COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING OF THERMODYNAMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 6048 TEACHING OF THERMODYNAMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RABIA TANEL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective




Students will have get information about the difficulties which are encountered in the subjects of thermodynamics, teaching of thermodynamics and its relation with daily life and technology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to know identified misconceptions and learning difficulties related with thermodynamics topics.
2   Being able to explain reasons of misconceptions and learning difficulties related with thermodynamics topics.
3   Being able to develop materials that can be used for teaching thermodynamics topics.
4   Being able to design experiments that can be for teaching thermodynamics topics.
5   Being able to evaluate the teaching methods and techniques that can be used for teaching thermodynamics topics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Teaching the main concepts and laws of thermodynamics
2 Teaching the main concepts and laws of thermodynamics
3 Determination of student difficulties and misconceptions in thermodynamics topics
4 Determination of student difficulties and misconceptions in thermodynamics topics
5 Teaching methods in the literature used in learning thermodynamics
6 Teaching methods in the literature used in learning thermodynamics
7 Other teaching methods to be used in learning thermodynamics
8 Other teaching methods to be used in learning thermodynamics
9 Experiments useful for teaching thermodynamics
10 Experiments useful for teaching thermodynamics
11 Experiments useful for teaching thermodynamics
12 Relations between thermodynamics topics and technology
13 Relating thermodynamics topics with the daily life
14 Relating thermodynamics topics with the daily life
15 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading



1. Y.A. Çengel ve M.A. Boles, Mühendislik Yaklaşımıyla Termodinamik, Literatür Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1996.
2. J.B. Jones ve R.E. Dugan, Mühendislik Termodinamiği, Beta Basım Yayım, Istanbul, 2003.
3. R. Yamankaradeniz, Mühendislik Termodinamiğinin Temelleri, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2004.
4. Related articles and internet.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods




Lecturing, discussion, active learning methods, group study, experiment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods



Paper/Presentation, open-ended questions

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

rabia.tanel@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
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Web Search and Library Research 13 3 39
Final Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1552
LO.2553
LO.35355534
LO.45355534
LO.54554