COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMM 5050 MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BERNA TATAROĞLU TAŞDAN

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to introduce the concept of teacher professional development and different perspectives and models of professional development of mathematics teachers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the concept of professional development for the teacher.
2   Explain the concept of teacher learning.
3   Recognize theoretical perspectives on professional development for mathematics teachers.
4   Explain different models of professional development programs.
5   Recognize the studies on professional development in different countries and in our country.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction
2 What is professional development
3 Teachers learning
4 Teachers learning
5 Examining theoretical perspectives in mathematics teacher professional development
6 Professional Development Models
7 Professional Development Models
8 Homework Presentations
9 Characteristics of an effective professional development program
10 Lesson study model
11 Professional development in some countries
12 Professional development in some countries
13 Professional development in Türkiye
14 Professional development in Türkiye
15 Final Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Garet, Michael S., Porter, Andrew C., Desimone, Laure, Birman, Beatrice F. & Yoon, Kwang Suk (2001). What Makes Professional Development Effective Results From A National Sample Of Teachers , American Educational Research Journal, 38(4), 915 945.
Guskey, Thomas R. (2000). Evaluating Professional Development, Corwin Press, California. Guskey, Thomas R. (2002). Does It Make a Difference Evaluating Proffesional Development , Educational Leadership, 59(6), 45 51.
Guskey, Thomas R. (2007). Results-Oriented Professional Development, Içinde: A. C. Onstein, E. F. Pajak, ve S. B. Ornstein, Contemporary Issues in Curriculum (s. 334 346), Pearson Education, Boston.
Higgins, J., & Parsons, R. (2009). A successful professional development model in mathematics: A system-wide New Zealand case. Journal of Teacher Education, 60(3), 231-242.
Matos, J. F., Powell, A., Sztajn, P., Ejersbø, L., Hovermill, J., &Matos, J. F. (2009). Mathematics teachers professional development: Processes of learning in and from practice. In R. Even &D. L. Ball (Eds.), The professional education and development of teachers of mathematics: The 15th ICMI study (pp.167 183). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09601-8_19.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecturing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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)

berna.tataroglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 14 3 42
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 256

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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