COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 6031 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SUAT TÜRKOGUZ

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

In this study, students are are that to learn qualitative research methods, to reveal the differences in quantitative research methods of qualitative research, to emphasize the importance of qualitative research methods in science education, to demonstrate of qualitative research methods used in science education , to learn validity and reliability concepts in qualitative research , to explain of sampling varieties of qualitative research, realize of the data collection process in science education and to use the qualitative data analysis , to report conclusions as a results of qualitative data analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the importance of qualitative research in science education
2   to understand the methods used in science education research
3   to understand the kind of sampling in qualitative research
4   to question the reliability and validity in qualitative research
5   to select one of the methods of qualitative data and to collect data on science education
6   to apply the data analysis in qualitative research
7   to write a report on the results of qualitative data analysis
8   to infrastructure related to the theoretical research results in qualitative research

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 qualitative research approach How to approach a scientific qualitative research
2 Comparison of quantitative research with qualitative research and brief overview to quantitative research
3 What are the qualitative research methods What are the preferred qualitative research methods in science education
4 How to ensure the reliability and validity in qualitative research How to ensure the reliability and validity in qualitative research in science education
5 How to create research designs in qualitative research
6 How data collected in qualitative research How qualitative data collected in science education
7 What is the role of the researcher in qualitative research Researcher should collect data on how qualitative data research in science education How should the role of the researcher's data collection
8 What is the role of the researcher in qualitative research Researcher should collect data on how qualitative data research in science education How should the role of the researcher's data collection
9 How to be interviewed techniques in science education What should be the role of the interviewer How should it be analyzed How should it be interpreted
10 How observation techniques in science education should be done What should be the role of the observer How should it be analyzed How should it be interpreted
11 Document analysis in science education should be how to do What are the documents examined in science education Documents should be how to analyze
12 How case studies in science education How are analyzed and how it interpreted
13 How phenomenology study in science education How are analyzed and how it interpreted
14 How action research studies in science education How are analyzed and how it interpreted
15 comparison of case studies , phenomenology and action research ; presentations of qualitative data collected in science education
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

-Yıldırım, A. Ve Şimşek, H. (2006). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri (5. Baskı). Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi.
-Baş, Türker ve Ulun Akturan. (2008). Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınları.
-Denzin, N.K., Linkoln, Y.S. (2000).Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage Publication

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** 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)

suat.turkoguz@gmail.com

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Project Preparation 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Project Assignment 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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