COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 3109 SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

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 to comprehend the contemporary teaching methods and technics used in physics education and to develop their ability to use them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explaining the importance and aims of Science education.
2   Describing scientific literacy and to explain the characteristics of a scientifically literate person.
3   Explaining the characteristics of teaching methods that can be used in science education, and to explain the points to take into consideration when employing each one of them in a learning environment.
4   Understanding the importance of laboratuar practices in science education.
5   Categorizing the scientific process skills as basic skills, reasoning skills, and experimental skills, and to explain these special skills under this categories.
6   Developing teaching materials such as meaning analyses tables, concept maps, and concept webs which are used to perform more effective concept teaching.
7   Designing a learning environment to teach a science subject by using one or some teaching methods that has been taught, and to teach this science subject in his/her class as a micro-teaching practice.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Characteristics of modern science, types of knowledge, scientific literacy
2 Program development, curriculum, syllabus
3 Research science and technology programme
4 Learning, teaching, learning theories
5 Piaget s learning theory
6 Learning cycle approach, Bruner s learning theory
7 Gagne s learning theory, Ausubel s learning theory
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Constructivist learning theory
10 Multiple intelligence theory
11 Concept, concept teaching: tools
12 Problem solving method, scientific process skills
13 Scientific process skills, Project method
14 Teaching methods and techniques: discussion, brain storming
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

YÖK/Dünya Bankası 1997; Fizik Öğretimi, Öğretmen Eğitimi Dizisi, Ankara.
Ayas, A.P., Çepni, S., Akdeniz, A.R., Özmen, H., Yiğit, N. ve Ayvacı, H.Ş. (2007). Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi, Pegem, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing
Problem solving
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

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)

suat.turkoguz@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
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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