COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN, ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASLI SADE MEMIŞOĞLU

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The importance of human factor on environment consciousness and comprehending the role of science education in sustainability of environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to have the knowledge of what the effects of humans on environment.
2   Being able to comprehend the importance of environment consciousness.
3   Being able to make the relations between human, environment and science education.
4   . Being able to evaluate and encounter the different programs point of view of in sustainability of environment education.
5   Being able to comprehend the living atmosphere of human forms the environment of them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and explaining of course syllabus and giving information about course references.
2 The importance of the environment and human in science education.
3 The balance between human and the environment
4 Investigation the effects of humans on environment.
5 The place in elementary education curriculum of human and environment concepts
6 The learning and teaching process environment concepts in science education.
7 Discussing of the human effects on environment pollution
8 Midterm exam
9 What is the role of science education for sustainability environment
10 What sort of environment education has been giving in other countries Research.
11 The comparison of environment education has been given in elementary schools in Turkey and other countries.
12 What strategies must be followed to be gain environment conscious in science education Research.
13 How to remove the damages of human factor on environment through education Discussion with students.
14 Presentation of research paper.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Demirsoy A (1982). Insan ve Çevre. Türkiye Çevre Sorunları Vakfı Yayınları; Önder Matbaası
2.Kocataş, A (1992)Ekoloji-Çevre Biyolojisi. Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. Kitaplar Serisi. No:142 Ege Üniv. Matbaası
3.Keleş R (1997). Insan Çevre Toplum Imge Kitabevi. Bursa.
4.Akman Y (2000). Çevre Kirliliği (Çevre Biyolojisi), Palme Yayıncılık
5.Çevre ve fen eğitimi ile ilgili yayınlanmış makaleler

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Searching literature and presentations, Group works, Question and answer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The presentations that students make in the class will be assessed by directly adding to the final exam scores.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3.The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.sade@gmail.com

Office Hours

weekdays - working hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1442
LO.2433
LO.32343
LO.4434
LO.52442

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

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