COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH PROJECT IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OKM 4118 RESEARCH PROJECT IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞENOL ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to determine a research topic in science, to collect researches, to use these researches toward the aim of the investigation, to report the data and to make a presentation in front of the commission.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the basic principles of a research project.
2   Understand the research methods and their applications used in education.
3   Analyze projects such as MEB, TUBITAK.
4   Prepare a project proposal.
5   Apply a project proposal.
6   Make a presentation in front of the class.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Principles of project preparation determined by MEB and TUBITAK
2 What is a project or not Forming groups and selecting a project topic
3 Preparing scientific research projects in a specific field; literature review
4 Presenting and discussion a project proposal,
5 Determining data gathering tolls
6 Determining data gathering tolls
7 Data analysis-I
8 Midterm exam
9 Data analysis-II
10 Interpreting data
11 Writing research report
12 Students presentation
13 Students presentation
14 General evaluation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Balcı A. (2009) Sosyal bilimlerde araştırma yöntem teknik ve ilkeler (7. Baskı). Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık
2. Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö.E., Karadeniz, Ş., ve Demirel, F. (2008) Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri.Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık,
3. Colin (2007). How to do a research project; a guide for undergraduate students. Blackwell Publishing Taylor
4. Çepni, S. (2007). Araştırma ve Proje Çalışmalarına Giriş. (3. Baskı) Trabzon: Celepler Matbaacılık,
5. Karasar, N. (2008) Bilimsel araştırma yöntemi. ( 17. Baskı). Ankara : Nobel Yayın Dağıtım,
6. Karasar, N. (2000). Araştırmalarda rapor hazırlama (10.Baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
7. Yıldırım, A., ve Şimşek ,H. (2005) Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri. ( 5. Baskı) Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, Project Based Learning

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

: Midterm, final exam, paper and presentation points determine the students achievement.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

senol.alpat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 10.00-12.00 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Project Assignment 1 40 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.23
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LO.64

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