COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE TEACHING AND PRACTICES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEN 4103 INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE TEACHING AND PRACTICES COMPULSORY 1 2 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 provide necessary information and skills related to knowledge in different fields of science and perception of skills used, understanding the nature of interdisciplinary knowledge the use of interdisciplinary knowledge in science teaching.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing interdisciplinary learning, knowledge in different fields of science and perception of skills used.
2   Recognizing understanding the nature of interdisciplinary knowledge.
3   Developing skills for model development, process and system design, project development, inventing-and personal development.
4   Knowing interdisciplinary competence, engineering and design, decision making, high-level thinking, information-communication and business association, innovative thinking, entrepreneurship, science, technology, society and environment and interactions.
5   Using application of teaching methods and strategies for sociopolitical issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to interdisciplinary learning
2 Knowledge in different fields of science and perception of skills used
3 Understanding the nature of interdisciplinary knowledge, valuing and developing interdisciplinary perspectives
4 The use of interdisciplinary knowledge in science teaching
5 Project development, inventing and personal development, career choice and precaution; interdisciplinary competence, engineering and design, decision making, high-level thinking, information communication
6 Business association, innovative thinking, entrepreneurship, science, technology, society and environment and interactions
7 Environment, culture, science and technology policies
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Teaching of socioscientific topics
10 To be a citizen with responsibility, attitude and worth, who take and make sensible decisions about sociopolitical issues
11 Cognitive, affective, intuitive, moral and ethical reasoning
12 Application of teaching methods and strategies for sociopolitical issues
13 Local, national and global events, product and model development, process and system design - I
14 Local, national and global events, product and model development, process and system design - II
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akgündüz, D. (2018). STEM education. Ankara: Anı Publishing.

Akgündüz, D., & Ertepınar, H. (2015). STEM education in Turkey: A passing trend or a necessity Istanbul: Istanbul Aydın University.

Çorlu, S. S. (2017). STEM: Theory and practices. Ankara: Pusula Publishing.

Yıldırım, B. (2017). From theory to practice in STEM education: A practical guide. Ankara: Nobel Academic Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer, case-study, cooperative learning techniques.

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

Students are evaluated through midterm and final exams in line with learning outcomes.

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 is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons.
Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
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)

simge.koc@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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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