COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING WAVES AND OPTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 6053 TEACHING WAVES AND OPTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP KAYA ŞENGÖREN

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Course Objective

The aim of this course is to gain experience the prospective physics teachers about how to teach the concepts of waves and optic.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   students will be able to explaine importance of learning of fundemental concepts in waves and optics teaching
2   students will be able to prepare teaching material about the subjects of waves and optics
3   students will be able to explaine used approaches in teaching of fundemental concepts of waves and optics.
4   . students wil lbe able to improve skills of selecting effective teaching approaches according to the subjects of waves and optics.
5   Students will be able to designe of teaching activities about fundamental concepts of waves and optics in secondary physics curriculum.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ray concept and the approach of ray model
2 Reflection, refraction and systems
3 Optic sysyems
4 Electromagnetic waves
5 Wave model of light
6 Interference, diffraction and polarization
7 Interference, diffraction and polarization
8 Interference, diffraction and polarization
9 The concepts of vibration and wave
10 Stationary waves
11 Progressive waves
12 Sound Waves
13 Resonance
14 Homework presentation
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Berkeley Fizik Serisi, Dalgalar. Çev. A. Aydınuras, 1990.
2. R. A. Serway ve R. Beichner, Temel Fizik (Cilt 2), P. M. Fen ve Mühendislik Için Fizik II, , Çeviri Editörü K. Çolakoğlu, Ankara 2002, 5. Baskı
3. Hect E and Zajac A, (1974) Optics. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, Reading Massachusetts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, experiment, group work

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; nevzat.kavcar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours


updated every term

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 14 2 28
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 8 6 48
Preparing presentations 8 5 40
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2555
LO.35554
LO.43554
LO.53554