COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELECTIVE VI (INQUIRY RESEARCH METHODS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION)

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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 3314 FIELD ELECTIVE VI (INQUIRY RESEARCH METHODS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NALAN AKKUZU GÜVEN

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand the inquiry teaching strategy and its relation to other methods and strategies, to learn about the applications of chemistry teaching and the evaluation of these applications by examining the steps of the questioning process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Aware of the importance of inquiry in an effective chemistry teaching
2   Reveal the relation of inquiry teaching strategy with other methods
3   Recognize the reflection of inquiry research methods in chemistry teaching
4   Learn to ask questions during the inquiry process
5   Reflect the research methods of inquiry in chemistry teaching

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Inquiry models in teaching
2 Inquiry models in teaching
3 Relation of inquiry teaching strategy to other methods
4 Relation of inquiry teaching strategy to other methods
5 Learning the steps of a inquiry process and asking questions, learning by asking the right questions
6 Learning the steps of a inquiry process and asking questions, learning by asking the right questions
7 Question types used in the inquiry teaching strategy
8 General review, evaluation, mid-term exam
9 Question types used in the inquiry teaching strategy
10 Application of inquiry teaching strategy to chemistry teaching
11 Application of inquiry teaching strategy to chemistry teaching
12 Presenting, discussing and evaluating the applications of inquiry teaching strategies
13 Presenting, discussing and evaluating the applications of inquiry teaching strategies
14 Presenting, discussing and evaluating the applications of inquiry teaching strategies
15 Overall evaluation of applications
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Balcı, A. (2018). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntem, Teknik ve Ilkeler. 13. Baskı. Ankara: Pegem Akademi
2.Erdem, A.R. (2020). Sorgulamaya ve Araştırmaya Dayalı Eğitim Modeli (SADEM). Ankara: Eğiten Kitap.
3.Ayas, A. ve Sözbilir, M. (Ed.) (2017). Kimya Öğretimi Öğretmen Eğitimcileri, Öğretmenler ve Öğretmen Adayları Için Iyi Uygulama Örnekleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi
4.Kondu, C. (2017). Öğrenmeyi öğrenme. Istanbul: AZ Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

research, inquiry research methods, brain storming, making presentations.

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

The research presentation and assignment report (10%), midterm exam (30%) and final exam (60%) determine the student's course success grade.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

- Participation in 70% of the classes is compulsory. It is the student's responsibility to attend 70% of the courses during the semester.
- The instructor reserves the right to get various exercises done via individual or cooperative learning in the planned education and training period. The effect of the applications to be made in the evaluation process announced to students at the beginning of the academic year.
- Acts within the framework of the relevant regulation regarding unethical behaviours that may occur in classes and exams.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: nalan.akkuzu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 10.00-12.00 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2435344453
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LO.5435544453

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