COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOLOGICAL LITERACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5006 BIOLOGICAL LITERACY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN ÖZCAN

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To learn the interaction between biology, technology, society, culture and environment, the effects of current biological applications on collecting and the environment, bioethics, the nature of science, the characteristics of individuals, the basic concepts in biology, principles, theories and relations between them, attitudes and values are learned together with career planning, lesson plans, project development and presentation, drama methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to scientific literacy, individual characteristics, basic concepts in biology, principles, theories and understanding of relationship between them.
2   To be able to evaluate the nature and philosophy of biology, biology, technology, society, culture and environment.
3   To be able to learn bioethical issues, effects of collecting and environment with current biological applications.
4   To be able to learn biology science and its applications with career planning, lesson plans, project development and presentation, drama methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Scientific literacy
2 Basic characteristics of science and scientific knowledge
3 Characteristics of science literate individual
4 The importance of the science of biology and its place among other disciplines
5 Basic concepts, principles, theories and relations between them in biology
6 Scientific practices, scientific process skills
7 The nature and philosophy of biology, the historical development of biology concepts (cell, genetics, classification, systems, evolution etc.) and the methods used by scientists who play a role in this development
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Interaction between biology, technology, society, culture and environment
10 Genetic literacy
11 Biological technologies, up-to-date biological applications and their impact on collecting and environment
12 Personal decision making process, bioethics, attitudes and values
13 Environmental, social values
14 Career planning, lesson plans, project development and presentation, drama.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Roth ve Barton, Rethinking Scientific Literacy, New York: Routledge, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, experiment, observation techniques, preparing power point presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course topics according to learning outcomes will be assessed via midterm, homeworks, and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence rule is 70% for the lectures and 80% for the laboratory section.
Attemps to cheat may result in disciplinary actions.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes may be added to midterm and final grades. Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ridvan.kete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 1 13 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.134113353323
LO.243213453234
LO.334133443353
LO.453113452333

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