GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Learning Difficulties/EBS119
Course Title: Learning Difficulties
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
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
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.
Explain effective applications for individuals with learning disabilities and special abilities.
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
  Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week   Week 1 Definition of learning disability, classification and related concepts.
2. Week   Week 2 Neurobiology of learning disability and its causes.
3. Week   Week 3 Respect for individual differences. Appropriate perspective covering all students when working with students with learning disabilities.
4. Week   Week 4 Importance of early intervention and early childhood education.
5. Week  Week 5 Working with parents, preschool teachers in children with learning difficulties.
6. Week  Week 6.Cognitive, meta-cognitive and memory characteristics of children with learning difficulties.
7. Week  Week 7 Social, emotional and behavioral problems frequently encountered by children with learning difficulties.
8. Week  Week 8 Attention deficit and / or hyperactivity disorder.
9. Week  Week 9 Educational approaches in learning difficulties.
10. Week  Week 10 Students who have difficulty in receptive and expressive language.
11. Week  Week 11 Students who have difficulty in reading.
12. Week  Week 12 Students who have difficulty writing.
13. Week  Week 13 Students who have difficulty in mathematics.
14. Week  Week 14 Participation of students with learning difficulties in the general classroom environment.
15. Week  Week 15 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
 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
 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
1Know up-to-date information and communication technologies and related concepts.
2Discuss methods of science.
3Know effective use of information and communication technologies to maximize learning.
4Know theories, methods, models and contemporary approaches to instructional technologies.
5Know developmental and cognitive characteristics and individula differences of learners.
6Know scientific base of information and communication technologies
7Know general and special instructional principles and methods.
8Know theoretical and technological base of distance education.
9Know how to plan and organize educational settings tecnologically.
10Know the development of information and communication Technologies historically and culturally.
11Know educational material design and development principles.
12Know print and electronic resources in the field.
13Use the ways of accessing knowledge.
14Plan and carry out social responsibility activities and plan and implement professional projects.
15Follow and implement innovative approaches in the field.
16Use knowledge and skills in the field to generate creative solutions to educational problems.
17Design and develop educational materials through information and communication Technologies.
18Use the professional knowledge and skills in the software development.
19take responsibility and fulfills the task effectively in individual and group works.
20Use history, foreign language, world knowledge and general teaching competencies
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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