COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN PRIMARY KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE SCIENCES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISÖ 5091 NEW APPROACHES IN PRIMARY KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE SCIENCES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Primary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HANIFE KESKIN

Offered to

Primary Teacher Education

Course Objective

To inform about new approaches on Life Science Education and making applicable in each course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to gain the developable abilities.
2   Able to embrace the life sciences education vision.
3   Able to learn the importance of the personal abilities.
4   Able to use the effective education methods in life sciences education.
5   Able to prepare effective and multidimensional course program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction
2 Aim of the life sciences education in primary education and processes
3 Main aproach of the programe
4 Education and development of the abilities
5 Scientific process abilities
6 Improvement of; presentation, debate, display, expression, question- answer
7 Cooperative Education
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The importance and place of the drama in life science education
10 Toys and games as an education tool in life science education
11 Education withe child museums, science, technology and discovery centers in life science education
12 Concepts, methods and applications in life science education
13 Examining the child books about learning spaces and themes in life science education.
14 Problems of life science education
15 Final Exam
16 Games and toys as a learning method in life science education.

Recomended or Required Reading

Artun, A (2006). Müze ve Eleştirel Düşünce, Sanat Müzeleri 2. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
Üstündağ, T. (2006). Yaratıcılığa Yolculuk. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık
San, I.(2003), (Ed), Drama ve Öğretim Bilgisi, 2.Baskı, Ankara, Natural Yayınevi
Florida, R.(2002) The rise of the creative Class Basic Books, New York

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminar, Debate, Presentation, Question and Answer, Research, Group Study

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hanife.keskin@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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 10 4 40
Preparing presentations 10 4 40
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2542452554234322
LO.3411341533345213
LO.4552442554234322
LO.5422342533345223

CONTACT INFORMATION
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