COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MISCONCEPTIONS TOWARDS SCIENCE CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5028 MISCONCEPTIONS TOWARDS SCIENCE CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SUAT TÜRKOGUZ

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

Displaying the role of concept and teaching concept in science education, drawing attention about misconception, determining misconceptions towards some science concepts in science and technology course and developing activities removing these misconceptions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are to state the definition of concept in science education, to use techniques about teaching concept and to explain the definition of misconception,
2   Students are to examine studies towards methods and techniques removing misconceptions,
3   Students are to compare statistical data about misconceptions towards science education in Turkey and all of the world,
4   Students are to examine studies towards misconceptions about some science concepts in science and technology course of primary school,
5   Students are to develop activities removing misconceptions about some science concepts in science and technology course of primary school.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to misconceptions, concept and concept teaching ; Researches and methods towards removing of misconceptions in science education
2 Comparing studies about misconceptions in Turkey and the World
3 Determining students misconceptions Atom, Element, Compound and Molecule concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
4 Determining students misconceptions about Physical-Chemical Changes and States of Matter concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
5 Determining students misconceptions about Solubility, Melting, Ionic-Covalent Bonds, Acid-Base concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
6 Determining students misconceptions about Heat-Temperature and Conductive-Insulative concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
7 Midterm Exam
8 Determining students misconceptions about Force-Motion and Simple Machines" concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
9 Determining students misconceptions about Electricity and Magnetism" concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
10 Determining students misconceptions about Light and Sound" concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
11 Determining students misconceptions about Gene and Heritage" concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
12 Determining students misconceptions about Biological Cell" concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
13 Determining students misconceptions about Biological Systems" concepts and designing activities towards removing of these misconceptions
14 Project Presentation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Barke, H.D., Hazari, A. And Yitbarek, S. (2009). Misconceptions In Chemistry, Springer-Heidelberg, Germany.
Rhoton, J. And Shane, P. (2006). Teaching Science In The 21st Century, NSTA Press.
Sears, J. and Sorensen, P. (2000). Issues in Science Teaching, R. Falmer Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework, portfolio, midterm exam, final exam, term report, study report.

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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suat.turkoguz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Working hours in weekdays

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Case study 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545
LO.2545
LO.3545
LO.4545
LO.5545

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