GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

INQUIRY BASED TEACHING METHODS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION/4430020

Course Title:	INQUIRY BASED TEACHING METHODS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
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

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to inquiry
2. Week	History and philosophy of inquiry methods
3. Week	What children gain by learning through inquiry?,The power of children’s thinking
4. Week	Common myths about inquiry
5. Week	Inquiry-based and hands-on teaching techniques
6. Week	The process skills of inquiry
7. Week	The process skills of inquiry
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	Developing inquiry-based activities
10. Week	Developing inquiry-based activities.
11. Week	Applying inquiry-based activities in classroom and evaluating them.
12. Week	Applying inquiry-based activities in classroom and evaluating them.
13. Week	Assessment in the inquiry-based classroom
14. Week	Final exam
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	30
Assignment	2	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	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Material Design and Implementation	3	5	15
Report Preparing	8	3	24
Preparing a Presentation	3	3	9
Presentation	3	2	6
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	5	5
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	5	5
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			190
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.6
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc.Prof. Halil TÜMAY)

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

(www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/tumay)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(tumay@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University