COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN PHYSICS EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 5032 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GAMZE SEZGIN SELÇUK

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Students will be able to comprehend the components and stages of curriculum development and apply to physics course

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After completing this course, students will be able to comprehend fundamentals and models of curriculum development
2   After completing this course, students will be able to critically evaluate the physics curriculums
3   After completing this course, students will be able to compare physics curriculums of foreign countries and Turkey
4   After completing this course, students will be able to design a proposal physics curriculum
5   After completing this course, students will be able to evaluate the proposal physics curriculums

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theoretical Fundamentals of Curriculum Development
2 Theoretical Fundamentals of Curriculum Development (continue)
3 Models and Designs for Education Curriculum
4 Planning the Curriculum Development
5 Planning the Curriculum Development (continue)
6 Preparation of Curriculum Design in Physics Course
7 Preparation of Curriculum Design in Physics Course (continue)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Preparation of Curriculum Design in Physics Course (continue)
10 Implementing the Curriculum Design
11 Implementing the Curriculum Design (continue)
12 Evaluating the Curriculum Design
13 Evaluating the Curriculum Design (continue)
14 Evaluating the Curriculum Design (continue)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kuramdan Uygulamaya Eğitimde Program Geliştirme. Özcan Demirel (1997). USEM Yayınları, Ankara.
2. Curriculum: A Comprehensive Introduction. John McNell (1996). HarperCollins College Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and group discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Written exam, Paper/Presentation

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam 30% Paper/Presentation 10% Final exam 60%

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gamze.sezgin@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
Preparing presentations 3 4 12
Preparation for final exam 7 4 28
Preparation for midterm exam 7 4 28
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.254
LO.353
LO.45554
LO.5324