COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EBE 5031 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Institute Of Education Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HALE SUCUOĞLU

Offered to

History Teacher Education Non-Thesis
BIOLOGY TEACHER EDUCATION Non-Thesis
Geography Teacher Education Non-Thesis
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students comprehend theoretical frame about curriculum, curriculum development approaches and models, processes, elements and these relationships; design curriculum at a subject area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe major concepts about curriculum
2   Comprehend the relationship between curriculum and other sciences
3   Comprehend the relationship between the curriculum elements
4   Compare the basic curriculum development approaches
5   Analyze the basic curriculum models
6   Prepare the curriculum design
7   Examine the curriculum with specific criteria
8   Aware of the contemporary issues national and international in curriculum

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic terms, Educational System
2 The fundamentals of curriculum development
3 The curriculum design
4 Models of curriculum development
5 Needs assessment
6 Taxonomy of objectives
7 Writing the educational aims and objectives
8 Midterm exam
9 Content analyzes
10 Teaching and learning process
11 Measurement and evaluation
12 Applying and evaluation of curriculum
13 Learning & Teaching Theory and Models
14 Teaching Technics
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bloom, Benjamin S. (1979). Insan Nitelikleri ve Okulda Öğrenme. Çev: D. A. Özçelik Ankara: MEB Yayınevi
Çilenti, Kamuran. (1984). Eğitim Teknolojisi ve Öğretim. Ankara: Gül Yayınevi.
Demirel, Özcan. (2009). Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri Öğretme Sanatı. Ankara: Pegem A Yayınları.
Demirel, Özcan. (2010). Kuramdan Uygulamaya Eğitimde Program Geliştirme. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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