COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OUT OF SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN SCIENCE TEACHING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEN 4104 OUT OF SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN SCIENCE TEACHING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SUAT TÜRKOGUZ

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable prospective science teachers to gain knowledge about renewable energy sources and to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate and discuss the production and use of these types of energy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing out-of-school learning definition.
2   Implementing science teaching in out-of-school settings.
3   Using out-of-school learning environments.
4   Creating activities out-of-school learning environments.
5   Evaluating students efforts in museums, science centers, zoo gardens, botanical gardens, planetarium, industrial establishments, national parks, science festivals, science camps, natural environments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to out-of-school learning
2 Science teaching in out-of-school settings
3 Teaching methods and techniques suitable for out-of-school learning environments
4 Project based learning, station technique
5 Materials for out-of-school learning environments
6 Museums, science centers, zoos
7 Botanical gardens, planetarium, industrial establishments
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 National parks, science festivals
10 Science camps, natural environments
11 Planning
12 Implementation
13 Evaluation of extracurricular learning activities
14 Curriculum integration
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Şimşek, C. (2011). Out-of-school learning environments in science education. Ankara: Pegem Academy. (Original work in Turkish).

Cavas, B. (2011). Outdoor education in natural life park: An experience from Turkey. Science Education International, 22(2), 152 160.

Engineer Project. Engineer project official website. Retrieved May 21, 2025, from http://www.engineer-project.eu

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, discussion, questioning, cooperative learning techniques, homework, research.

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

Written examinations (long-and short-answer), multiple-choice tests, homework and preseantations

Assessment Criteria

Students will be required to take a midterm and a final exam as part of the course. The format of these exams (e.g., written, multiple-choice) will be announced by the course instructor prior to the exam week.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It ıs obligated to continue to at least %70 of lessons
Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceeding.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Office hours will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

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 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.132331244343322
LO.232331244343322
LO.332331244343322
LO.432331244343322
LO.532331244343323

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