COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLEMENTATIONS AND PROJECTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEP 5019 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLEMENTATIONS AND PROJECTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

RAZIYE COBANOGLU

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to emphasize the importance of designing and applying experiments in science education and to improve the skills of student science teachers to design, implement, and evaluate experiments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Significance of experimentation in environment teaching
2   Relationship of experimental technique and curriculum
3   Experiment worksheet development
4   Setting goals and acquisition for experiment
5   Discussion and conclusion process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course materials
2 Significance of experimentation in science teaching
3 Relationship of experimental technique and curriculum
4 Experiment worksheet development
5 Setting goals and acquisition for experiment
6 Settings experimental tools
7 Making experimental tools by using recycled materials
8 Experimental and data collection process
9 Experimental and data collection process
10 Discussion and conclusion process
11 Computer based experimental design
12 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
13 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
14 Experimental design models in physics and biology education
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Korkmaz, H. ve Kaptan, F. (2001). Fen Eğitiminde Proje Tabanlı Öğrenme Yaklaşımı. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 16-17:193-200

Uzun, N., Sağlam, N., VarnacıUzun, F. (2008): Yeşil Sınıf Modeline Dayalı Uygulamalı Çevre Eğitimi Projesinin Çevre Bilinci ve Kalıcılığına Etkisi, Ege Eğitim Dergisi 2008 (9) 1: 59-74.

Brisk, M.A. (2000). Çevre dostu 1001 proje, öğrenciler için uygulamalı çevrecilik eğitimi, (Çev: Seniha Yavaş vd.), Istanbul: Beyaz Yayınları: 109.

Uzun, N. (2006). Altındağ Ilçesi'nde çevre eğitimi: "yeşil sınıf" modeli, Ankara Il Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü Yayın Organı "Çevre Sayısı", 8 (49), 14-15.

Orta Öğretim Proje Hazırlama Ders Kitabı http://www.meb.gov.tr/Ders_Kitaplari/OrtaOgretim_OzelSekt/proje_hazirlama/Proje_Haz%C4%B1rlama.pdf

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, explanation, question-answer, collaborative teaching methods

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

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes and term work scores will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

raziye.oban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 4 52
Pre Class Self Study 13 4 52
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 2 10 20
Research Presentation 2 10 20
Others (Please indicate) Project 2 10 20
Final Exam 1 1 1
Project Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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