COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRACTICES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SNF 5007 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRACTICES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET MABOÇOĞLU

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course is aimed at teacher candidates; affecting education in Turkey geographical, social and economic factors provide the know. Accordingly, children in rural and dispersed settlements should know how to meet educational needs. Carrying education has the advantages and disadvantages of carrying education; boarding primary school districts, to understand the advantages and disadvantages of boarding primary schools. Teaching in unified classrooms, the reasons leading to unified classes, the basics of teaching in unified classes and teaching style, the planning of teaching in unified classrooms, classroom management and assessment activities and the tasks and responsibilities of the teacher in the unified classrooms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the geographical, social and economic factors that affect education in Turkey
2   Understand advantages and disadvantages of pedestrian education, transport education and the advantages and disadvantages of boarding elementary schools and regional boarding primary schools.
3   Know how to plan teaching in united classes.
4   Know the classroom management and evaluation activities in the combined classes.
5   Evaluates teaching practices in the combined classes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The geographical, social and economic factors that affect education in Turkey
2 Ways of meeting children's educational needs in residential units
3 Carrying education, advantages and disadvantages of carrying education; boarding primary school districts, advantages and disadvantages of boarding primary schools
4 Teaching in unified classes
5 Reasons of unified classes
6 The basic bases of teaching in unified classes
7 Forms of planning and course processing in unified classrooms
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Methods and techniques in unified classes
10 Classroom management in unified classes
11 Assessment activities in combined classrooms
12 Duties and responsibilities of the teacher in the combined classes
13 Teaching practices in unified classrooms in the world
14 Establishing positive environments and communication in unified classes
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Education in United Classrooms, Assistant Proffessor Ali Rıza Erdem, Ankara
2. Education in United Classrooms, Assistant Proffessor, Kemal Köksal

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expository speech, question answer, discussion, cooperative learning, presentation, show and tell

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

Students are evaluated by means of learning outcomes, essays, papers, mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

m.mabocoglu@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 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 13 2 26
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.1323
LO.2434
LO.3333
LO.444
LO.54443