GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION/EBS109
Course Title: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION
Credits 0 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
Define the concepts related to education programs.
Explain the basics of curriculum development in education.
Understands the relationship between the basic elements of the curriculum.
Explain the target and target approaches in education.
Explain the properties of content and content selection.
Explain educational situations and approaches.
Explain evaluation processes and approaches.
Compare program development models.
Makes appropriate program development applications.
Today from the Republic analyzes the program development and evaluation studies in Turkey.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Basic concepts of curriculum development
2. Week  Theoretical foundations of curriculum development: philosophical, social, historical, psychological and economic foundations
3. Week  Theoretical foundations of curriculum development: curriculum development theory and design models; program development models
4. Week  Planning the program development process and pre-application
5. Week  Basic elements of the program (goal, content, process, evaluation) and the relationships between the elements
6. Week  Classification of objectives and its relationship with program elements
7. Week  Content Design
8. Week  Mid-term exam
9. Week  Organization and evaluation of educational situations
10. Week  New approaches in curriculum development
11. Week  Program evaluation models
12. Week  Research methods and data collection tools used in program evaluation
13. Week  Problems in curriculum development and evaluation process; Duties and responsibilities of the concerned persons in the development of curriculum
14. Week  Program literacy; Characteristics of MoNE curriculum, Of the Republic Present Curriculum Development and Evaluation Studies in Turkey
15. Week  Final
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
0
0
0
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
0
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
2
28
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
2
28
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
98
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.92
 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.
2Have knowledge about history and nature of science.
3Make a teaching scheme in accordance with the standards of biology education program and the achievements in this respect and apply this scheme.
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.
7Have content and professional teaching knowledge and skills to instruct the courses related to his/her field of study successfully.
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.
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.
11Design projects on his/her field of study and carry out critical evaluations regarding the challenges encountered during implementation phase.
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.
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.
16Use a foreign language in daily life and professional development.
17Utilize the information and communication technologies in learning and teaching environments efficiently.
18Determine the learning requirements of professional development and guide his/her learning accordingly.
19Raise environmental awareness and create environment for his/her students to improve this awareness.
20Know the ways to reach knowledge as an individual with biology literacy and use them efficiently.
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Gülay EKİCİ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gekici)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (gekici@gazi.edu.tr , gulayekici@yahoo.com )