COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN PRACTICE OF DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EPÖ 6017 COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN PRACTICE OF DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Curriculum and Instruction

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELTEM GÖKDAĞ BALTAOĞLU

Offered to

Curriculum and Instruction

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand concepts and princaples of curriculum development and to prepare a draft program by analayzing different countries program.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend the concepts related with program development.
2   Understand teaching-learning and measurement-evaluation strategies, methods and techniques in different countries program.
3   Produce a draft curriculum program.
4   Compare programmes in different countries with program in Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts and principles of curriculum
2 Program Curriculum Design and Models
3 Research Method in Comparative Education Studies
4 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries (Finland)
5 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries(U.S.A)
6 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries (Germany)
7 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries (Norwey)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries (Japan)
10 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries (Belgium)
11 Practice of Curriculum Development in foreign countries (England)
12 Practice of Curriculum Development in Turkish Education System
13 To prepare a project for Curriculum Development
14 To prepare a project for Curriculum Development
15 Preparation for the final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bloom, B.S. and others. (1971). Handbook on Formative and Summative Evaluation of Student Learning. New York: Mc Graw Hill Book Co.,
Bloom, B.S. (ed) (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives Handbook I. Cognitive Domain. New York: David Mc Kay Co. Inc.,
Demirel, Ö. Kuramdan Uygulamaya Eğitimde Program Geliştirme. Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık , 6. Basım 2004
Ertürk, S. (1973). Eğitimde Program Geliştirme. Ankara: Yelkentepe Yayınları : 9.
Tyler, R. W. (1973). Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Team/Group Work, Project Design/Management, Discussion

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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