COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE ARGUMENT BASED APPROACH ON THE LIMITATIONS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS SUBJECTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 5015 THE ARGUMENT BASED APPROACH ON THE LIMITATIONS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS SUBJECTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP KAYA ŞENGÖREN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to make (prospective) physics teachers realize the limitations in context of secondary school physics subjects and to develop students' knowledge in this subject and to develop the argumantations skills of students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   students will be able to identify the limitations in context of selected subjects in the secondary school physics program
2   students will be able to get information about the approaches in these limitations
3   students will be able to produce scientific arguments about these physics subjects
4   students will be able to get advanced information about the physical reality in these subjects.
5   students will be able to develop skills of scientific thinking about these subjects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Identification of argument
2 Discussion and evaluation of selected scientific arguments
3 Making scientific arguments
4 Identifing the limitations in mechanics subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
5 Identifing the limitations in mechanics subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
6 Identifing the limitations in optics subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
7 Identifing the limitations in optics subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
8 Identifing the limitations in optics subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
9 Identifing the limitations in heat and temperature subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
10 Identifing the limitations in heat and temperature subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
11 Identifing the limitations in electricity subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
12 Identifing the limitations in electricity subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
13 Identifing the limitations in magnetism subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
14 Identifing the limitations in magnetism subjects in the secondary school physics program and producing arguments about these subjects
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. R. A. Serway ve R. Beichner, Temel Fizik , P. M. Fen ve Mühendislik Için Fizik , Çeviri Editörü K. Çolakoğlu, Ankara 2002, 5. Baskı
2. Berkeley Fizik Serisi, Çev. A. Aydınuras, 1990.
3. Hect E and Zajac A, (1974) Optics. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, Reading
Massachusetts
4. DuschI, R. A., & Osborne, J. (2002). Supporting and promoting argumentation discourse in science education. Studies in Science Education, 38,39-72
5. Kuhn, D. (1993). Science as Argument: Implications for teaching and learning scientific thinking. Science Education,77(3), 319-337. Thomas R.T. and Gunstone, R. F., Probing understanding, The falmer pres.
6. Erduran, S. & Jimenez-Aleixandre, Maria. P., (Eds.) (2007). Argumentation in science education:
Perspectives from Classroom-Based Research. Dordrech: Springer.
7. Secondary school physics books
8. Related literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion, group working, argumantation and practical homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Studies in the term, consist of homework and presentations.The final exam is classical.

Assessment Criteria

qualifications of homework and presentations, on-time delivery and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours


updated every term

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1,5 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 6 8 48
Preparing presentations 6 6 36
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.2553
LO.35554
LO.45334
LO.55354