GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Science History/BL307GK
Course Title: Science History
Credits 2 ECTS 2
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
   Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Assoc.Prof.Ayten Koç Aydın
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/~aytenaydin
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aytenaydin@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
It is expected that students will gain considerable knowledge of major issues within the history of science.
Be able to know definition, development and stages development of science
Be able to know history of science
Be able to understand scientific method, scientific questionary
Be ab le to connect science and society
To analyse and understand the past through the most relevant concepts and historiographical visions
To gain the historical formation of the general culture of Professional


 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
   There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  What is Science? Historical development of science, the relation between science,history of science and philosophy.
2. Week   Science in Antiquity.
3. Week  çalışmalarından örnekler The ideas of some of the major figures within the history of science, such as Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes and P
4. Week  How Aristotle’s ideas were influenced scientific works in the Middle Ages.
5. Week   Science and philosophy in the Middle Ages.
6. Week  Common characteristics of science in the Christian World.
7. Week  Common characteristics of science in the Islamic World.
8. Week   Abdülhamid b. Türk Harezmî, Cabir b. Hayyan etc.
9. Week   Exam.
10. Week   The ideas of some of the major figures within the Islamic World, such as Farabi, İbn Sînâ and İbn al-Haytham.
11. Week   Science and philosophy in the Islamic World contributions to the western Science.
12. Week  The ideas of some of the major figures within the Christian World, such as Roger bacon, Francis bacon and Copernic.
13. Week   Science in the Renaissance and the Einlightment Ages.
14. Week  Kepler, Galileo and Newton’s scientific Works.
15. Week  The Theories of Quantum and Relativity.
16. Week   Exam.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Butterfield, H., The Origins of Modern Science, New York 1960. -Bernal, J. D., Modern Çağ Öncesi Fizik, Çeviren: Deniz Yurtören, Ankara 1994. -Cohen, M.R. ve I.E. Drabkin, A Source Book in Greek Science, 1966. -Coleman, James A., Herkes İçin Görelilik, Çeviren: Osman Gürel, Ankara 1987. Grant, Edward, Orta Çağda Fizik Bilimleri, Çeviren: Aykut Göker, Ankara 1986. Harman, P.M., Bilim Devrimi, Çeviren: Feza Günergun, İstanbul 1991. Tekeli, Sevim, E. Kahya, M. Dosay, Bilim Tarihine Giriş, 2009.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
1
2
2
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
4
4
 Final and Studying for Final
1
8
8
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
57
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.28
 ECTS: 
2
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Know up-to-date information and communication technologies and related concepts.X
2Discuss methods of science.X
3Know effective use of information and communication technologies to maximize learning.X
4Know theories, methods, models and contemporary approaches to instructional technologies.X
5Know developmental and cognitive characteristics and individula differences of learners.X
6Know scientific base of information and communication technologiesX
7Know general and special instructional principles and methods.X
8Know theoretical and technological base of distance education.X
9Know how to plan and organize educational settings tecnologically.X
10Know the development of information and communication Technologies historically and culturally.X
11Know educational material design and development principles.X
12Know print and electronic resources in the field.X
13Use the ways of accessing knowledge.X
14Plan and carry out social responsibility activities and plan and implement professional projects.X
15Follow and implement innovative approaches in the field.X
16Use knowledge and skills in the field to generate creative solutions to educational problems.X
17Design and develop educational materials through information and communication Technologies.X
18Use the professional knowledge and skills in the software development.X
19take responsibility and fulfills the task effectively in individual and group works.X
20Use history, foreign language, world knowledge and general teaching competenciesX