COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS TEXTBOOK REVIEW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 5001 PHYSICS TEXTBOOK REVIEW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP ÇALIŞKAN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To recognize the properties of textbooks and to evaluate the sample physics textbooks

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the properties of textbooks
2   To be able to examine the properties of the textbooks
3   To be able to examine the content and program suitability of physics textbooks
4   To be able to evaluate physical, educational, visual and language expressions of physics textbooks
5   To be able to present suggestions physics textbooks in terms of physical structure, program and content

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Physical, educational, visual design and language expression features and standards that should be in the course book
2 Physical, educational, visual design and language expression features and standards that should be in the course book (continued)
3 Physical, educational, visual design and language expression features and standards that should be in the course book (continued)
4 Physical, educational, visual design and language expression features and standards that should be in the course book (continued)
5 Physical, educational, visual design and language expression features and standards that should be in the course book (continued)
6 Physical, educational, visual design and language expression features and standards that should be in the course book (continued)
7 The suitability of the contents of textbooks
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Mid-term Exam
9 Physical, visual, educational and content analysis of physics textbooks
10 Physical, visual, educational and content analysis of physics textbooks(continued)
11 Physical, visual, educational and content analysis of physics textbooks(continued)
12 Physical, visual, educational and content evaluation of physics textbooks
13 Evaluation of physics textbooks in terms of current curriculum
14 Evaluation of physics textbooks in terms of current curriculum (continued)
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Bülbül, M. Ş., Peşman, H., Ünal, C. (2013). Tüm Yönleriyle Fizik Ders Kitapları, Pegem Akademi.
Supplementary Book(s): 1) Yağbasan, R. (2005). Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı Inceleme Kılavuzu Fizik, Gazi Kitabevi. 2) Küçükahmet, L. (2016). Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı Inceleme Kılavuzu, Nobel Akademi Yayıncılık.

Materials: Physics textbooks and related articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, presentations, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm, Homework / Presentations and Final exam determine student achievement grade. Classical exams, multiple choice test type exams, homework / presentation quality

Assessment Criteria

Success review and evaluation of physics textbooks

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.caliskan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Weekdays between 09: 00-17: 00 and outside class hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 13 1 13
Preparing assignments 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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