COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING AND LEARNING THEORIES AND APPROACHES IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBÖ 6009 TEACHING AND LEARNING THEORIES AND APPROACHES IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Social Studies Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BANU ÇULHA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Education

Course Objective

Course Objective: The aim of this course is to have information about important social studies learning/teaching theories, approaches and be able to evaluate them

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know some key concepts of learning
2   Be able to know some theories and approaches which are important in social studies learning
3   .Be able to evaluate the learning theories and approaches weaknesses
4   Be able to evaluate the learning theories and approaches strengths

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical developments of learning approaches in social studies education
2 Constructivism (basic concepts)
3 Cognitive constructivism
4 Socio-cultural constructivism
5 Radical constructivism
6 Investigation of some researchers learning theories in social studies education (Piaget)
7 Investigation of some researchers learning theories in social studies education (Vygotsky)
8 Midterm exam
9 Investigation of some researchers learning theories in social studies education (Dewey)
10 Investigation of some researchers learning theories in social studies education (Bruner)
11 Investigation of some researchers learning theories in social studies education (VanSledright, Thornton)
12 Some important key concepts in learning social studies (sccaffolding)
13 Some important key concepts in learning social studies (meta-cognition)
14 Some important key concepts in learning social studies (self-regulation).
15 Searching some articles on learning social studies
16 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Zarillo, James. Teaching Elementary Social Studies, Principles and Applications. Pearson Education Inc. (2008)Safran, Mustafa ( Ed). Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi. Pegem-A Yayınları, (2009)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminer, brain storming, group works, discussion

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

Homework and presentations, discussions, studying the research and practices, evaluation of the written articles, exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.culha@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 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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