COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUMS IN TURKEY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISÖ 5081 PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUMS IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Primary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET MABOÇOĞLU

Offered to

Primary Teacher Education

Course Objective

To understand the philosophical underpinnings of primary education program in Turkey

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the general characteristics of the program primary
2   Grasp of philosophical thought and way of thinking
3   Improve the ability of critical thinking
4   Evaluate the power of events from different perspectives to develop
5   The acquisition of scientific habits of evaluation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the program
2 Primary program
3 The main objectives of the program primary
4 How a man is to be trained in primary education
5 The place of critical thinking
6 Elementary school programs contribute to critical thinking
7 What is tolerance
8 Midterm exam
9 Tolerance and primary education program
10 What is Philosophy
11 Philosophical thinking and perspective
12 Orientation programs in elementary level of investigation
13 To think of different contributions to primary education programs
14 The contribution of cognitive development in elementary school program
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Felsefeye Giriş, Ismail TUNALI, Istanbul,2009
Felsefe ve Eğitim, Ed.Adem SOLAK, Ankara, 2006
Philosophy of Education, T.W.MOORE, London, 1982
Philosophical Analysis and Education, Ed.Reginald D.Archambault, London, 1965

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer, case

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The assessment of students according to learning outcomes will be midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Its required to join to %70 of courses
The Instructor hides to get various exercises done via individual and cooperation in the planned education and training period

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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 10 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 2 20 40
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1513132
LO.22323233133323
LO.33423443334434
LO.4431344423444
LO.53542343324334