COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATHEMATıCS IN LITERATURE AND CINEMA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GKD 5099 MATHEMATıCS IN LITERATURE AND CINEMA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HASIBE SEVGI MORALI

Offered to

Music Teacher Education
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Buca Faculty Of Education
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To recognize the place of mathematics, mathematics education, and the mathematician in literature and cinema, and to examine its impact on the perception of mathematics and mathematicians.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To examine the impact of literary works on the perception of mathematics and mathematicians
2   To examine the impact of cinema on the perception of mathematics and mathematicians
3   To conduct research on the areas of interaction between mathematics and literature and to prepare a presentation on the subject.
4   To conduct research on the areas of interaction between mathematics and cinema and to prepare a presentation on the subject.
5   To develop teaching practices based on the integration of mathematics and literature
6   To develop teaching practices based on the integration of mathematics and cinema

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mathematics and mathematics education in classical literary works
2 Mathematics and mathematics education in classical literary works
3 Mathematics and mathematics education in contemporary literary works
4 Mathematics and mathematics education in contemporaryl literary works
5 Mathematics in poetry, with various examples
6 Educational mathematics books
7 Various examples
8 Midterm
9 Perception of mathematics and mathematicians in national cinema
10 Various examples
11 Perception of mathematics and mathematicians in foreign cinema
12 Various examples
13 Perception of mathematics and mathematicians in TV series
14 Various examples
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Burkard Polster, Marty Ross - Math Goes to the Movies-Johns Hopkins University Press (2012)
2. Robert Tubbs_ Alice Jenkins_ Nina Engelhardt - The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Mathematics-Springer International Publishing
3. William L. Schaaf - Recreational Mathematics_ A Guide to the Literature, 3rd Edition-National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, USA (1963)
4. (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine) Joseph Jarrett - Mathematics and Late Elizabethan Drama-Springer International Publishing_Palgrave Macmillan (2019)
5. Reiser, Elana - Teaching mathematics using popular culture _ strategies for common core instruction from film and television-McFarland & Company (2015)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question and answer, observation, group work, case study

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

Assignments, presentations, midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sevgi.morali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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