COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT TRENDS IN HISTORY TEACHING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBÖ 6010 CURRENT TRENDS IN HISTORY TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Social Studies Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASLI AVCI AKÇALI

Offered to

Social Studies Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to present current approaches, discussions and problems related to teaching of history subjects in social studies course and to evaluate the trends in academic researches on this subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about current approaches in history teaching
2   To be able to analyze current problems and discussions on history teaching
3   To be able to evaluate current academic researches about history teaching with different dimensions
4   To have knowledge about scientific research methods and techniques
5   Getting the skills to present the researches and implications in oral and written form.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and aims of teaching history
2 History teaching in Türkiye from past to present
3 History in social studies curricula and textbooks
4 Current problems in history teaching
5 Current approaches in history teaching: Oral history and local history
6 Current approaches in history teaching: Museums and historical places
7 Current approaches in history teaching: First hand resources and technology
8 Midterm exam
9 Evaluation of researches on teaching history subjects in social studies in terms of publication type and source
10 Evaluation of researches on teaching history subjects in social studies in terms of theme and aim
11 Evaluation of researches on teaching history subjects in social studies in terms of research design and method
12 Evaluation of researches on teaching history subjects in social studies in terms of sample and study groups
13 International trends in researches based on history teaching
14 General evaluation
15 Reflection

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brooks, R.; Aris, M; Perry, I. (1993). The Effective Teaching of History. New York:Longman.
2. Williams, Shane, (2016). Teaching History: Effective Teaching for Learning History - Chronological vs. Thematic Approaches to Student Historical Comprehension.
3. Demircioğlu, I.H.; Demircioğlu, E. (Ed) (2017). Türkiye de Tarih Eğitimi Araştırmaları El Kitabı. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
4. Çelikkaya, T; Öztürk Demirtaş, Ç.; Yıldırım, T.; Yakar, H. (2019). Yeni Program ve Ders Içeriklerine Göre Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi I,II. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
5. Demircioğlu, I.H. (2000).Tarih Öğretiminde Öğrenci Merkezli Yaklaşımlar. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık
6. Sever, R. ; Aydın, M.; Koçoğlu, E. (2018). Alternatif Yaklaşımlarla Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem
7. Dilek, D. (2016) Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation,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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.avci@deu.edu.tr

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 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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