COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN TEACHING PRIMARY SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISÖ 5095 OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN TEACHING PRIMARY SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Primary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Primary Teacher Education

Course Objective

Being able to have the knowledge related to outdoor learning environments which may be useful in primary science lessons.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to have the knowledge about the acquirements of third and fourth grades science education.
2   Being able to have the knowledge about outdoor learning environments which may be appropriate this acquirements.
3   Being able to comprehend the effects of different outdoor learning environments in science education.
4   Being able to develop samples and activities appropriate with such environments.
5   Being able to evaluate these activities.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and explaining of course syllabus.
2 Investigating the acquirements in primary third and fourth grades. ( science lessons)
3 Investigating the teaching methods and techniques that suggested in science syllabus.
4 What is outdoor learning -1 (discussing the basic concepts and literature about it)
5 What is outdoor learning -2
6 What is outdoor learning -3
7 Investigating the outdoor learning environments belong the neighborhood (museum and zoo).
8 An overview, Course evaluation, Mid term exam
9 Searching about the outdoor learning researches in our country.
10 Discussing the relation of outdoor learning, drama and science education.
11 Discussing the outdoor science learning models or suggestions which developed by students-1
12 Discussing the outdoor science learning models or suggestions which developed by students-2
13 Presenting the developed models with teacher and students of primary schools ( a school visit and investigation).
14 Evaluating methods, techniques and the content of the lesson.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

-Humberstone, B. & Stan, I. (2011). Outdoor Learning: Primary Pupils' Experiences And Teachers' Interaction In Outdoor Learning. Education 3-13, 39 (5), 529-540

-Kavak, N., Tufan,Y. ve Demirelli, H. (2006). Fen-Teknoloji Okuryazarlığı Ve Informal Fen Eğitimi: Gazetelerin Potansiyel Rolü. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 26(3), 17-28.

-Laçin Şimşek, C. (2011). Okul Dışı Öğrenme Ortamları ve Fen Eğitimi. C. Laçin Şimşek (Editör), Fen Öğretiminde Okul Dışı Öğrenme Ortamları (1.Baskı), s. 1-23. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.

-Linderman Matthies, P. & Knecht, S. (2011). Swiss Elementary School Teachers Attitudes Toward Forest Education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 42 (3), 152 167

-Türkmen, H. (2010). Informal (Sınıf-Dışı) Fen Bilgisi Eğitimine Tarihsel Bakış ve Eğitimimize Entegrasyonu. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 3 (39), 46-59

- Cross, R. (1996). Teaching Primary Science, Longman Ltd. Australia.

- Bosak,V.S. (1991). Science is . Scholastic. U.S.A.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Group works, question and answer, discussion, demonstration and computer based learning.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The basic kowledges about science education and others will be assessed by exams.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.hamurcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.14
LO.223
LO.33
LO.4433222
LO.533

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