER GÜLERSOY

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

Within the scope of this course, it is targeted to address; understanding basic concepts with regard to environment and environmental problems; perceiving reasons of environmental problems, and basic environmental problems on national and global scale; determining steps which should be taken in solving these problems; and addressing environmental education in teaching programs (curricula) of social sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Addresses environmental problems in World and Turkey, their reasons, consequences and regional distributions, from a universal point of view
2   Questions relationship between environment-natural resources, use of natural resources-environmental problems and possesses the required accumulation of knowledge
3   Comprehends that natural resources should be used consciously where the needs are limitless, but natural resources are limited
4   Understands the importance of environmental awareness and learns how to train individuals who are sensitive to the environment within the scope of environmental education in teaching programs (curricula) of social sciences
5   Possesses knowledge on implementations which are effective in preventing environmental problems or in reducing their affects
6   Makes suggestions on how environmental problem will be solved

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Ecological Concepts and Principles; ecosystems, food chains, food chains, habitat, competition; symbious life and mutual living, flow of energy, circulation of matter.
2 Within the Scope of Dissolving Ecological Balances; description of environmental problems, their scopes, types; reasons (development process) and a general Outlook on their reasons (development process) and consequences.
3 Environmental Pollution; a- Air pollution (Acid rains), b- Water pollution
4 Environmental Pollution; c- Soil Pollution, d- Radioactive pollution
5 Environmental Pollution; e- Noise ve Light pollution (factors, their concequences and prevention).
6 Environmental Pollution; f- Food pollution, g- Extinction of species.
7 Misuse Land; Destruction of Natural Vegetation Cover-Deforestation, Erosion, Desertification, Extinction of Species; Misuse Land; a-Misuse Land (in general), b- Destruction of natural vegetation cover-Deforestation
8 GENERAL REPEAT, COURSE EVALUATION, MIDTERM EXAM
9 Misuse Land; Destruction of Natural Vegetation Cover-Deforestation, Erosion, Desertification, Extinction of Species: c- Erosion, erosion types, leading factors, consequences and prevention, d- Desertification
10 Global Warming, Global Change of the Climate (factors, consequences and prevention)
11 Ozone Layer depletion (factors, consequences and prevention)
12 Rapid Population Growth and Environmental Problems Caused by It; a-Environmental Problems Caused by Urbanization: I- Visual (Landscape) Pollution, II- Unplanned Urbanization-Squattering, Urban climate-hot island etc.
13 III- Solid Waste (Rubbish) Problem A General Outlook on Solutions for Environmental Problems and Actions which Can Be Taken (Environmental Awareness and Environmental Protectionism, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecological Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Institutions, Organizations and Studies Carried Out on Environmental Sensitivity in World etc.).
14 Environmental Education in Teaching Programs (Curricula) of Social Sciences
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

GÜNEY, E., (2004), Çevre Sorunları, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
ÇEPEL, N., (2003), Ekolojik Sorunlar ve Çözümleri, TÜBITAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları No: 180, Ankara.
TÇV., (2003), Türkiye'nin Çevre Sorunları 2003, Türkiye Çevre Vakfı Yayını No: 163, Ankara.
BERKES, F. ve KIŞLALIOĞLU, M., (1990), Ekoloji ve Çevre Bilimleri, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.
ÖZEY, R., (2001), Çevre Sorunları, Aktif Yayınevi, Istanbul.
BOZKURT, O. (Ed.), (2014), Çevre Eğitimi, Pegem Akademi Yayınları, Ankara.
TÜMERTEKIN, E. ve ÖZGÜÇ, N., (1998), Beşeri Coğrafya, Çantay Kitabevi , Istanbul.
ATALAY, I., (2005), Genel Beşerî ve Ekonomik Coğrafya, Meta Basımevi, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectura via presentation (power point), discussion, question&answer, interpretation visuals.

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

Multiple choose tests, written examinations (with long and short answers).

Assessment Criteria

will be announced later.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced later.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.gulersoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Project Preparation 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.252555555
LO.352555555
LO.45555555
LO.552555
LO.6555555

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