COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE III (INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OFZ 4119 ELECTIVE III (INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KEMAL YÜRÜMEZOĞLU

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To practice for teaching activities in the high school physics teaching curriculum and determine appropriate teaching strategy, method, and technique for activities

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To determine distribution for classes the areas of learning and units in the high school physics teaching curriculum
2   To recognize the activities and contents in the 11th and 12th grade high school physics teaching curriculum.
3   To practice for teaching of activities in the 11th and 12th grade high school physics teaching curriculum.
4   To determine appropriate teaching strategy, method and technique for the activities in the 9th and 10th grade high school physics teaching curriculum
5   To design and application an alternative activity options for activities in the 11th and 12th grade high school physics teaching curriculum

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Activities and contents of the 11th and 12th grade high school physics teaching curriculum
2 Determine sample activities from in the 11th and 12th grade high school physics teaching curriculum for teaching applications
3 Determine teaching strategy, method and technique appropriate for selected activities
4 Determine alternative activities and integration into curriculum
5 Preparation processes for teaching and applications
6 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to nature of physics
7 Midterm Exam
8 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to matters and features
9 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to electrical and/or magnetism
10 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to waves
11 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to modern physics
12 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to astronomy (from stars to quasar)
13 Teaching and applications through sample activities related to Particle Physics (from atoms to quarks)
14 Feedback related teaching and applications and assessment
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

9, 10, 11 and 12th Grade High School Physics Teaching Textbooks.
Ministry of National Education High School Physics Teaching Curriculum
Physics Education Journal
The Physics teacher Journal
Science activities Journal
Yürümezoğlu, K. et al. (2011) Innovative Experimental Physics activities examples supported Video 1, Lecture Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Project, Presentation, Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Project, written and practical exams, Multiple Choice Tests

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kemal.yurumezoglu @ deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Education Faculty, Secondary Science and Mathematics Education Department, Physics Education Division, Ugur Mumcu Cad. 135. Sk. No: 5 35150 Buca-Izmir Phone: +90 232 3011379 Fax: +90 232 4204895

Office Hours

Working hours on weekdays

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Application 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 7 1 7
Preparing the scientific activity report 2 1 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 59

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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