COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL STUDIES LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BANU ÇULHA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to have information about important social studies learning/teaching theories, approaches and be able to evaluate them

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know some key concepts of learning
2   Be able to know some theories and approaches which are important in social studies learning
3   Be able to evaluate the learning theories and approaches weaknesses
4   Be able to evaluate the learning theories and approaches strengths

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The meaning of teaching and learing social studies
2 The aim and basic principles of teaching social studies
3 History of teaching social studies
4 Teaching and learning approaches in social studies education
5 Basic skills in teaching social studies
6 Application examples in social studies classes
7 Current trends in teaching social studies
8 General revision of the course, midterm exam
9 Problems in teaching social studies
10 Components of effective social studies teaching
11 Social aspects of social studies teaching
12 Cultural perspectives on teaching social studies
13 Cultural perspectives on teaching social studies
14 Economic perspective on teaching social studies
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Polat, S. & Aksoy, B. (2021). Kuramdan Uygulamaya Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretiminde Çağdaş Öğrenme ve Öğretme Yaklaşımları, Pegem Akademi Yayınları.
Sever, R. (Ed.) (2015). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi. Ankara. Nobel.
Safran, M. (Ed.) (2009). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecturing, excursion, Cooperative learning, Creative drama

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)

banu.culha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thusday 15:00-16:00

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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555555
LO.25555555
LO.35555555
LO.45555555