COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRACTICAL WORK IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMK 6034 PRACTICAL WORK IN SCIENCE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIBEL KILINÇ ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to discovery learning for science

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the importance of practical work in Chemistry education
2   Make practical work about Chemistry education
3   Understand the importance of Student workshops in Chemistry education
4   Evaluate practical work in Chemistry education
5   Evaluate the practical study in Chemistry education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of practical work in science teaching
2 why do practical work
3 Practical work to understand facts and concepts
4 Practical work as an active learning
5 Student workshops (cool chemistry, matter, atoms and molecules)
6 Student workshops (theory and practice in chemical systems, energy and dynamics)
7 Enhancing creativity through investigative practical work in science
8 Midterm examination
9 Practical work in school science
10 Spesific practical tasks
11 Affective and attudinal outcomes due to science practical work
12 Effective illustrative practical tasks
13 Practical work and discovery learning for science
14 Predict-Observe-Explane ( POE ) tasks; research article studies
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Practical Work in Science Education - Recent Research Studies, John Leach; Albert Chr. Paulsen.
2. Practical Work in Science, Brian Woolnough; Terry Allsop

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

Midterm, final exam, paper and presentation points determine the students achievement

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sibel.kilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday between 11-12 hours

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 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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