COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT PROBLEMS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISB 5058 CURRENT PROBLEMS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASLI AVCI AKÇALI

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze the international resources reflecting current issues, problems and solution suggestions in social studies education in a comparative manner and to develop solution suggestions for these problems in project format.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be aware of research trends in international literature in the field of social studies education
2   2. To have knowledge about problems and solution suggestions in social studies education in the world
3   3. To be able to analyze the relevant academic sources comparatively
4   4. Getting the skills to develop a sample project proposal for the identified problem and its solution.
5   5. Getting the skills to present the study in oral and written form in accordance with the rules of scientific research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Resources that guide international literature in the field of social studies education
2 Current issues in social studies education research
3 Comparative analysis of sample researches in terms of method and result
4 Comparative analysis of sample researches in terms of method and result
5 Problems and solutions in the field of social studies education in the world
6 Comparative analysis of sample researches in terms of method and result
7 Comparative analysis of sample researches in terms of method and result
8 Revision, evaluation and mid term exam
9 Classification of problem areas in researches and problem identification
10 Project development for the identified problem: Aims and objectives
11 Project development for the identified problem: Subject, scope, literature review
12 Project development for the identified problem: Original value-widespread impact
13 Project development for the identified problem:Method
14 Conclusion and evaluation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ross, W. (2018). The Challenges of Teaching Social Studies: What Teachers What Citizenship What Future A Tribute to Joan Pagès Blanch. XV International Conference of Research in Didactics of Social Sciences.
2. Theisen, R. (2000). Social Studies Education: A Challenge, A Choice, A Commitment. Social Education 64(1).
3. Owen, William T. (1997) The Challenges of Teaching Social Studies Methods To Preservice Elementary Teachers. Social Studies, 88(3), 113.
4. Hickey, M.G.; Clabough, J. (2017). Digging Deeper: Activities for Enriching and Expanding Social Studies Instruction K 12
5. Russell W. B. (2012) Contemporary Social Studies: An Essential Reader.
6. Kaya, S. (2012). Proje Nasıl Hazırlanır Seçkin Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion, research-based learning

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)

asli.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 35 35
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.132
LO.222
LO.32223
LO.42332
LO.53

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