COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENCE EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OKÖ 3005 SCIENCE EDUCATION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GÜZIN ÖZYILMAZ AKAMCA

Offered to

PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To make students have competence and knowledge for necessity, importance and content of the science education in early childhood education, to design activities, and use methods to promote childs scientific thinking in early ages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the importance of science education in early childhood
2   Express role of teacher and parents in early childhood science education
3   Recognise basic science concepts in early childhood education
4   Explain importance of scientific process skills for children in early childhood education
5   Design activities related to scientific process skills in early childhood education
6   Recognise teaching methods and techniques related to early childhood science concepts.
7   Design, practise and evaluate materials and activities related to early childhood science education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Importance of science education in early childhood period
2 Basic science concepts and teaching techniques of these concepts in early childhood science studies
3 Science process skills in early childhood science education
4 Role of teacher and parents in early childhood science teaching
5 Concept maps and practising of these maps in early childhood science teaching
6 Analogies and practising of analogies in early childhood science teaching
7 Cooperative learning in early childhood science teaching
8 Mid-term exam
9 Science projects and practising of these projects in early childhood science teaching
10 Early Science Curriculum, and Science Practices in Other Countries Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi Programı ve Dünyada Uygulanan Fen Eğitimi Programları (Wings of Discovery , Tool Kit for Early Chilhood Science Education, La Main à là Pâte ,Pollen Science-Lab , Design and Making Centre , ScienceStart!
11 Drama in science education.
12 Hands on Science and Basic experiments in early science
13 Technology in early science education.
14 Designing, planning and assessment of early childhood activiities
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Sinanoğlu, F. (2006). Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi. Ank: Nobel Yay.
2. Şahin F. (2000). O.Ö.Fen Bilgisi Öğretimi. Ist: Ya Pa Yay
3. Macaroğlu E. (2005). Fen ve Doğa Etkinlikleri Uygulama Kitabı Ist. Morpa Yay.
4. Şimşek N. ve ark. (2007). Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi. Ank: Anı Yay
5. Aktaş Arnas, Y. ( 2007), Fen Ve Matematik Öğreniyorum Kök Yayıncılık
6. Erbaş, S., Ergül, R., Şimşekli, Y., Özdilek, Z. (2002) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Öğretimi, Ekin Kitabevi
7. Güler T. (2005) Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Eğitimi , Mobilsoft Yayın.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer,cooperative learning, drama, class and small group 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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

guzin.ozyilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Application 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 12 1 12
Midterm Preparation 1 5 5
Final Preparation 1 5 5
Paper Preparation 1 3 3
Research Presentation 1 2 2
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 81

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.242555333
LO.343522
LO.44445533
LO.54445533
LO.633345
LO.73355