COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE 3

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 3003 ELECTIVE 3 COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GAMZE SEZGIN SELÇUK

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To gain modern and common teaching methods and techniques in physics instruction. Also, to gain application skills about them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define learning theories and approaches in physics domain.
2   To define principles of teaching in physics education.
3   To understand common teaching methods used in physics education.
4   To understand alternative learning and teaching approaches in physics education.
5   To build an activity which including general and special teaching methods about different physics subjects.
6   To evaluate activities that general and special teaching methods are applied to physics instruction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical development of physics education and introduction to physics teaching
2 Scientific process skills in physics teaching
3 Teaching approaches in physics teaching, teaching models; teaching methods and techniques
4 Effective approaches specific to the topic of teaching basic physics concepts
5 Materials used for teaching concepts in physics education (meaning analysis table, concept network, concept map, etc.)
6 Use of learning theories, methods and techniques in physics teaching
7 Problem solving
8 An Overview, Course Evaluation, Mid-term exam
9 Problem solving (continue)
10 Project method
11 Designing and planning activities for physics topics
12 Designing and planning activities for physics topics (continue)
13 Measurement and evaluation in physics teaching
14 Measurement and evaluation in physics teaching (continue)
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ahmet Ilhan Şen, Ali Rıza Akdeniz, Fizik Öğretimi, Pegem Akademi, Ankara, 2017.
2. Karamustafaoğlu, O., Yaman, S. (2011). Fen Eğitiminde Özel Öğretim Yöntemleri I-II (3. Baskı), Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Modern and common teaching methods and techniques

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

Students' performances and written exam

Assessment Criteria

Homework/Presentation and written exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gamze.sezgin@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 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 6 2 12
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Internet use 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.154
LO.234454
LO.34533
LO.443534543
LO.53323
LO.63