COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SELECT FIELD.4 (INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN STEM EDUCATION)

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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEN 2114 SELECT FIELD.4 (INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN STEM EDUCATION) 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 reveal the pedagogical processes involved in teaching science content and practices in an integrated manner with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, through technology/engineering design-based approaches in science education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the importance of science and engineering practical knowledge and skills
2   Designing an activity and develop a worksheet based on steps of science and engineering practices.
3   Developing an insight into the pedagogy of STEM learning model and to enrich their theoretical knowledge and the importance of STEM learning.
4   Engaging practices by taking steps to develop and implement a STEM based engineering design process including the process of definition and research the problem, determine possible solutions, development and implementation a plan, evaluation, reflection and improvement.
5   Developing basic professional skills - oral and written communication skills, collaboration skills, research (gathering information) skills, problem solving, creative thinking, critical thinking, adaptability, initiative and entrepreneurialism through STEM learning.
6   Engaging real world problem solving process with an understanding of multidisciplinary insight into various fundamental sciences, mathematics, environmental, social, cultural, economic and ethical issues through STEM learning.
7   Engaging learners as active learners through STEM based learning as a means to construct their own knowledge, enhance their interest toward science, and competency in science concepts and nature of science.
8   Developing skills of problem solving, creative thinking, critical thinking, and information skills to investigate, draw conclusions about, decision-making process and create content through STEM learning.
9   Providing an extended process of scientific inquiry in response to real world and authentic problems and controversial socio-scientific issues through STEM based learning.
10   Encouraging learners be able to foster an aspiration in serving as a model to adopt STEM learning as teachers for their students in their classroom practices.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 STEM integration: A synthesis of conceptual frameworks and definitions
2 STEM education with an epistemological lens: revealing the challenge of STEM transdisciplinary
3 STEM literacy
4 Design learning in STEM education
5 Informal STEM education
6 Evidence-based reasoning in integrated STEM
7 Computational thinking integration in STEM education
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Critical challenges in STEM education - socioscientific issues in context for the development of STEM literacy
10 STEM education in middle school
11 Equality-based STEM education
12 STEM integration lesson plan creation process -1
13 STEM integration lesson plan creation process -2
14 STEM integration lesson plan creation process -3
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Up-to-date articles and course resources related to the subject will be shared during the teaching process.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, narration, cooperative learning, active learning, question and answer.

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

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

The basic learning outcomes of course will be assessed by exams, homeworks, portfolios and projects.

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 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.255555445435545
LO.355555445435545
LO.455555445435545
LO.555555445435545
LO.655555445435545
LO.755555445435545
LO.855555445435545
LO.955555445435545
LO.1055555445435545

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