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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SBÖ 6006 NEW PARADIGMAS IN SOCıAL STUDıES EDUCATıON ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Social Studies Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BANU ÇULHA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Education

Course Objective

This course is designed to introduce new paradigms and methods for teaching Social Studies to learners. Topics include theory, lesson planning, interdisciplinary instruction and new teaching methods, and may more topics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develop thinking skills that will assist them and their future students in understanding their world and their roles as citizens in world. 2   Develop communication skills that will assist them and their future students in understanding their world and their roles as citizens in world. 3   Learn planning and assessment procedures for effective, integrated, and functional social studies lessons. 4   Develop skills in utilizing instruments for teaching social studies in the elementary classroom. 5   Create effective methods of introducing and teaching new content.

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 Social Studies (Definitions, foundation, content, processes) 2 Diversity and learning ( how students learn social studies) 3 Multicultural perspectives ( literature connections, oral history) 4 Organizing ınstruction ( lesson planning, instructional seguence, ınstructional units ( lesson plan 1) 5 Cooperative learning ( cooperative learning rationale, cooperative learning strategies, cooperative learning ıssues) 6 Inquiry and critical thinking ( ınquiry, critical thinking, developing critical thinking skills 7 Mid-term exam 8 The ıntegrated curriculum ( language art, social studies textbooks, children s literature, writing in the Social Studies Program, Speaking and listening in the Social Studies Program, performing arts and visual arts in the Social Studies Program 9 The ıntegrated curriculum ( language art, social studies textbooks, children s literature, writing in the Social Studies Program, Speaking and listening in the Social Studies Program, performing arts and visual arts in the Social Studies Program 10 Democratic Citisenship ( Citizenship education and diversity, perspectives and citizenship, values education) 11 History ( History in the Elementary School: Content, Processes, Teaching History in the Elementary School, Strategies for History Teaching) 12 Geography ( Geography in the Elementary School: Content, Processes, Teaching Geography in the Elementary School) lesson Plan 2 13 Incorporation Current Events Democratic Citisenship ( Citizenship education and diversity, perspectives and citizenship, values education) 14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Zarillo, James. (2008). Teaching Elementary Social Studies, Principles and Applications. Pearson Education Inc. Safran, Mustafa ( Ed).(2009). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi. Pegem-A Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminer, brain storming, group works, 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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework and presentations, discussions, studying the research and practices, evaluation of the written articles, exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.culha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91 Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25 Preparation for final exam 1 35 35 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 LO.1 3 4 1 5 3 1 1 LO.2 3 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 LO.3 3 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 LO.4 3 5 1 4 5 3 5 1 1 1 LO.5 2 4 1 4 5 3 3 1 1 1