COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING HISTORY AND IT'S PROBLEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISB 5052 TEACHING HISTORY AND IT'S PROBLEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERDAL ASLAN

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course is designed to introduce problems and new methods for teaching history to learners. Topics include problems of history teaching and new teaching methods, and may more topics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To provide students, through readings, discussions, and observations, with a true introduction to the numerous challenges faced by social studies teachers
2   To introduce students to the most recent trends, debates, and thought about curriculum development and classroom management strategies.
3   To discuss the problem of history teaching
4   To give succestions to the problem of history teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of Course Syllabus and Goals
2 Historians and Teachers How Do We Learn and Why Should We
3 Problems of History Teaching (curriculum, history teacher, process )
4 Creating an Integrated History Curriculum Incorporating Different Approaches to History
5 Crafting Effective Lesson and Unit Plans (Lesson Plan 1)
6 Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
7 Classroom Management: Lecturing and Active Learning
8 Mid term exam
9 Teaching With Technology
10 Teach Global, Think Local Incorporating Local History
11 Using Films to Teach History (Lesson Plan 2)
12 Individual Meetings with Instructor about Lesson Plans
13 Local history
14 Family history
15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn, History On Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past (1997).
Samuel S. Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past (2001).
Safran M. Tarih Nasıl Öğretilir Yeni Insan Yayınları, (2010).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, cooperative learning, questioning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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 10 3 30
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154324
LO.234324
LO.334324
LO.434324