GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

TEACHING CHEMISTRY-1/KMÖ301

Course Title:	TEACHING CHEMISTRY-1
Credits	3	ECTS	3
Course Semester	5	Type of The Course	Compulsory

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Know the philosophical foundations of modern learning approach and discuss their place in chemistry teaching.
Explains and compares learning models and strategies used in chemistry education.
Prepare instructional materials and activities to be used in chemistry teaching.
Predicts which teaching method and technique can be used according to the level of the students and the subject.
Know the measurement and evaluation techniques to be used in chemistry teaching and can measure student achievements.
Describe the characteristics of science literacy and evaluate himself/herself in terms of the characteristics that should have science literacy.
Become aware of teaching methods and techniques that can be used for chemistry education.
Its applications are planned to include the components of pedagogical content knowledge and the nature of chemistry concepts.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Comparing and discussing of behaviorist, cognitive and constructivist learning theories in terms of their arguments on learning.
2. Week	Introducing the basic component of pedagogical content knowledge, that a chemistry teacher should have knowledge of, and examining them seperately.
3. Week	Knowledge structure of chemistry and meaningful learning.
4. Week	General and Special Field teacher competencies
5. Week	Learning cycles; applying 5E model based activity and discussing the activity.
6. Week	Applying guided inquiry based lesson plan in the classroom, discussing the inquiry teaching method and presenting the theoretical framework of method.
7. Week	Midterm Exam
8. Week	Applying cooperative, competitive and the individual learning methods with activities in the classroom and comparison of methods with each other.
9. Week	Scientific process skills and their place in training programs, Laboratory based chemistry teaching
10. Week	Basic and everyday life materials and chemistry teaching activities / developing and using materials.
11. Week	Analogies, Teaching model with analogies
12. Week	Conceptual change texts
13. Week	Problem-based learning, project-based learning
14. Week	Multiple intelligence theory
15. Week	Assessment in chemistry education, the use of alternative assessment techniques and different types of questions,the cognitive level of questions
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	10
Assignment	6	30
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	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	14	1	14
Searching in Internet and Library	7	1	7
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	4	1	4
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam			0
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	8	8
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			75
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			3
Course Credit (ECTS):			3

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Perceives the structure, features, classification and the changes of the matter and explains the related concepts, models, principles, theories and laws used.		X
2	Explains the working principles of the methods or the devices used the analysis or the syntheses of substances.	X
3	Establishes the link between the philosophy, sociology, psychology and history and the science of chemistry and explains the importance of scientific knowledge.				X
4	Relates between knowledge in chemistry and other disciplines.				X
5	Describes teaching techniques and strategies such as inquiry , concept maps, meaning analyzing tables, argumentation and guess-observe –explain techniques by the use of relevant examples from chemical science topics to 9-12 year students.					X
6	Perceives the behavioral, descriptive , socio-cognitive and neuropsychological learning concepts and their limitations and explains their reflections to the chemistry teaching and learning process.					X
7	Investigates the contribution of the national and international cultures upon the various branches of science and especially chemistry and explains the viewpoints of these cultures on the current disputable social science subjects.			X
8	Realizes the problems related to the chemistry and chemical education, analyses them and develops solution by the use of scientific research techniques.					X
9	Analyses the pre-knowledge of and the learning difficulties of the students related to chemistry and applies to relevant teaching techniques and methods according to the capacity and the skills of the students.					X
10	Prepares models, games , experimental set ups and visual lecture notes related to chemistry for the contribution of the cognitive, descriptive and psychomotor skills of the students				X
11	Develops and applies alternative and authentic techniques such as open ended, multiple choice , fill the gaps , descriptive, branched tree and constructed grid questions for the evaluation of the learning outcomes of the various subjects of chemistry					X
12	Designs and implements an individual research for the solution of the any problem in teaching any chemistry concepts and carries out mutual projects in close coordination with his/her counterparts to contribute the chemistry and chemistry education					X
13	Defines the metacognitive activities such as self-regulation and self-evaluation to evaluate the knowledge in chemistry and chemistry education				X
14	Adapts the motto of lifelong learning as his/her lifestyle and effectively utilizes the internet systems to follow the new developments related to the chemistry and chemistry education					X
15	Follows and effectively uses the latest developments in the information technology related to the solutions of the problems encountered in chemistry and chemistry education		X
16	Follows and uses the latest developments related to the teaching profession and knows a foreign language enough to correspond with his/her counterparts			X
17	Realizes and uses the basic principles, values and virtues upon which the Turkish Education system is founded					X
18	Uses new knowledge and information in order to improve him/herself and develop his/her institution			X
19	Acts in accordance with the ethical and cultural values of the democratic and scientific society in all the applications related to chemistry and its education		X
20	Has a sufficient knowledge to protect the health and life of his/her students and staff working in his/her institution and takes necessary precautions in the laboraties.			X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin AKKUŞ)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/akkus)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(akkus@gazi.edu.tr)

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