COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIAL STUDIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 5011 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to prepare activities and materials in teaching social studies by using new technologies and information devices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Any student at the end of the course; know computing devices
2   2. Any student at the end of the course; use computing devices in teaching
3   3. Any student at the end of the course; organize events using social media
4   4. Any student at the end of the course; use social media in teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Computers, mobile phones and mobile devices
2 2. smart boards and social studies teaching
3 3. Internet and social studies teaching
4 4. preparing instructional activities based on information technologies
5 5. preparing instructional activities based on information technologies
6 6. utilization of teaching activities based on information technologies
7 7. utilization of teaching activities based on information technologies
8 8. General Examination, Course evaluation, midterm exam
9 9. social media tools
10 10. ways of running social media tools in accordance with their teaching program achievements
11 11. school-family cooperation
12 12. cooperative education practices and ways to use in fieldwork
13 13. applications to increase the proficiency of using suitable software for teacher candidates' fields
14 14. applications to increase the proficiency of using suitable software for teacher candidates' fields
15 15. Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Safran, Mustafa (2015). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi (4. Baskı), Pegem Akademi, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, questions and answers, discussion

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr

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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1455
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455