COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BLT 3001 HISTORY OF SCIENCE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR MUSTAFA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach the prospective teachers studying at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology how scientific methods and disiplines changed the history and what the role of human beings is on that change. In addition, this course aims to develop scientific thinking patterns of students and act in accordance with scientific ethics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the steps of scientific work
2   To know the developmental steps of science from the beginning of the history until today
3   To know the scientists of the republican era
4   To comprehend how science changed the history
5   To be informed about technology of the modern era

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Birth of Science
2 The Steps of Scientific Work
3 Prehistory of Science
4 Science During Ancient Civilisations
5 Science in Ancient Greece and Rome
6 Science in Islam
7 Contributions of Turks to Science During Middle Ages
8 Midterm Exam
9 Science in Middle ages
10 Science in Renaissance
11 Science in 17&18th Centuries
12 Science in 19&20th and 21st Centuries
13 Science in Turkish Republican Era
14 Important Scientists; Findings in the Modern Era
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Topdemir, G.T., Unat, Y. (2009). Bilim Tarihi. Ankara: PegemA Yayınları.
2. Colin A. Ronan (2003). Bilim Tarihi Dünya Kültürlerinde Bilimin Tarihi ve Gelişmesi. Ankara: TÜBITAK
Yayınları
3. Koyre, A. (1995). Yeniçağ Biliminin Doğuşu. Ankara: Gündoğan Yayınları
4. Kuhn, Thomas (1989). Bilimsel Devrimlerin Yapısı, (Çev. Nilüfer Kuyaş). Istanbul: Alan Yayınları
5. Sayılı, A. (1996) Mısırlılarda ve Mezopotamyalılarda Matematik Astronomi ve Tıp, Ankara.
6. B. Ata. (Ed.) (2008). Bilim, Teknoloji ve Sosyal Değişme, Pegem Akademi Yayıcılık: Ankara
7. Güven,I. (2007).Uygarlık Tarihi.Pegema yayıncılık:Ankara.
8. Çepni, S., Ayvacı, H.Ş. ve Bacanak, A. (2009), Bilim-Teknoloji-Sosyal Değişim, Celepler Matbaacılık, Trabzon

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face instruction, 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)

Social Sciences Building, Room 3003. Tel. 30 (12106)
mustafa.ozbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday, 10:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 12 1 12
Midterm Preparation 1 5 5
Final Preparation 1 8 8
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 53

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1111121
LO.2111111
LO.35224411151
LO.4125
LO.5545

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