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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FBE 4004 TEACHING NATURE OF SCIENCE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜL ÜNAL ÇOBAN

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To be aware of the nature of science, to learn the steps in the structuring of scientific knowledge, to have knowledge about the relations between science and technology in the historical process, to prepare an environment to produce innovative ideas.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discusses the purpose and characteristics of science. 2   Expresses basic discourses of important schools of philosophy of science. 3   Assesses the impact of science philosophical debates on the development of science. 4   Discusses the nature, structure and characteristics of scientific knowledge. 5   Discusses the nature of scientific methods. 6   Establishes the nature of science and the science-technology-society-environment relationship. 7   Designs activities in teaching nature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The meaning and interest of philosophy of science 2 Scientific paradigms 3 Philosophical movements and influence on the development of science 4 The nature of knowledge (ontology, epistemology) 5 The nature of scientific concepts 6 Scientific knowledge and properties 7 Concepts and teaching approaches of nature of science 8 Course overview, evaluation, and midterm exam 9 Science, scientific knowledge and features 10 Scientific literacy and the nature of science 11 The nature of science in science curriculums 12 Teaching the nature of science 13 In-class activities in the teaching of nature of science 14 The relationship between nature of science and science, technology, society, environment 15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Literature and related popular science books of TÜBITAK

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, argumentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 VZ Midterm 2 FN Semester final exam 3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60 4 BUT Make-up note 5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of Student s quiz and final exams are avaluated according to learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons . 2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings. 3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gul.unal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39 Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4 Preparation for final exam 1 4 4 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 LO.2 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 LO.3 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 LO.4 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 LO.5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 LO.6 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 LO.7 3 5 3 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2