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COURSE DESCRIPTION

THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM AND ITS REFLECTION TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS/4340011

Course Title:	THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM AND ITS REFLECTION TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Credits	3	ECTS	8
Course Semester	1	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

Will be able to establish the relations between constructivism and philosophical trends.
Will be able to explain the effects of constructivism on curricula.
Will be able to explain the effects of constructivism on primary school curricula.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Students will be informed about weekly course content, how the course will be conducted and the academic calendar. Later the following topics will be
2. Week	Philosophical trends Idealism
3. Week	Realism
4. Week	Naturalism
5. Week	Existentialism
6. Week	Pragmatism
7. Week	Types of Constructivism Cognitive Constructivism
8. Week	Social Constructivism Radical Constructivism
9. Week	Constructivism and Authority The role of the teacher and the student Sense of discipline
10. Week	Constructivism and religion education
11. Week	Constructivism and Science education
12. Week	Constructivism and Math Education
13. Week	An overview about reflections of constructivism to primary school curricula
14. Week	An overview about reflections of constructivism to primary school curricula
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	60
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	3	18	54
Searching in Internet and Library	5	8	40
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	1	20	20
Preparing a Presentation	2	4	8
Presentation	2	2	4
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	10	10
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	10	10
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
Course Credit (ECTS):			8

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Akif SÖZER)

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

(https://abs.gazi.edu.tr/akif)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(akif@gazi.edu.tr)

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