COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMK 6031 PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞENOL ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to teach science phiolosphy and history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand science history and philosophy
2   Understand development of science history and philosophy.
3   Investigate philosophers and scientists studies.
4   Understand old chemical works and experiments
5   Evaluate old chemical Works and experiments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to science history, understanding the science
2 Atom concept, old Asia civilizations and pre-leaders of science ( China, India, Anatolia)
3 Evolution of science in old Egypt and Greece
4 Periods of philosophers, antique era
5 Christian philosophy, alchemy and chemistry; importance of church, scholastic era of science philosophy
6 Muslim philosophy of science and alchemy
7 Science in Medieval period
8 Midterm examination
9 Hierarchical approach in chemistry
10 Enlightening period philosophers, great jump of science and chemistry
11 Chemistry and alchemy, evaluation of the idea on the matter, element concept
12 Industrial revolution and development of chemistry; chemistry, environment and men
13 Periodical Table of elements, chemistry as an independent science
14 Contemporary chemistry concepts, chemistry in service of life
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) The Need for a Philosophy of Chemistry, V. Mosini
2) Philosophy of Chemistry, HYLE - International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
3) Issues in Philosophy and History of Chemistry, Leipzig 1999, Allin,S
4) Doğa tarihi üzerine düşünceler, J. Gould; Tübitak , 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, Cooperative learning,

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + 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)

gulten.sendur @deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
Preparing presentations 3 15 45
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2544444
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