COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL CULTURE COURSES ELECTIVE II (SCIENTIFIC THINKING SKILLS)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SGK 4030 GENERAL CULTURE COURSES ELECTIVE II (SCIENTIFIC THINKING SKILLS) ELECTIVE 2 0 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

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 scientific thinking in science education and daily life.
2   To know the ways supporting scientific thinking.
3   To understand the relation between the nature of science and scintific thinking.
4   To suggest ways for developing scientific thinking in the society.
5   To be able to design activities for developing scientific thinking.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The components of scientific thinking
2 Scientific reasoning
3 Inquiry for scientific reasoning
4 Scientific thinkng and scientific knowldege
5 Logical thinking and Scientific Knowledge
6 Problem solving and scientific knowledge
7 Mid-term exam
8 Inductive and deductive reasoning and scientific knowledge
9 Critical thinking and scientific thinking
10 Experimental processes and scientific thinking
11 Theory-evidence coordination-Argumentation
12 Scientific thinking in daily life
13 Developing scientific thinking in the society
14 Designing activites for developing scientific thinking
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kuhn, D. (2010). What is Scientific Thinking and How Does it Develop In U. Goswami (Ed.), Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development (Blackwell)
Hunt, a. (2008) (ed). Science in Soceity. Heinemann, London.
Paul, R. & Elder, L. (2008) Scientific Thinking (For Students and Faculty), 3rd edition. Foundation for Critical Thinking
Giere, R. N (Ed.) (1992), Cognitive models of science: Vol. 15. Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

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 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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