COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS STUDY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISB 5056 COMPARATIVE SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS STUDY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA ŞAHIN

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to explain the development, purposes and problems of social studies education, to examine the factors affect education, to discuss the problems and to associate the course books used in Turkey and other country s education systems comparatively.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   It is expected from those students who participate in reading activities and discussions, and who do their homework regularly to be able to define the comparative social studies education s development, purposes and problems; be able to explain the factors affect education, to discuss the problems and to associate the course books used in Turkey and several other country s education systems comparatively and analyze similarities and differences respectively.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 The definition, purposes and problems of comparative education
3 Comparative education around World and in Turkey
4 Comparative examination of the factors affects the education
5 The structure of Turkish education system
6 Overview of the education systems in EU countries
7 Analysis of American social studies course books
8 Analysis of American social studies course books, Midterm
9 Analysis of English social studies course books
10 Analysis of Russian social studies course books
11 Analysis of French social studies course books
12 Analysis of German social studies course books
13 Analysis of Chinese social studies course books
14 Analysis of Norwegian and Finn social studies course books
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Chapin, J.N. & Messick, R. G. (2012). Elementary Social Studies, 5th Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Fuchs, E. (2011). Current Trends in History and Social Studies Textbook Research , Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 14 (2), 17-34.
https://www.socialstudies.org/positions/global_and_international_education
Linda S. L. & Cynthia A. T. (2010). Handbook of Research in Social Studies Education. New York: Routledge.
Martell, C. C. (2017). Social Studies Teacher Education: Critical Issues and Current Perspectives. Charlette: IAP Press.
Sarheed, M. M. (2015). A Comparative Analysis of the Objectives of the National Education in the United States, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, China and Japan , Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (12), 59-70.
Zhao, Y. vd. (2007). Comparison of Social Studies Education in the United States, China, and South Korea , International Journal of Social Education, 21 (2), 91-122.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Various methods are used: Traditional, interactive, active learning are used either individually or concurrently.

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

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.sahin.@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Project Preparation 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Project Assignment 1 3 3
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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