COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOLOGY TEACHING PROGRAMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 2004 BIOLOGY TEACHING PROGRAMS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF GAMZE ÖZCAN

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To reveal the effects of past daily development of biology course teaching programs on human life and teaching systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the vision and philosophy of the new biology teaching program.
2   To be able to comprehend the principles of teaching appropriate to the vision of the new biology teaching program.
3   To be able to establish current life relationships in the new biology curriculum.
4   To be able to understand the change and development of biology programs in the past.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts in program development.
2 Historical daily development of biology course programs.
3 Theoretical bases in developing a program, Designing a Training Program
4 Training Programs Development Models
5 Examination of MEB high school biology programs
6 Program Improvement Planning
7 Preparation of Program Design
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Biology in Science Education Programs
10 Evaluation of 9th-10th grade biology course schedules
11 11.- Evaluation of 12th grade biology course schedules
12 Examination of scientific research presentations related to biology programs
13 Examination of scientific research presentations related to biology programs
14 Relation of measurement and evaluation approaches with biology course schedules.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Demirel, Ö. (2017). Program Development in Education, Pegem Akademi Publications, Ankara.
Aydın, S. and Yalmancı, S. (2014) Biology Education Pegem Akademi Publications, Ankara.
Anagün, Ş. Duban, N. (2016). Teaching Science, Anı Publications, Ankara.
Sugar, H. (2017). Program development in Education 6, Anı Publications, Ankara.
Ministry of Education. (2017). Web site of secondary biology new biology course programs

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques .

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

Course topics according to learning outcomes will be assessed via midterm, homeworks, and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence rule is 70% for the lectures and 80% for the laboratory section.
Attemps to cheat may result in disciplinary actions.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes may be added to midterm and final grades. Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ridvan.kete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13222232322
LO.23222232322
LO.33222232322
LO.43222232322

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