COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYBÜKE PABUÇCU AKIŞ

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to inform students about using argumentation in chemistry education and to provide them some example guidelines for structuring the lessons in ways that would support evidence-based reasoning to take place.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
- Aydeniz, M., Pabuccu, A., Cetin, P. S., & Kaya, E. (2012). Argumentation and students conceptual understanding of properties and behaviors of gases, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 10(6),1303-1324. Doi:10.1007/s10763-012-9336-1.
- Erduran, S., & Jimenez Aleixandre, M. P. (Eds.) (2007). Argumentation in science education: perspectives from classroom-based research. Dordrecht: Springer. Erduran, S. & Pabuccu, A. (2012).
- Bonding Chemistry and Argument: Teaching and Learning Argumentation through Chemistry Stories. University of Bristol, UK http://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/news/2012/63.html
- Erduran, S. & Pabuccu, A. (2015). Promoting argumentation in the context of chemistry stories, Book Chapter in Relevant Chemistry Education- From Theory to Practice, Ingo Eilks and Avi Hofstein (eds.), ISBN Hardcover: 9789463001748, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, p. 143-161.
- Erduran, S., Simon, S. & Osborne, J. (2004). Tapping into argumentation: Developments in the application of Toulmin s Argument Pattern for studying science discourse. Science Education, 88(6), 915 933.
- Jiménez-Aleixandre, M., Rodríguez, A. & Duschl, R. (2000). Doing the lesson or doing science : Argument in high school genetics. Science Education, 81(11), 533 559.
- Pabuccu, A. & Erduran, S. (2016). Investigating students engagement in epistemic and narrative practices of chemistry in the context of a story on gas behavior, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 17, 523-531. Doi:10.1039/C6RP00011H.
- Pabuccu, A. & Erduran, S. (2017). Beyond rote learning in organic chemistry: The infusion and impact of argumentation in tertiary education, International Journal of Science Education, 39(9), 1154-1172. Doi: 10.1080/09500693.2017.1319988.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Doing research, project preparation, discussion, making presentation.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of homeworks, argumentations and presentation materials.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aybuke.pabuccuakis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday between 14.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes