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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FMF 6069 APPROXIMATIONS FOR ELIMINATING THE TEACHING DIFFICULTIES IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

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

Determining the learning difficulties in undergraduate physics education, and learning and applying the approximations for eliminating the learning difficulties.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   For the learning difficulties in undergraduate physics education and the approximations eliminating the learning difficulties; be able to define and describe them, 2   Be able to compare them, 3   Be able to apply them, 4   Be able to analyise them, 5   Be able to evaluate them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Learning difficulties/alternative student ideas in the undergraduate physics education program 2 Importance of conceptional teaching in physics education 3 Methods for determining the learning difficulties/alternative student ideas 4 Methods for determining the learning difficulties/alternative student ideas 5 Preparing three-tyre scales for determining the learning difficulties 6 Interwiev method for determining the learning difficulties 7 Conceptional change papers for eliminating the teaching difficulties 8 Midterm exam. 9 Conceptional change papers for eliminating the teaching difficulties 10 Concept analysing tables and concept maps for eliminating the teaching difficulties 11 Concept analysing tables and concept maps for eliminating the teaching difficulties 12 Concept maps for eliminating the teaching difficulties 13 Concept maps for eliminating the teaching difficulties 14 Experiment and other methods for eliminating the teaching difficulties 15 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Phsics Teaching, YÖK-World Bank MEGP Teacher Training Serie, Ank,1997. 2.Related literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative study, discussion, ask and answer, lecturing, home work, project.

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

Midterm and final exams.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kavcar@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 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78 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) 202

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 3 5 2 4 5 5 4 LO.2 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 LO.3 5 4 5 3 2 3 4 3 3 5 5 5 LO.4 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5