COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 6032 ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA EROL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

is to learn, understand and internalise certain selected topics, theories, methods, techniques and developments in physics education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   learn, understand and internalise selected advanced theories in physics education
2   learn, understand and internalise selected advanced methods in physics education
3   learn, understand and internalise selected advanced techniques in physics education
4   learn, understand and internalise selected advanced developments in physics education
5   learn, understand and internalise selected advanced topics in physics education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussing about the content
2 Teaching and discussing about advanced topic in physics education
3 Teaching and discussing about advanced topic in physics education
4 Teaching and discussing about advanced topic in physics education
5 Teaching and discussing about advanced topic in physics education
6 Teaching and discussing about advanced topic in physics education
7 General discussion
8 Midterm examination + review
9 Teaching and discussing about an advanced topic in physics education
10 Teaching and discussing about an advanced topic in physics education
11 Teaching and discussing about an advanced topic in physics education
12 Teaching and discussing about an advanced topic in physics education
13 Teaching and discussing about an advanced topic in physics education
14 General discussion
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Related and selected review and recent papers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, Discussion, Cooperative 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

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.erol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10-12

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 25 50
Preparing presentations 2 25 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 206

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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