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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KMY 5008	INQUIRY RESEARCH METHODS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELIS ARZU UYULGAN

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand the inquiry teaching strategy and its relation to other methods and strategies, to learn about the applications of chemistry teaching and the evaluation of these applications by examining the steps of the questioning process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Be aware of the importance of inquiry in an effective chemistry teaching
2	2. To be able to reveal the relation of inquiry teaching strategy with other methods
3	3. Be able to recognize the reflection of inquiry research methods in chemistry teaching
4	4. Learn to ask questions during the inquiry process
5	5. To be able to reflect the research methods of inquiry in chemistry teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Inquiry models in teaching
2	Inquiry models in teaching
3	Relation of inquiry teaching strategy to other methods
4	Relation of inquiry teaching strategy to other methods
5	Learning the steps of a inquiry process and asking questions, learning by asking the right questions
6	Learning the steps of a inquiry process and asking questions, learning by asking the right questions
7	Question types used in the inquiry teaching strategy
8	General Review, Assessment of the course, Midterm exam
9	Question types used in the inquiry teaching strategy
10	Application of inquiry teaching strategy to chemistry teaching
11	Application of inquiry teaching strategy to chemistry teaching
12	Presenting, discussing and evaluating the applications of inquiry teaching strategies
13	Presenting, discussing and evaluating the applications of inquiry teaching strategies
14	Overall evaluation of applications
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source : Balcı, A. (2018). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntem, Teknik ve Ilkeler. 13. Baskı. Ankara: Pegem Akademi

Auxiliary sources:
Ayas, A. ve Sözbilir, M. (Ed.) (2017). Kimya Öğretimi Öğretmen Eğitimcileri, Öğretmenler ve Öğretmen Adayları Için Iyi Uygulama Örnekleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi
Kondu, C. (2017). Öğrenmeyi öğrenme. Istanbul: AZ Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Inquiry research methods, brain storming, making presentations, preparing assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	Midterm Exam
2	DTK	Other Activity
3	FN	Semester final exam
4	BNS	BNS	Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5	BUT	Make- up note
6	BBN	End of make-up grade	Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The research presentation and assignment report (10%), midterm exam (30%) and final exam (60%) determine the course success grade of the student.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nalan.akkuzu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday between 1:00- 3:00 p.m.

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	5	3	15
Preparation for final exam	5	3	15
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	10	10
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.16
LO.1	4	3	2	2		4	5	4	5	2
LO.2	4	3	5	3		4	4	4	5	3
LO.3	4	2	5	3		4	4	4	5	3
LO.4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4
LO.5	4	3	5	5		4	4	4	5	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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