COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YAHYA ARAZ

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce studens the resources and environmens of outdoor learning which are useful for social sciences teaching and make them to grasp the methods and approaches which can be followed for using these resources and environments effectively and make them to gain skills for practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Knapp, C. C. and Others (1986). Using the Outdoors to Teach Social Studies: Grades 3-10. Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
2. Slattery, D. (2001). "What can Environmental History Offer Outdoor Education Practitioners". Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. Vol.5, No.2
3. Hawke, S. (1974). Out of the Classroom-Into the Field. National Institution of Education. Washington D.C.
4. Bunting, C.J. (2006). Interdisciplinary teaching through outdoor education. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
5. Lai, K. C. (1999) Freedom to learn: a study of the experiences of secondary school teachers and students in a geography field trip. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 8(3), 239 255.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression, question and answer,discussion, cooperative learning, field trips and observation

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes