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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FMF 6061 TEACHING OF THERMODYNAMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA EROL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Students will have get information about the difficulties which are encountered in the subjects of thermodynamics, teaching of thermodynamics and its relation with daily life and technology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to know identified misconceptions and learning difficulties related with thermodynamics topics. 2   Being able to explain reasons of misconceptions and learning difficulties related with thermodynamics topics. 3   Being able to develop materials that can be used for teaching thermodynamics topics. 4   Being able to design experiments that can be for teaching thermodynamics topics. 5   Being able to evaluate the teaching methods and techniques that can be used for teaching thermodynamics topics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Teaching the main concepts and laws of thermodynamics 2 Teaching the main concepts and laws of thermodynamics 3 Determination of student difficulties and misconceptions in thermodynamics topics 4 Determination of student difficulties and misconceptions in thermodynamics topics 5 Teaching methods in the literature used in learning thermodynamics 6 Teaching methods in the literature used in learning thermodynamics 7 Other teaching methods to be used in learning thermodynamics 8 Midterm Exam 9 Exsperiments useful for teaching thermodynamics 10 Exsperiments useful for teaching thermodynamics 11 Relations between thermodynamics topics and technology 12 Relations between thermodynamics topics and technology 13 Relating thermodynamics topics with the daily life 14 Relating thermodynamics topics with the daily life 15 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Y.A. Çengel ve M.A. Boles, Mühendislik Yaklaşımıyla Termodinamik, Literatür Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1996. 2. J.B. Jones ve R.E. Dugan, Mühendislik Termodinamiği, Beta Basım Yayım, Istanbul, 2003. 3. R. Yamankaradeniz, Mühendislik Termodinamiğinin Temelleri, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2004. 4. Ilgili makaleler ve internet.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, active learning methods, group study, experiment.

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

Paper/Presentation, open-ended questions

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 20 20 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 176

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 5 2 LO.2 5 5 3 LO.3 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 LO.4 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 LO.5 4 5 5 4