COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IPF 2001 THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To give students general view about Education; and helps them to gain basic terms of Educational sciences. Its scientific aspects, methods, techniques will be thought. Making ties and relation between educational sciences and Religious Education. The development of Turkish Education in history, the structure and features of National Education System will be learned and its relation to Religious education will be emphasized.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will be able to define Education science and its terms, and able to use them
2   They will have information about education science and its scientific character and aspects
3   They will understand its subfields, subjects and methods; and link them to religious education
4   They will grasp Turkish Education System and its features, and will see the place of religious education in this scale
5   They will see the importance of teacher in Education system and make connection with this to teacher of Religious Education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic terms of education science
2 The relation of education to other fields of science
3 Historical development of education
4 New approaches of education in 21th century
5 Research methods in education sciences
6 Turkish National Education System and its features
7 Levels of formal education in Turkey and non-formal education
8 Mid-term exam
9 The importance of teaching in education system and basic features of being a teacher
10 General look on some practices in teacher training area its developments
11 Teacher training in Ottoman period
12 Teacher training in early years of Republican era.
13 Teacher training in multi-party democracy
14 Renewal period of Teacher training faculties and other Teacher training institutions

Recomended or Required Reading

Münire Erden, Eğitim Bilimlerine Giriş, Arkadaş yay , Ankara 2011.
Yahya Akyüz, Türk Eğitim Tarihi, AÜEBF yay, Ankara 1985.
Y. Kemal Kaya, Insan Yetiştirme Düzenimiz, Nüve Mat. Üsym, Ankara 1977.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

seyfullah.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

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Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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