Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

The department of Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education has offered Master of Science Degree since 1999, and has offered the MS degree to 15 students at present.

Qualification Awarded

Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education, Master's Degree

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelors Degree) diploma, minimum score of 65 from the nation-wide Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields, acceptable minimum score of 50 from Foreign Language (German, English, French) Exams (UDS/KPDS) or the equivalent exams scores obtained from TOEFL/IELTS/etc. or being successful at the foreign language examination of the Institute (minimum score of 70) and being successful at the science examination (interview) of the Institute in the related fields (with a minimum score of 65). If the student will attend the graduate school for a foreign language study he has to pass the language test from another language. MS canditates should be present their first cycle transcipts.
Their interview grades are calculated as 60 % of their written exam grade + 40 % their oral exam grades.
Candidates whose interview grades are 65 and above will be considered successfull according to the DEU Graduate School Regulations. Their ALES grades, cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and interviewing grades are calculated as their Evaluation Grades.
Evaluation Grades: % 50 of their ALES grades, % 25 of their cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and % 25 of their interview grades.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, one seminar course, and a thesis study, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme are 120 ECTS.
In addition to students midterm and final grades, students reports, quiz results, seminar presentations and project results can be used to evaluate the students semester performances. In order for a student to be successful, he has to get minimum 75 out of 100 (2.5 out of 4.00). Seminar lesson and the thesis are considered as non credit courses and students are evaluated as successful and unsuccessful.
A MS student,, must write the results of the thesis according to the specifications of the Graduate School Thesis Writing Guide and must defend the thesis in front of a jury with an oral presentation. After oral presentation, the jury vote the thesis as acceptance, reject or correction. A student may be given, by a decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School, up to three months to complete the corrections and defend his thesis in front of the same jury.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Profile of the Programme

The program is designed to promote personal and professional growth for elementary mathematics education fields. The language of instruction is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Student will be able to have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, do his/her profession fondly
2	Student will be able to plan teaching process, make and apply activities, have the abilities of measurement and evaluation
3	Student will be able to have basic computer skills
4	Student will be able to do presentations in his/her own language
5	Student will be able to gain in the ability of life-long learning
6	Student will be able to associate his/her mathematical knowledge with daily life problems and have the ability of application of these knowledge
7	Student will be able to explain their opinions logically using mathematical language and communicate
8	Student will be able to understand mathematical concepts and generalizations, associate them and use the reasoning ability using them
9	Student will be able to have the abilities of patience, perseverance, effort, attention, self-esteem and self-regulation in mathematical learning and teaching and improve these characteristics
10	Student will be able to develop the ability to follow, interpret scientific literature in the field
11	Student will be able to acquire knowledge and skills on basic research methods in the field
12	Student will be able to do scientific research using the knowledge and skills on basic research methods
13	Student will be able to report the scientific researches done
14	Student will be able to present the scientific researches reported
15	Student will be able to acquire ability to use scientific methods in candidates profession

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers and in many other areas of the public service as civil servants. In addition, students may work in the instructional technology related areas of the private sector.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Masters Degree may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
Academic Plan consists of 2 compulsory and 12 elective courses. There is a total of 12 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 7 courses in fall and 5 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 6 / 81 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	İME 5023	QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	8
G	2	EBE 5039	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	17
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	EBE 5003	STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	2	İME 5011	PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	3	İME 5015	PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	4	İME 5001	CONCEPTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	5	İME 5027	INVESTIGATION OF THE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION LITERATURE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	6	İME 5017	DATA MINING IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	7	İME 5019	LEARNING AND TEACHING ALGEBRAIC THINKING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	8	İME 5025	KNOWLEDGE QUARTET IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	9	İME 5003	CURRENT RESEARCH IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	İME 5028	LEARNING THEORIES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	8
B	2	İME 5096	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	19
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	EBE 5002	TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
B	2	EBE 5000	USING OF COMPUTER IN ACCESING AND REPORTING THE KNOWLEDGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
B	3	İME 5010	CREATIVE ACTIVITIES REGARDING CONCEPTS TEACHING IN MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	4	İME 5016	NEW APPROACHES IN GEOMETRY TEACHING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	5	İME 5036	LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	6	İME 5024	NEW APPROACHES IN ANALYSIS TEACHING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	7	İME 5026	GAME AND DRAMA IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	8	İME 5032	MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	9	İME 5034	QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	10	İME 5020	DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	İME 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	İME 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Students must attend classes, practices and examinations. In order for students to qualify for midterms they should attend 70% of the theoretical classes and 80% of the application/lab classes. Students attendance is followed by their Instructor. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations: One midterm examination (given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester) and one final exam. The instructor announces the weekly course content, the course book and how students will be evaluated and the dates of the exams to the students and the Institute at the beginning of the semester. The instructor evaluated the students depending on their midterm and final grades, attendance to the class, their additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments which were presented at the beginning of the semester.
A make up exam is offered for graduate classes. Upon the approval of the Institute Board students can take the exam from the lessons that they have already passed in order to increase their GPA.
To be able to pass a lesson a graduate student must have minimum CB.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, one seminar course, and thesis, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 120 ECTS. Graduation requirements in detail are explained in the section Qualification Requirements and Regulations.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education 35150, Buca-Izmir-Turkey
Web Page: http://ebe.deu.edu.tr/ lang=1&menu_id=5
Head of Department:
Assoc. Prof. Serkan NARLI
serkan.narli@deu.edu.tr
AKTS/DS Coordinator:
Lec. Dr. Berna CANTÜRK GÜNHAN
berna.gunhan@deu.edu.tr

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