GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
F. ELECTIVE-4 (INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOLOGY TEACHING)/BYÖ316
Course Title: F. ELECTIVE-4 (INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOLOGY TEACHING)
Credits 0 ECTS 4
Course Semester 6 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
Recognize the interdisciplinary teaching approach and explain its importance.
Develops and implements lesson plans, activities and products appropriate to the interdisciplinary teaching approach.
Recognize the current practices related to interdisciplinary teaching.
Explain the concepts of innovation, innovative thinking, entrepreneurship and leadership.
Give examples of how to integrate biology, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
Consider different disciplines in personal decision making and career planning process.
Recognize and apply interdisciplinary teaching methods.
Recognize scientific attitudes, scientific values and ethics of science.
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  This course is only be delivered as face-to-face training.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Interdisciplinary teaching approach and history, importance and nature.
2. Week  Interdisciplinary teaching action plan; design process and applications.
3. Week   Interdisciplinary coding and robotic studies.
4. Week  Scientix project, innovation, innovative thinking.
5. Week  Entrepreneurship, leadership, personal development and career choice.
6. Week  Integration and applications of biology, technology, engineering, art and mathematics; effects on society and environment.
7. Week  Design-based biology education and aims.
8. Week  Interdisciplinary teaching approach learning cycle.
9. Week   Personal decision making process; career planning.
10. Week  Interdisciplinary teaching approach based on inquiry.
11. Week  Project-based learning.
12. Week  Developing interdisciplinary teaching approach lesson plan
13. Week  Activity preparation, product / model development and application
14. Week  Scientific attitude, ethics and values.
15. Week  -
16. Week  -
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 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
 Reading Tasks
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
1
8
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
7
1
7
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
1
14
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
2
28
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
100
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Explain the concepts, symbols, formulas, theories, models, principles and generalizations in biology and analyse the biological incidents in the light of generalizations and mechanism and correlate the biological concepts.X
2Have knowledge about history and nature of science.X
3Make a teaching scheme in accordance with the standards of biology education program and the achievements in this respect and apply this scheme.X
4Know and apply the most suitable teaching strategy, method and technique during education period by taking into account the readiness level of students, characteristics of subject matter and the achievements.X
5Provide a suitable learning and teaching environment by taking into consideration the personal differences and characteristics of development and learning.X
6Do research and use national and international resources in order to reach knowledge about biology and biology education and respect scientific and ethical values.X
7Have content and professional teaching knowledge and skills to instruct the courses related to his/her field of study successfully.X
8Know and use the biological laboratory techniques, tools and equipment and apply the biological laboratory methods and techniques such as preparing biological paint, solution-slide, anatomic- morphological examination, tissue culture.X
9Pay attention to versatile nature of learning and assess the process as much as product and use the traditional and alternative assessment and evaluation techniques effectively.X
10Design materials regarding his/her field of study and use them in the relevant learning and teaching situations.X
11Design projects on his/her field of study and carry out critical evaluations regarding the challenges encountered during implementation phase.X
12Adopt life-long learning, apply the innovative learning-teaching approaches open to change, know his/her strengths and weaknesses, use his/her strengths and improves his/her weaknesses.X
13Use different ways for the challenges encountered during teaching process and follow a critical and questioning approach towards evaluation of his/her own knowledge.X
14Associate biology with other branches of science such as medicine, pharmaceutics, physics, chemistry, agriculture and biotechnology.X
15Take part in social projects regarding his/her field of study, cooperate with the related organizations and express his/her opinions orally and in written.X
16Use a foreign language in daily life and professional development.X
17Utilize the information and communication technologies in learning and teaching environments efficiently.X
18Determine the learning requirements of professional development and guide his/her learning accordingly.X
19Raise environmental awareness and create environment for his/her students to improve this awareness.X
20Know the ways to reach knowledge as an individual with biology literacy and use them efficiently.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Division of Biology Education)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://gef-matematikfen-biyoloji.gazi.edu.tr)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (biyolojiegt@gazi.edu.tr)