COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 6012 HISTORY OF SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision

Course Objective

To understand history and philosophy of science and the importance of philosophy for all scientific disciplines

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the concept of philosophy
2   To understand the concept of science
3   To understand the concept of education
4   To comprehend the history of science
5   To comprehend philosophy of science
6   To be able to connect history of science, philosophy and education
7   To understand the theories of educational philosophy
8   To understand the philosophy of Turkish educational system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science in the ancient time
2 Science in the middle age
3 The emergence of modern science
4 Structures of scientific revolutions
5 The theory of falsifiability
6 The theory of relativity
7 Postmodernism
8 Mid-term exam
9 The theories of philosophy
10 The theories of philosophy
11 The theories of educational philosophy
12 The theories of educational philosophy
13 The philosophy of Turkish educational system
14 The philosophy of Turkish educational system
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Aydın, M. (2007). Çağdaş Eğitim Denetimi, Ankara: Hatiboğlu Yayınları
Şişman, M. (2002). Mükemmellik Arayaşı, Ankara, Pegem A Yayıncılık
Taymaz, H. ( 1997 ). Eğitim Denetiminde Teftiş, Ankara, TAKAV

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

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)

ali.aksu@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 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.14452
LO.25344432
LO.33214354
LO.42553553
LO.53553553
LO.62515355
LO.7255355
LO.85553552