COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONCEPT DEVELOPING AND TEACHING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEP 5000 CONCEPT DEVELOPING AND TEACHING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ALI GÜNAY BALIM

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

Understanding concept teaching in environment education. Preparing instructional materials in consistent with constructivist environment learning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Definition of concept term s role in environment education
2   Classification of concepts in environment education
3   Preparation of concept mapping
4   Preparation of mind mapping
5   Explanation of different between Concept and Mind mapping

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 Concept developing processes
3 Concept developing processes
4 Classification of concepts
5 Relations between concepts
6 Relations between concepts
7 Conceptual systems
8 Midterm Exam
9 Conceptual map developed for meaningful learning
10 Conceptual map developed for meaningful learning
11 Concept network
12 Concept network
13 Meaning analysis table
14 Execution and studies on Vee diagrams
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Barke, H.D., Hazari, A. And Yitbarek, S. (2009). Misconceptions In Chemistry, Springer-Heidelberg, Germany.
2. Rhoton, J. And Shane, P. (2006). Teaching Science In The 21st Century, NSTA Press.
3. Sears, J. and Sorensen, P. (2000). Issues in Science Teaching, R. Falmer Press.
4. Kesercioğlu, T. (2007). "Ilköğretimde Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi", Anı Yay., Ankara
5. Çepni, S. (2007). "Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi", Pegem A Yay., Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

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 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 162

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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