COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE I (TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH GAMES)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBÖ 4016 ELECTIVE I (TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH GAMES) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

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

Course Objective

Acquiring knowledge about major research fields in science education and making connection between scientific knowledge derived from different field of study.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the importance of games in pupils life and in science education.
2   To know the factors which can positively affect the affective variables in science education
3   To develop pupils creativity and imagination
4   To be able to use games as a tool for social interaction and communication
5   To develop skills for making pupils understand various concepts and rules such as learning, decision making, collaboration, listing, organizing, sharing, respecting to others and the nature and helping in science education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Games in the view of pupils.
2 The nature of science teaching and games.
3 The charactersitics of science education
4 Indıvidiual games
5 Social games
6 Computer games and simulations
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Mobile games
9 The principals of game design in science education
10 Sample game design
11 Sample game design
12 Game applications
13 Game applications
14 Game applications
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Pehlivan, H. (2005). Oyun ve Öğrenme. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.

Beier, M. E; Miller, L. M. & Wang, S. (2012).Science games and the development of scientific possible selves, Cultural Studies of Science Education, 7, 4, 963-978.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Active Learning
3. Cooperative Learning
4. 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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 107

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555555355
LO.2555555355
LO.3555555355
LO.4555555355
LO.5555555355

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