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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
IDA 4005	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to make class teacher candidates to recognize a problem, to use a suitable research method for the problem and sample, to construct a research model, to collect samples, to analyze and discuss results and finally to suggest solutions by evaluating results and to report the findings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Meaning knowledge of science and basic concepts (fact, knowledge, absolute, truth, mistake, universal knowledge etc.)
2	Being able to comprehend scientific research techniques and understand different views related these techniques.
3	Being able to to define a scientific research problem and develop a suitable hypothesis for this problem. Being able to understand the kinds of varibles
4	Being able to conduct literature review related to determinated problem. Being able to understand the selection of the sample
5	Being able to comprehend data collection techniques. Being able to report outcomes of the research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to the course and kinds of scientific knowledge
2	Description of research problem
3	Method of sampling
4	Methodologies used in educational studies and their classification/Descriptive research
5	Correlative research
6	Causal-comparative research
7	Experimental research
8	MID-TERM EXAM
9	Methodologies used in educational studies and their classification/ qualitative reserach/Observation
10	Interview
11	Content analysis
12	Case study
13	Action research
14	Writing research report and references
15	FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Büyüköztürk, Şener; Kılıç Özcan, Ebru; E. Akgün , Karadeniz,Şirin; Demirel, Funda (2007). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Anı yayıncılık.

Auxiliary references:
Balcı, Ali (2001). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma, Yöntem,Teknik ve Ilkeler, Ankara, Pegem Yayıncılık
Kuş, Elif (2007). Nitel ve Nicel Araştırma Teknikleri. 2. baskı. Anı yayıncılık.
Kökdemir, D. vd.(2004) Akademik Yazım Kuralları Kitapçığı (Ankara: Başkent Üniversitesi, I.I.B.F. ELYADAL Yayını)
Yıldırım, Ali; Şimşek Hasan (2000). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Ankara, Seçkin Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Cooperative Learning
3.Question-Answer
4.Discussing
5.Home Work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores.
2. Final examination will be evaluated by essay or test typ examination technique.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparing assignments	1	2	2
Preparing presentations	1	2	2
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.5	PO.8
LO.1	5	4	4
LO.2	5	4	4
LO.3	5	4	4
LO.4	5	4	4
LO.5	5	4	4

COURSE UNIT TITLE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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