COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING PROGRAMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 2002 SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING PROGRAMS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASLI AVCI AKÇALI

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of social studies programs in terms of approach, content, learning areas, learning attainments, skills, values, learning-teaching processes and assessment-evaluation approaches, and gain skills to evaluate programs in an objective way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic concepts of social studies curriculum
2   To be able to grasp the historical development, goals and approach of the social studies curriculum
3   To be able to explain the basic elements of social studies curriculum
4   To be able to analyze the content and learning-teaching processes of social studies curriculum
5   To be able to evaluate the role of teachers in the preparation and implementation of curricula

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of curricula
2 Development of social studies curricula from past to present
3 The approach of the current social studies curriculum
4 The aims of the current social studies curriculum
5 The attainments of current social studies curriculum and their distribution according to grades
6 Learning areas in the current social studies curriculum
7 Learning areas in the current social studies curriculum
8 General Review, Course Evaluation and Midterm Exam
9 The skills that the current social studies curriculum aims to develop
10 The values that the current social studies curriculum aims to develop
11 Learning-teaching process in current social studies curriculum
12 Assessment-evaluation approach of current social studies curriculum
13 Teacher competencies
14 The role of the teacher in the development and implementation of curricula
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. MEB, (2005). Sosyal bilgiler 4.-5. sınıf programı. Ankara: Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü Basımevi
2. MEB, (2005). Sosyal bilgiler 6.-7. sınıf programı. Ankara: Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü Basımevi
3. MEB, (2018). Sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programı (Ilkokul, Ortaokul 4, 5, 6 ve 7. Sınıflar).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion, group-work

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.avci@deu.edu.tr
Department of Social Sciences
PN: 0 232 301 21 21

Office Hours

Wednesday, from 13.30-14.30 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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555555
LO.25555555
LO.35555555
LO.45555555
LO.55555555

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