COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORIES AND APPROACHES OF LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EGI 2517 THEORIES AND APPROACHES OF LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SABAHATTIN ÇAĞIN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course, to learn basic concepts related to learning and to gain different perpectives, to examine the theoretical structure of learning theories and teaching approaches, to gain knowledge about each learning theory and to develop skills to design activities and learning environments according to the rules of each learning theory.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the meaning of the concepts related to teaching and learning processes
2   Being willing to learn theories of learning
3   To understand the principles of learning theories.
4   To be able to Apply the stages of different types of learing theories into practice
5   To explain the connections between learning theories and teaching approaches
6   To adapt learning theories to the classroom environment
7   To be able to evaluate the effects of learning and teaching theories in terms of education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concept of Theories and approaches to learning and teaching
2 Behaviorist approaches to learning
3 Cognitive learning theory
4 Approaches to Teaching: Teacher-Centered Approaches, Student-Centered Approaches
5 Constructivism
6 Active Learning
7 Midterm Exam
8 Cooperative Learning
9 Mastery Learning Theory
10 Gardner and Multiple Intelligent Theory
11 Problem Based Learning
12 Reflective thinking and education
13 Critical thinking and education
14 Reflective thinking and lifelong learning
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

çıkgöz, K. Ü. (2002). Aktif öğrenme. Izmir: Kanyılmaz Matbaası.
Bainer, P. L. & Metcalf, K. (1995). The act of teaching. New York: McRow-Hill.
Bloom, Benjamin S. (1979). Insan Nitelikleri ve Okulda Öğrenme. Çev: D. A. Özçelik Ankara: MEB Yayınevi
Bümen, N. (2002). Okulda çoklu zeka kuramı. Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık.
Demirel, Ö. (Ed.) (2005). Eğitimde yeni yönelimler. Ankara: PegemA Yayınları.
Demirel, Özcan. (2009). Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri Öğretme Sanatı. Ankara: Pegem A Yayınları.
Doğanay, A. (2008). Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri
Fidan, Nurettin. (1997). Okulda Öğrenme ve Öğretme. Ankara: Alkım Yayınevi.
Gözütok, D. (2000). Öğretmenliğimi geliştiriyorum. Ankara: Siyasal Yayınları.
Gözütok, D. (2007). Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Discussion, group work, lecture, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 2 6 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555
LO.7555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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