COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBÖ 3014 SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET ŞAHIN

Offered to

Science Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To comprehend the contemporary teaching methods and technics used in physics education and to develop their ability to use them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain the importance and aims of Science education.
2   describe scientific literacy and to explain the characteristics of a scientifically literate person.
3   explain the characteristics of teaching methods that can be used in science education, and to explain the points to take into consideration when employing each one of them in a learning environment.
4   understand the importance of laboratuar practices in science education.
5   categorize the scientific process skills as basic skills, reasoning skills, and experimental skills, and to explain these special skills under this categories.
6   develop teaching materials such as meaning analyses tables, concept maps, and concept webs which are used to perform more effective concept teaching.
7   design a learning environment to teach a science subject by using one or some teaching methods that has been taught, and to teach this science subject in his/her class as a micro-teaching practice.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Characteristics of modern science, types of knowledge, scientific literacy
2 Program development, curriculum, syllabus
3 Research science and technology programme
4 Learning, teaching, learning theories
5 Piaget s learning theory
6 Learning cycle approach, Bruner s learning theory
7 Gagne s learning theory, Ausubel s learning theory
8 Midterm Exam
9 Constructivist learning theory
10 Multiple intelligence theory
11 Concept, concept teaching: tools
12 Problem solving method, scientific process skills
13 Scientific process skills, Project method
14 Teaching methods and techniques: discussion, brain storming
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

YÖK/Dünya Bankası 1997; Fizik Öğretimi, Öğretmen Eğitimi Dizisi, Ankara.
Ayas, A.P., Çepni, S., Akdeniz, A.R., Özmen, H., Yiğit, N. ve Ayvacı, H.Ş. 2007; Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi, Pegem, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Problem solving
3. Active Learning
4. Cooperative Learning
5. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

1. The basic principals of physics, the laws of nature and physical eventa will be assessed by exams and homeworks.
2. The physical events acquired in daily events will be assessed by homeworks.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. 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)

gul.unal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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