COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RADIATION IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE AND EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EBE 6027 RADIATION IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE AND EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Institute Of Education Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA BAKAÇ

Offered to

History Teacher Education
Educational Administration and Supervision
Geography Teacher Education
Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language
FRENCH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
Chemistry Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Primary Teacher Education
PAINTING-CRAFTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies Teacher Education
Curriculum and Instruction
English Language Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
TURKISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To learn radiation, the sorts of radiation, natural and artificial sources of radiation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to say the explanation of the radiation, the sorts of radiation , and the natural and the artificial sources of radiation
2   Be able to say the radiation in our bodies
3   Be able to comprehend relation with daily life of the radiation, the sorts of radiation , and the natural and the artificial sources of radiation
4   Be able to apply the radiation, the sorts of radiation , and the natural and the artificial sources of radiation to events in daily life
5   Be able to associate with events in daily life the radiation, the sorts of radiation , and the natural and the artificial sources of radiation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course.
2 What is radiation
3 What is risk
4 Where is radiation in our environment
5 The sorts of radiation. Natural and artificial radiation.
6 To evaluate the background radiation, natural sources of radiation.
7 How do we know and understand radiation Our perceptions of radiation.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Is the radiation a risk
10 To understand solar and cosmic radiation in education
11 To understand terrestrial radiation in education.
12 Radiation in everyday life and education. (Micro-wave oven, mobile phone, etc.)
13 Radiation in our body.
14 Is it possible a living without radiation A questionnaire study.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

N. Tsoulfanidis. 1993. Measurement and Detection of Radiation. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
K. S. Krane. Translater B. Şarer. 2001. Nuclear Physics II. Palme publishing
J. Farkas.2001. Food Irradiation: Principles and applications. Wiley/ Interscience publishing
N. Dyson, 1993. Radiation Physics with Applications in Medicine and Biology, Ellis Harward Publishing
Ethernet

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

expression, question-answer, discussion, group study, active learning methods

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e- mail: mustafa.bakac@deu.edu.tr Tel ofis: 0232 3012382

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 28 1 28
Preparation for midterm exam 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 28 1 28
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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