COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 6008 HUMAN HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FERIDE YASEMIN GÜNAY

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To be able to have the conscious of raising healthier individuals while comprehending the importance of health education in science education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to have the knowledge of the importance of education for of raising healthier individuals.
2   Being able to comprehend the importance of the knowledge about health must be given in science education.
3   Being able to make the relations between human health and science education.
4   Being able to evaluate and encounter the concepts about to struggle illness and protecting human health in science education.
5   Being able to interpret and to follow recent development about health.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and explaining of course syllabus and giving information about course references.
2 The importance and the place of human biology and health.
3 Evaluating recent research on human health.
4 Discussing technologic developments related to human health.
5 The importance of first aid rules and the place in our lives.
6 Investigating unites about systems and their health in primary science and technology course books.
7 Role of education for growing healthy individuals.
8 Mid term exam
9 Why it is important human health takes place in science education Topic for investigating and researching.
10 Why it is important to take precautions for preventing health in science laboratories (safety in laboratory) Investigating and researching.
11 The comparison of health education has been given in elementary schools in Turkey and other countries.
12 Presentations related with topic.
13 Presentations related with topic.
14 Evaluating researches that made during the semester.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Guiberrt J, J. (2000).Sağlık Çalışanları Için Eğitim Kitabı. 6. Baskı. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, CENEVRE
2- Sözen, C. (2007). Sağlık Eğitimi. Palme Yayıncılık
3- Science and Technology periodics.
4- Published papers about health and education.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Searching literature and presentations, Group works, Question and answer.

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

The presentations that students make in the class will be assessed by directly adding to the final exam scores.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasemin.gunay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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