COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 5007 ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION CURRICULUM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To examine fundamental concepts about curriculum development, To examine relations between curriculum development, implementation and evaluation, To examine curriculum design and curriculum models, To examine curriculum development models and approaches, To discuss curriculum development models and approaches To examine comparatively study of curriculum development in the world and Türkiye

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   examine fundamental concepts about curriculum development.
2   examine relations between curriculum development, implementation and evaluation.
3   examine curriculum design and curriculum models.
4   examine curriculum development models and approaches.
5   discuss curriculum development models and approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and definitions
2 Theoretical foundations of curriculum development (historical and philosophical foundations)
3 Theoretical foundations of curriculum development (psychological and social foundations)
4 Curriculum designs
5 Curriculum models
6 Curriculum development process (planning, designing, generation, evaluating)
7 Needs assessment (approaches and techniques)
8 Mid-term exam
9 Educational objectives, taxonomy of objectives, cognitive domain
10 Affective and psychomotor objectives
11 Curriculum content and content sequencing models
12 Teaching principles and planning (annual and daily plans)
13 Teaching methods and techniques
14 Pilotting the program and evaluation
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Demirel, Ö. 2009; Kuramdan Uygulamaya Eğitimde Program Geliştirme, Pegem Akademi Yayınları, Ankara
Küçükahmet, L. 2007; Program Geliştirme ve Öğretim, Nobel yayın Dağıtımı, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Paper/Presentation, written examination

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + 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 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.234312
LO.334312
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LO.534312