COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD SELECT.1 (SCIENCE TEACHING WITH EDUCATIONAL GAMES)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEN 2113 FIELD SELECT.1 (SCIENCE TEACHING WITH EDUCATIONAL GAMES) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

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 acquire knowledge about major research fields in science education and make connections between scientific knowledge derived from different fields of study.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance of games in pupils life and in science education.
2   Knowing the factors which can positively affect the affective variables in science education
3   Developing pupils' creativity and imagination
4   Using games as a tool for social interaction and communication.
5   Developing skills to help pupils understand various concepts and rules such as learning, decision-making, collaboration, listening, organizing, sharing, respecting others and nature, and helping in science education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Games in the view of pupils.
2 The nature of science teaching and games.
3 The charactersitics of science education
4 Indıvidiual games
5 Social games
6 Computer games and simulations
7 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
8 Mobile games
9 The principals of game design in science education
10 Sample game design
11 Sample game design
12 Game applications
13 Game applications
14 Game applications
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Pehlivan, H. (2005). Oyun ve Öğrenme. Anı Yayıncılık.

Beier, M. E., Miller, L. M., & Wang, S. (2012). Science games and the development of scientific possible selves. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 7(4), 963-978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-012-9372-9

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing
Active Learning
Cooperative Learning
Homework

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

Homeworks and exams

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)

gul.unal@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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555544543353
LO.2555544543353
LO.3555544543353
LO.4555544543353
LO.5555544543353

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