COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SAMPLE WORKS ON TEACHING SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IOÖ 5010 SAMPLE WORKS ON TEACHING SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜZIN ÖZYILMAZ

Offered to

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To awere of the aims of the science education in early childhood, and to design activities which would be cover the content of the science education and develop scientific process and attitudes for children.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Express nature of science and its characteristics.
2   Explain main goals of early childhood science education.
3   Identify early childhood science contents, science processes and science skill and attitudes
4   Describe effective learning and teaching environments of early childhood science education.
5   Will able to determine appropriate approaches and methods for concepts regarding early childhood science content.
6   Design learning activities about life science including living and nonliving things, plants, animals, human body, foods and nutrition, and environment.
7   Design learning activities about physical science including matter, force, energy, sound, light, and simple machines.
8   Design learning activities about earth science including weather, water, air, and solar system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the content of the course
2 Importance of science education in early childhood period Final Exam
3 Basic science concepts and teaching techniques of these concepts in early childhood science studies
4 Science process skills in early childhood science education
5 Drama in science education.
6 Concept maps and practicing of these maps in early childhood science teaching
7 Analogies and practicing of analogies in early childhood science teaching
8 Course overview, evaluation and, mid-term examination
9 Technology in early science education.
10 Science projects and practicing of these projects in early childhood science teaching
11 Early Science Curriculum, and Science Practices in Other Countries Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi Programı ve Dünyada Uygulanan Fen Eğitimi Programları (Wings of Discovery , Tool Kit for Early Chilhood Science Education, La Main à là Pâte ,Pollen Science-Lab , Design and Making Centre , ScienceStart!
12 Hands on Science and Basic experiments in early science
13 Designing, planning and assessment of early childhood activities (Living things, plants, animals, human body, nutrition)
14 Designing, planning and assessment of early childhood activities (Physical science, matter, force, energy, voice, light)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading


1.Sinanoğlu, F. (2006). Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi. Ankara: Nobel Yay.
2.Şahin F. (2000). O.Ö.Fen Bilgisi Öğretimi. Istanbul: Ya Pa Yay.
3.Macaroğlu E. (2005). Fen ve Doğa Etkinlikleri Uygulama Kitabı Istanbul: Morpa Yay
4.Şimşek N. ve ark. (2007). Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi. Ankara: Anı Yay
5.Aktaş Arnas, Y. ( 2007), Fen Ve Matematik Öğreniyorum, Ankara: Kök Yayıncılık
6.Erbaş, S., Ergül, R., Şimşekli, Y., Özdilek, Z. (2002) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Öğretimi, Istanbul: Ekin Kitabevi
7. Güler T. (2005) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Eğitimi , Mobilsoft Yayın.
8. Akman, B., Uyanık Balat, G., Güler, T. (2010). Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi ,Ankara: Pegem Yayınevi
9. Worth, K., Grollmann, S., (2003). Worms, Shadows And Whirlpools, Science In The Early Chilhood Clasrooms. Heinemann
10. Johnston, J. Early Exploration in Science, Open University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion, search, cooperative learning

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)

guzin.ozyilmaz@deu.edu.tr
Department of Primary Education

Office Hours

Friday 12.00-13.30. at Room HAY Z-2

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Quiz Preparation 2 10 20
Paper Preparation 5 10 50
Research Presentation 5 10 50
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Final exam 1 1 1
Midterm exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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