COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBD 5021 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SIMGE KOÇ

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Educational Sciences
Geography Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Special Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
German Language Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

To create awareness about the relationship between education and sustainable development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the concept of sustainability and its usage areas.
2   Understand the concept of sustainability in the context of social change
3   Have an idea about education, the future of humanity and sustainability
4   List the causes of migration, poverty and inequality
5   Get knowledge about global environmental problems and what to do for creating a sustainable society which is in harmony with nature.
6   Become aware of population, economic system and natural environment.
7   Evaluate technological developments and consumption habits in terms of social responsibility
8   Gain the ability to think human-nature relations on the axis of sustainability

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of sustainability and its usage areas.
2 Sustainability in terms of social and natural sciences.
3 Sustainability in the context of social change.
4 Education and sustainability.
5 Migration, poverty and inequality.
6 Ecology, sustainable environment.
7 Midterm Exam
8 Global environmental problems and sustainability.
9 Sustainable society in harmony with nature.
10 Population, economic system and natural environment.
11 Technological developments, consumption habits and environment.
12 Studies of social responsibility.
13 Sustainability in terms of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
14 Rethinking of human-nature relations on the axis of sustainability.
15 Final (Final Examination)

Recomended or Required Reading

Barlas, N. (2013). Küresel krizlerden sürdürülebilir topluma çağımızın çevre sorunları. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Bonnett, M. (1999). Education for sustainable development: A coherent philosophy for environmental education Cambridge Journal of Education, 29(3), 313-324
Kalkınma Bakanlığı (2012). Türkiye'de Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Raporu: Geleceği Sahiplenmek.
Kalkınma Bakanlığı (2012a). Turkiye Surdurulebilir Kalkınma Raporu: Geleceği Sahiplenmek, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma En Iyi Uygulama Örnekleri
Pingali, P. (2012). Green Revolution: Impacts, limits, and the path ahead, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 109(31), 12302 12308.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655
LO.754
LO.85

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