GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE IN SCIENCE AND MEANINGFUL LEARNING/4430027

Course Title:	THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE IN SCIENCE AND MEANINGFUL LEARNING
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	The structure of knowledge in science and the aim of science education
2. Week	Constructivist learning approach
3. Week	Factor influencing learning
4. Week	Elements of memory and associations of memory elements
5. Week	Ability
6. Week	Attitude
7. Week	Goal orientation in learning
8. Week	Learning to learn
9. Week	The importance of self-regulated learning in learning
10. Week	The compotences of self-regulated leaerning
11. Week	Cognitive, metacognitive and motivational strategies
12. Week	Development of self-regulated learning strategies
13. Week	Development of self-regulated learning strategies
14. Week	Development of self-regulated learning strategies
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	0	0
Assignment	1	20
Application	1	20
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	4	56
Searching in Internet and Library	14	1	14
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation			0
Presentation	2	10	20
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam			0
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	16	16
Other (should be emphasized)	8	5	40
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin AKKUŞ)

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

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/akkus)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(akkus@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University