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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ISB 5046 NEW APPROACHES IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BANU ÇULHA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course is designed to introduce content and new methods for teaching Social Studies to learners. Topics include theory, lesson planning, interdisciplinary instruction and new teaching methods, and may more topics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develop thinking skills that will assist them and their future students in understanding their world and their roles as citizens in world. 2   Learn planning and assessment procedures for effective, integrated, and functional social studies lessons. 3   Develop skills in utilizing instruments for teaching social studies in the elementary classroom. 4   Create effective methods of introducing and teaching new content.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to the Social Studies (Definitions, foundation, content, processes) 2 Diversity and learning ( how students learn social studies) 3 Multicultural perspectives ( literature connections, oral history) 4 Cooperative learning ( cooperative learning rationale, cooperative learning strategies, cooperative learning ıssues) 5 Cooperative learning (cooperative learning rationale, cooperative learning strategies, cooperative learning ıssues) 6 Inquiry and critical thinking (inquiry, critical thinking, developing critical thinking skills 7 Technology and social studies teaching (incorporating the internet, website literacy, virtual field trips 8 Assessment: Purpose and goals of assessment, authentic assessment, portfolios, assessment analysis Dramatization Presentation MID-TERM EXAM 9 The ıntegrated curriculum ( language art, social studies textbooks, children s literature, writing in the Social Studies Program, Speaking and listening in the Social Studies Program, performing arts and visual arts in the Social Studies Program 10 The ıntegrated curriculum ( language art, social studies textbooks, children s literature, writing in the Social Studies Program, Speaking and listening in the Social Studies Program, performing arts and visual arts in the Social Studies Program 11 Democratic Citisenship (Citizenship education and diversity, perspectives and citizenship, values education) Micro- Teach presentations 12 History (History in the Elementary School: Content, Processes, Teaching History in the Elementary School, Strategies for History Teaching) 13 Geography ( Geography in the Elementary School: Content, Processes, Teaching Geography in the Elementary School) lesson Plan 2 14 Incorporation Current Events 15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Zarillo, James. Teaching Elementary Social Studies, Principles and Applications. Pearson Education Inc. (2008) Safran, Mustafa ( Ed). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi. Pegem-A Yayınları, (2009)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, cooperative learning, questioning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 ASG ASSIGNMENT 2 PRS PRESENTATION 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50 *** 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

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.culha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56 Project Assignment 1 15 15 Final Assignment 1 20 20 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 LO.2 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 LO.3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 LO.4 5 4 3 3 3 2 3