GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION/4510140
Course Title: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION
Credits 3 ECTS 8
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Every student who successfully completes the education and training activities related to this course; Defines the basic concepts of geography and geography teaching.
Know what geographical basic concepts are and how they can be traced. and knows what its features are.
Knows concept types and concept maps in geography teaching and develops them to apply them in teaching.
Relationship between concept teaching and geography curriculum and its application.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  What is the concept? What is the concept teaching?
2. Week  What are the basic concepts in geography and geography teaching?
3. Week  Basic concepts in geography: location, places, regions, movement, human and environment interaction)
4. Week  Basic concepts in geography: location, places, regions, movement, human and environment interaction)
5. Week  Basic concepts in geography: location, places, regions, movement, human and environment interaction)
6. Week  Concept teaching and concept types in geography teaching
7. Week  Concept and geography curriculum in geography teaching
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Concept maps in teaching geography
10. Week  Applications of concept maps in teaching geography
11. Week  Applications of concept maps in teaching geography
12. Week  Concept teaching in geography teaching (space time scale)
13. Week  Concept misconceptions in geography teaching
14. Week  Application of concept teaching in accordance with the achievements in teaching geography
15. Week  Application of concept teaching in accordance with the achievements in teaching geography
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 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
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Material Design and Implementation
14
2
28
 Report Preparing
14
2
28
 Preparing a Presentation
14
1
14
 Presentation
14
1
14
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
2
2
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
4
4
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
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 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurcan Demiralp)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ()
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (nurcan@gazi.edu.tr)