GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
OUT OF SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS/EBS118
Course Title: OUT OF SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Course Semester 3 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Explain the importance of out-of-school learning environments in education / training
Explain the differences between out-of-school learning environments and formal education
Understands how to use out-of-school learning environments.
Develop appropriate educational materials to create effective out-of-school teaching and learning processes.
Create a plan for the use of out-of-school environments for learning / teaching purposes, manage the implementation process and foresee advantages and disadvantages.
Compares the out-of-school learning environment of different countries
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Course introduction
2. Week  Introduction of formal and informal learning environments.
3. Week  Use of out-of-school learning environments in education
4. Week  Importance and use of science and natural history museums in education
5. Week  Importance and use of out-of-school environments such as Science Center, zoo, library, botanical garden in education
6. Week  Creating a plan for the use of out-of-school settings for learning and teaching.
7. Week  Midterm Exam
8. Week  Planning activities and methods for using out-of-school environments for learning and teaching purposes.
9. Week  Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of out-of-school settings.
10. Week  Developing appropriate educational materials to build out-of-school teaching and learning processes.
11. Week  Out-of-school environments for learning purposes and evaluation of the implementation process management
12. Week  Developing appropriate educational materials to create effective out-of-school teaching and learning processes.
13. Week  Field trips, exhibitions and so on. layouts.
14. Week  Comparison of different countries' out-of-school learning environments and usage examples.
15. Week  Comparison of different countries' out-of-school learning environments and usage examples.
16. Week  Final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
2
2
4
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
2
4
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
2
3
6
 Preparing a Presentation
1
2
2
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
7
3
21
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
3
42
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
108
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.32
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acquire of scientific thinking skills.X
2Make research and investigation independently.X
3Acquire of carefully observing and analytically thinking skills.X
4Acquire of learning and teaching mathematics problems.
5Comprehend, apply and explain the importance of mathematical concepts.
6Develop the thinking, producing, argumenting and probing abilities.X
7Have the algorithm and sotftware writing abilities for solving computer supported problems.
8Develop the ability of reaching information, evaluating and presenting information.X
9Improve yourself parallel to the developing technology.X
10They apply the most available teaching strategies, methods, and techniques considering the development characteristics of the middle school students, their individual differences, the approach and content of the elementary mathematics teaching program, and use the most effective measurement and evaluation techniques.
11Relate the mathematical knowledge to the daily life and the other disciplines, and solve the problems that they meet through reasoning, esthetically, clearly and practically.
12Prove a mathematical knowledge after the logical questioning process instead of accepting it directly.
13Use the mathematical language and terminology correctly and effectively.
14Have knowledge about the general structure of Turkish National Education System, the process of middle schools, and their duty at the administration and teaching mathematics.
15Share their suggestions about the solution of the problems on the social and mathematical education with the concerned people.
16Use the experience, knowledge and skills that they have had in the environment of school under the attributes that their profession requires.X
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