GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
LEARNING DIFFICULTIES/EBS119
Course Title: LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
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
Describes what is learning disability, features in all areas of development, and neurobiology of individuals with and without learning disabilities
Explain various learning and teaching theories and their effects on basic teaching strategies. Special teaching and assessment methods and strategies
3. Describe effective teaching rules and curriculum adaptations and support teachers in practice.
Guiding parents of children with learning disabilities and helping them participate in education.
Explains and improves the service provided in general class, mainstreaming and special education classes.
Describe language, perception and affective problems in learning disabilities and support to overcome the problem.
Describe the roles and responsibilities of professionals and classroom teachers working in the field.
Observes neurophysiological factors related to learning disability and correlates with their effects on student performance.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Definition of learning disability, classification and related concepts.
2. Week  Neurobiology of learning disability and its causes.
3. Week  Respect for individual differences. Appropriate perspective covering all students when working with students with learning disabilities.
4. Week  Importance of early intervention and early childhood education.
5. Week  Working with parents, preschool teachers in children with learning difficulties.
6. Week  Cognitive, meta-cognitive and memory characteristics of children with learning difficulties.
7. Week  Social, emotional and behavioral problems frequently encountered by children with learning difficulties.
8. Week  Attention deficit and / or hyperactivity disorder.
9. Week  Educational approaches in learning difficulties.
10. Week  Students who have difficulty in receptive and expressive language.
11. Week  Students who have difficulty in reading.
12. Week  Students who have difficulty writing.
13. Week  Students who have difficulty in mathematics.
14. Week  Participation of students with learning difficulties in the general classroom environment.
15. Week  Final Exam.
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- 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
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 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
2
5
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
10
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
105
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.2
 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.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.
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.
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.
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.
20Know the ways to reach knowledge as an individual with biology literacy and use them efficiently.
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Person to be assigned by the Department)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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