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COURSE DESCRIPTION

HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION/4310005

Course Title:	HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
Credits	3	ECTS	7
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

Lists the 20th century philosophers of science
Explains fundamental problems in philosophy of science
Explains the contributions of Popper, Kuhn, Fayerabend, Lakatosh
Explains why the nature of science nees to be taught in schools
Gains experience in measurement of the views regarding the nature of science
Gains experience in curriculum outcomes regarding the nature of science

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is lecturing

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Science in antiquity and reading the history of science toward understanding the nature of science
2. Week	Science in antiquity and reading the history of science toward understanding the nature of science (continued)
3. Week	Science in antiquity and reading the history of science toward understanding the nature of science (continued)
4. Week	Pozitivism, Neo-pozitivism, Vienna Circle and Post-pozitivism
5. Week	Pozitivism, Neo-pozitivism, Vienna Circle and Post-pozitivism (continued)
6. Week	20th century philosophers of science and their principle criticism
7. Week	Midterm examinations
8. Week	20th century philosophers of science and their principle criticism (continued)
9. Week	20th century philosophers of science and their principle criticism (continued)
10. Week	20th century philosophers of science and their principle criticism (continued)
11. Week	The place of the nature of science in Turkish and foreign curricula and how it is taught in science courses
12. Week	The place of the nature of science in Turkish and foreign curricula and how it is taught in science courses (continued)
13. Week	Assessment of the nature of science views
14. Week	Assessment of the nature of science views (continued)
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	20
Assignment	1	20
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	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	12	1	12
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	6	3	18
Preparing a Presentation	3	4	12
Presentation	2	3	6
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	13	26
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	2	13	26
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			184
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.36
Course Credit (ECTS):			7

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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6					X
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-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. M. Fatih TAŞAR)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/mftasar/)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(mftasar@gazi.edu.tr)

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