COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SÜHA YILMAZ

Offered to

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

To show that mathematics is not just a lesson taught in the classroom, to visualize mathematics and make mathematics teaching more permanent, and to facilitate teaching mathematics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1.The purpose of the non-school liaison is specified.
2   2.The importance of non-school learning is grasped.
3   3.Teaching methods and techniques used in non-school learning are taught.
4   4.Out-of-school learning environments are specified.
5   5.Organizing (planning, implementation and evaluation) of out-of-school learning activities is shown.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.WEEK:The purpose, outreach and scope of the out-of-school learning environment.
2 2.WEEK:Project based mathematics teaching in an out-of-school setting.
3 3.WEEK:Environment-based teaching in non-formal mathematics teaching
4 4.WEEK:Out-of-school learning environments: Museums, science centers.
5 5.WEEK:Out-of-school learning environments: Zoo, botanical gardens.
6 6.WEEK:Out-of-school learning environments: industrial establishments, national parks
7 7.WEEK:Out-of-school learning environments: science festivals, science camps.
8 8.WEEK:Course overview,evaluation,Midterm examination.
9 9.WEEK:Extracurricular learning environments: natural environments, rural areas.
10 10.WEEK:The premiere of landscape architecture for non-school learning environments.
11 11.WEEK:Planning of out-of-school learning activities.
12 12.WEEK:Implementation of extracurricular learning activities.
13 13.WEEK:Evaluation of out-of-school learning activities.
14 14.WEEK:Out-of-school learning places in our country.
15 15.WEEK:Semester final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Ural, A., Illich, I., 2016, Okulsuz Society, Istanbul
Receiver, D., Coral, M.N. and Tungaç, A., 2016, Development of the Perception of Self-Efficacy for Environment Education Based on Nature Experience.
King, J., 2003, The Art of Mathematics
Dillon, R., Gabbard, 1998, Hypermedia, as an Educational Technology: A Review of the Quantitative Research Literature on Learners Comprehension, Control and Style, pp. 322-349.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, using visual materials.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The evaluation of the students is measured by midterm, homework and final exams in the direction of learning outputs.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Professor Süha Yılmaz
Tel:02323012335
email:suha.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

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)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 15 1 15
Preparation for final exam 25 1 25
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1122551522
LO.2122551522
LO.3122551522
LO.4122551522
LO.51225514522

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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