COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION IN CLASS TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISÖ 6056 NEW APPROACHES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION IN CLASS TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Primary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Primary Teacher Education

Course Objective

Having knowledge related to contemporary approaches in science education and comprehending the importance of science education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to comprehend the importance of science education.
2   Being able to comprehend the history of science education.
3   Being able to have the knowledge related to contemporary approaches in these area.
4   Being able to constitute new suggestions by synthesizing what he/she had learned.
5   Being able to develop positive attitudes towards these area.

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 The importance and necessity of science education
3 The place of Multiple intelligence theory in science education
4 Constructivist teaching models and science education
5 Argumentation based learning
6 Recent developments in world-1
7 Recent developments in world-2
8 An overview, Course evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Science experiments and the importance them in science education-1
10 Science experiments and the importance them in science education-2
11 Samples appropriate to new approaches-1
12 Samples appropriate to new approaches-2
13 Samples appropriate to new approaches-3
14 Evaluating new approaches and the lessons.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Gürdal, A vd. (2001). Fen Eğitimi Ilkeler, Stratejiler ve Yöntemler. MÜ. Yayını: Istanbul.
- Karamustafaoğlu, O.ve Yaman, S. ( 2006). Fen Eğitiminde Özel Öğretim Yöntemleri I-II. Anı yayıncılık: Ankara.
- Cross, R. (1996). Teaching Primary Science. Longman Ltd: Australia.
- Bosak,V.S. (1991). Science is . Scholastic. U.S.A.
- Carin, A.A. (1997). Guided Activities For Elementary School Science. Fourth Edition. Merrill/ Prentice Hill: Ohio,U.S.A.
- Carin, A.A. (1997). Teaching Modern Science. Seventh Edition. Merrill/ Prentice Hill: Ohio,U.S.A.
- Howe, C.,A.& Jones,L., (1998). Engaging children in science. Second Edition. Merrill/ Prentice Hill: Ohio,U.S.A.
- Lawson, A., E. (1995).Science teaching and the development of thinking. Wadsworth Publishing company: California, USA.
-Internet sources.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, Researches in internet and making presentations by computer, Group works, Discussion, Question and answer.

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

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

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 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13
LO.23343
LO.3454353
LO.42
LO.5

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