COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE III (TEACHING OF MODERN PHYSICS)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OFZ 4117 ELECTIVE III (TEACHING OF MODERN PHYSICS) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA EROL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to give fundamental knowledge and experience to teacher candidates about researches and applications on teaching modern physics at secondary level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to know identified misconceptions and learning difficulties related with modern physics topics.
2   Being able to explain reasons of misconceptions and learning difficulties related with modern physics topics
3   Being able to develop materials that can be used for teaching modern physics topics.
4   Being able to design experiments that can be for teaching modern physics topics.
5   Being able to evaluate the teaching methods and techniques that can be used for teaching modern physics topics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussions about misconceptions, learning difficulties and their reasons related with the Relativity topics.
2 Discussions about misconceptions, learning difficulties and their reasons related with the Relativity topics.
3 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching of Relativity topics topics.
4 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching of Relativity topics topics.
5 Discussions about misconceptions, learning difficulties and their reasons related with the quantum theory of light topics
6 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching of quantum theory of light topics.
7 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching of quantum theory of light topics
8 Midterm Exam
9 Discussions about misconceptions, learning difficulties and their reasons related with the Bohr s model of the atom.
10 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching of Bohr s model of the atom.
11 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching Bohr s model of the atom.
12 Discussions about misconceptions, learning difficulties and their reasons related with the topics of the particle nature of matter
13 Presentations and discussions on sample teaching materials that can be applied for teaching of the particle nature of matter
14 Discussions about misconceptions, learning difficulties and their reasons related with the topics of atomic structure
15 Final Eam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Serway A.R.ve Beichner R.J. (2005). Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik-Modern Fizik, Istanbul: Palme Yayıncılık.
2. Taylor, J. R., Zafiratos, C. D., Dubson, M. A.(2008), Fen ve Mühendislikte Modern Fizik, Ankara:Okutman yayıncılık.
3. Sönmez, V.( 2011).Öğretim Ilke ve Yöntemleri, Anı Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, group study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Arasınav
2 DTK Diğer Etkinlik
3 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
4 BNS BNS VZ * 0.30 + DTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Bütünleme Notu
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + DTK * 0.10 + 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)

fatih.onder@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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 7 1 7
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.154
LO.2344
LO.345543
LO.44353433
LO.533543