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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS OBE 4416 RESEARCH PROJECTS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To recognize current research approaches, methods, and data collection tools. To learn how to determine a research problem related to field and to review related literature. To learn how to plan a research. To learn preparing data collection tools, analysing data, and writing a research report.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Tell the foundations of research methods used in education. 2   Explain how sample is selected. 3   Comprehend the research methods and their applications 4   Gather the data and analyze them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Properties of educational research and philophical bases 2 Research approaches in education and action research 3 Research methods in education: Survey method, Case study method 4 Research methods in education: Experimental designs 5 Data collection tools, questionnaire 6 Interviews, observations 7 Qualitative and quantitative data analysis 8 Mid-term exam 9 Formulating research questions and planning 10 Developing data collection tools 11 Data Collection and analysis 12 Data Collection and analysis 13 Writing up the research report (Interpretation of the findings) 14 Writing up the research report(Discussion and findings) 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Çepni, S. 2007; Araştırma ve Proje Çalışmalarına Giriş. Genişletilmiş 3. Baskı, Celepler Matbaacılık, Trabzon.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, question-answer

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

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) Theoretical 13 2 26 Application 13 2 26 Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26 Final Preparation 1 20 20 Midterm Preparation 1 15 15 Final Exam 1 1 1 Midterm Exam 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

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 2 1 2 3 1 1 LO.2 2 1 2 3 1 1 LO.3 2 1 2 3 1 1 LO.4 2 1 2 3 1 1