GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION/4110006
Course Title: COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 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 teacher education approaches and models.
Research developments and innovations on teacher education.
Compare the current issues and problems on teacher education in different education systems.
Analyse teacher education policy and practice.
Design a research project on teacher education.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction
2. Week  Different perspectives in teacher education.
3. Week  Current issues on teacher education in Turkey and in different education systems.
4. Week  Current developements and innovations on teacher education in Turkey and in different education systems.
5. Week  Research on teacher education: review on aims and content.
6. Week  Research on teacher education: review of teaching and learning approaches.
7. Week  MIDTERM EXAM
8. Week  Investigation of teacher education research in terms of methodological aspect.
9. Week  Investigation of teacher education research in terms of themes used.
10. Week  The role of preservice education in teacher education research.
11. Week  Inservice education in the context of teaching research.
12. Week  Comparative teacher education research
13. Week  An evaluation of research on teaching in the aspect of preservice teachers and teachers.
14. Week  Discussion and evaluation
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 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
0
0
 Reading Tasks
6
7
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
6
36
 Material Design and Implementation
2
4
8
 Report Preparing
2
6
12
 Preparing a Presentation
2
4
8
 Presentation
2
3
6
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
15
15
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr.Melek Çakmak)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/melek)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( melek@gazi.edu.tr)