COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING IN SOCIAL STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBÖ 6003 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING IN SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Social Studies Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Education

Course Objective

To be able to understand the importance of concept teaching in Social Studies and to examine the studies on the constructivist approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance of the term concept and classifying concepts in Social Studies
2   Preparing concept maps and mind maps in Social Studies
3   Explain the difference between concept and mind maps
4   Detecting misconceptions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction Lectures
2 Concept development processes Lectures
3 Concept development processes Lectures, group presentations
4 Classification of concepts Lectures
5 Relationships between concepts Lectures
6 Relationships between concepts Lectures, group presentations
7 conceptual systems Lectures
8 Midterm exam
9 Concept map developed for meaningful learning Lectures
10 Concept map developed for meaningful learning Lectures, group presentations
11 concept web Lectures
12 concept web Lectures, group presentations
13 Meaning analysis table Lectures
14 Applications and studies on Vee diagrams Lectures, group presentations
15 Reflection

Recomended or Required Reading

Gümüş, N. Ve Avcı, G. (2016). Altıncı sınıflarda Sosyal Bilgiler dersinde öğrencilerin coğrafi kavramları anlama düzeyleri ve kavram yanılgılarının belirlenmesi. JASSS 47:191-206.
Gülüm, K. (2010). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmenliği öğrencilerinin fiziki coğrafya konularındaki bazı temel kavramları anlama düzeyi ve kavram yanılgıları. Akademik Bakış Dergisi, 20:1-10.
Yapıcı, H. (2015). Sosyal Bilgiler öğretiminde öğrencilerin karşılaştıkları bazı kavramları anlama düzeyleri. Turkish Studies, 10(7):985-996.
Tural, A. (2011). Sosyal Bilgilerde Yapılandırmacı Yaklaşımla Kavram Öğretimine Yönelik Model Geliştirme (Doktora tezi). Gazi Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Directed Readings, Problem Solving Classes.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr , 02323012294

Office Hours

Monday, 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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