COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF LEARNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HALE SUCUOĞLU

Offered to

FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
French Language Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Mathematics Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Biology Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Science Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
German Language Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is to equip students with knowledge and application of teaching and learning principles, strategies, and techniques and to enable them to design the teaching procedure as conscious learners during the teaching, evaluation and assessment stages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to enable learners to be aware of the responsibilities during the design, application and evaluation stages of teaching.
2   to equip them with the skill to analyse the characteristics of teachers.
3   to lead them to design the lesson plan.
4   to enable them to recognize teaching models and theories.
5   to empower them with the knowldge of tecahing methods and techniques.
6   to enable them to explain the difefrences among purpose, method and techniques.
7   to empower them with willingness to employ teaching methods and techniques effectively in teaching process.
8   to enable them to perceive the principles of educational planning .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Presentation Of The Course: Scope, Rationale and Importance Basic Concepts of teaching
2 The Teaching Profession, and General Teacher Qualifications Duties and Responsibilities of Teachers
3 Training program
4 Curriculum development
5 Curriculum development
6 Teaching Planning
7 Mid-term exam
8 Principles of Learning and Teaching
9 Stages of Teaching Process
10 Instructional Theories and Models
11 Instructional Theories and Models
12 Learning-Teaching Model and Strategies
13 Teaching Methods And Techniques
14 Teaching Methods And Techniques
15 Final-exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Açıkgöz, K. (1992). Işbirlikli öğrenme: Kuram, Araştırma, Uygulama, Malatya: Uğurel Matbaası.
Açıkgöz, Kamile Ün. (1996). Etkili Öğrenme ve Öğretme. Izmir: Kanyılmaz Mat.
Açıkgöz, K. Ü. (2003). Aktif Öğrenme (2. Baskı) . Izmir: Eğitim Dünyası yayınları.
Byrnes, J. P. (2001). Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional contexts. (2th ed.) Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Cruickshank, D. R; Bainer, D, L.; Metcalf, K. K. (1999). The Act of Teaching. (Second Edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Demirel, Özcan. (2005). Kuramdan Uygulamaya Eğitimde Program Geliştirme. Ankara: Pegema yayıncılık.
Demirel, Özcan. (2005). Plandan Değerlendirmeye Öğretme Sanatı. Ankara: Pegema yayıncılık.
Demirel, Özcan (2007). Eğitimde Yeni Yönelimler. (2. Baskı). Ankara: Pegema yayıncılık.
Demirel, Özcan. (2007). Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri- Öğretme Sanatı. Ankara: Pegema yayıncılık.
Doğanay, A. (2007). Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegema yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 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)

halesucuoglu@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 8 24
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.133345
LO.232345
LO.322355
LO.422255
LO.523354
LO.632454
LO.713355
LO.812245