COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SNÖ 3006 TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HANIFE KESKIN

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

Examining developments in the social studies teaching in the contemporary world and their effects on Turkish education system. In this line, 2004 social studies curriculum and its effects on textbooks and classroom activities in Turkey will also be examined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to know the purpose and content of Social Studies course
2   Able to know students' cognitive development features and adapting them to Social Studies course
3   Able to know and practice all teaching strategies, methods and techniques used in Social Studies course
4   Able to know and practice all assessment and evaluation methods used in Social Studies course
5   Able to understand oral and local history methods used in social sciences instruction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Aims, Definitions and Concepts of Social Studies
2 The main abilities of Social Studies
3 Library and reference usage in Social Studies
4 Describing the Concept in Social Studies
5 Value Education in Social Studies
6 Education areas in Social Studies I (human-society, culture-heritage, person, place, environment, production, consumption)
7 Education areas in Social Studies II (time, sustainability, change, science, technology and society, groups)
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Museum education in social studies
10 Democracy, Human Rights and Children Rights in social studies
11 The role of the teacher in social studies
12 Sample applications of Social studies program
13 Sample applications of Social studies program
14 Sample applications of Social studies program
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Çetin, F. (2001), Çocuklarda Sosyal Bilgiler, Epsilon Yayıncılık
Spurgeon, R. (200), Ekoloji, Tübitak Yayınları, Ankara
Yıldız, N. (2003), Farklı Düşünme Etkinlikleri, Kök Yayıncılık, Ankara
Sönmez, V. (1998), Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi ve Öğretmen Klavuzu, MEB Yayınları, Istanbul
Küçükahmet, L. (2002), Ilköğretimde Drama, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Question and Answer, Presentation, Discussion

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

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. 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)

hanife.keskin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday Between 15:00- 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 13 3 39
Application 0 0 0
Weekly preparations before/after course 20 2 40
Preparations for mid-term exam 1 10 10
Preparations for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations for other quizzes 0
Preparations for presentations 0
Preparations for homework
Others 0
Final Exam 1 1 1
Mid-term Exam 1 1 1
Others 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.112534
LO.251342
LO.315324
LO.423154
LO.553124

CONTACT INFORMATION
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