COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBO 1001 FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL STUDIES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HASAN TÜRKER

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

To introduce the goal, history, philosophical and pedagogical foundations of Social Studies. To get the student comprehend the relation between Social Studies and Social Sciences and the relations between the disciplines of Social Sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehension of the stages that Social Sciences and Social Studies have gone through until today.
2   Comprehension of the relation and the differences between the Social Sciences and the Social Studies.
3   Recognition of the concepts Social Studies and Social Sciences.
4   Recognition of Social Science disciplines.
5   Comprehension of the relations between the Social Science disciplines.
6   Recognition of the basic structure of the Social Studies program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Social Studies
2 Social Studies tradition in the World and in Turkey
3 Philosophical and Educational foundations of Social Studies
4 Science. Social Sciences and Natural Sciences.
5 The relationship between Social Studies and Social Sciences.
6 History as a Science, its basic concepts and the relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
7 Main concepts of Geography and its relaionships between other Science disciplines.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Main concepts of Phsychology and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
10 Main concepts of Sociology and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
11 Main concepts of Antropology and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
12 Main concepts of Political Science and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
13 Main concepts of Economy and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
14 Main concepts of Law and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines. Main concepts of History of Art, Archeology and its relationships between other Social Science disciplines.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

BILGILI, A. Sinan (Ed.) Sosyal Bilgilerin Temelleri. Ankara 2008. Pegem yayınları
KABAPINAR Yücel. Hayat Bilgisi ve Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi. Ankara, 2007. Maya Akademi Yayın Dağıtım
ÖZTÜRK, Cemil ve DILEK, Dursun (Ed) Hayat Bilgisi ve Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi, Ankara 2002. PegemA Yayıncılık
SÖNMEZ, Veysel, Hayat ve Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi, Ankara 2005, Anı Yayıncılık
NAS, Recep, Hayat Bilgisi ve Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi Bursa 2003, Ezgi Kitapevi
MEB Ilköğretim Sosyal Bilgiler Dersi Öğretim Programı ve Kılavuzu(4-5sınıflar). Ankara2005. Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü
MEB Ilköğretim Sosyal Bilgiler Dersi Öğretim Programı ve Kılavuzu(6-7sınıflar). Ankara2005. Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü
TAY, Bayram, ÖCAL, Adem, Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi Ankara 2008, A Pegem Akademi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, questions and answers, discussion

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)

hturker@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 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1532
LO.2532
LO.3522
LO.4522
LO.5532
LO.6533121

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