COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC CONCEPTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To understand philosophy of environmental education, understand cause of environmental problems, understand importance of teaching about environmental problems. Understand relation with environmental problems and politics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain philosophy of environmental educ
2   give opinions about cause of the environmental problems
3   have a part in explaining and making people conscious of environmental problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The History and Philosophy of Environmental Education, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Trends,
2 Human being-centred, nature-centred approaches,
3 Historical development of Environmental Problems,
4 New Trends in Environmental Protection,
5 Differences between Developed and Developing Countries in Preventing Environmental Problems,
6 Importance of Sanction in Environment/resources Management and Introduction to Political, Managerial and Legal Dimension,
7 Importance and Necessity of Public Participation in Environmental Management,
8 Mid-term exam
9 Creating the environment in the public,
10 The concept of environmental public, The importance of environmental awareness,
11 Reaching Resources related to Environment,
12 Exam
13 International Dimension of Environmental Problems,
14 International Agreements,
15 Subjects under Discussion and Application Processes
16 End-of-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Keleş, R., Hamamcı, C. 2005; Çevre Politikası, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara.
Bezirci, D., P. 2005; AB Sürecinde Çevre (AB'de Çevresel Kamuoyu Bilinci ve Çevre Eğitimi), Tasam Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, individual work, question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Midterm Preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 20 20
Paper Preparation 2 20 40
Research Presentation 2 20 40
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 221

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1332212
LO.2332212
LO.3332212