GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Instruction Principles and Methods/EB106

Course Title:	Instruction Principles and Methods
Credits	2	ECTS	3
Course Semester	3	Type of The Course	Compulsory

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course aims for the students:
•	to have basic knowledge on curriculum and its elements,
•	to believe the importance of effective communication in teaching-learning process,
•	to rely on learning theories and principles in the process of teaching-learning and to prepare a lesson plan based on the relationship among the dimensions of curriculum,
•	to be able to change the plans prepared for an effective teaching process depending on conditions,
•	to choose appropriate instructional strategies, methods and techniques for the learning outcomes of the courses,
•	to implement the appropriate  instructional strategies, methods and techniques for the learning outcomes of the courses  effectively, and to believe that it is necessary to use different  instructional strategies, methods and techniques for an effective teaching,
•	to be open for changing and developing instructional methods and techniques, and open for feedbacks from the students,
•	to make students think about social issues by using different instructional methods and techniques,
•	to prepare a learning environment for questioning and proposing suggestions,
•	to accept that learning continues for life as a teacher.

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

explains the features of the dimensions –aims, content, learning-teaching process and evaluation – of curriculum.
explains the relationship among the dimensions –aims, content, learning-teaching process and evaluation – of curriculum.
explains the elements of the communication process.
predicts what will happen when communication in the class is not effective
uses communication principles for an effective teaching.
explains teaching and learning principles
explains learning theories.
defines the concept of strategies, methods and techniques, and explains the relation among them.
relates the learning theories and instructional methods and techniques.
prepares a suitable lesson plan for the elements in the plan.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Course Description, Objectives, Processing, Application Principles, Curriculum Development Process
2. Week	Key concepts on curriculum development, historical development of curriculum
3. Week	Key elements of the curriculum, types of objectives, defining objectives
4. Week	types of curriculum, features of curriculum, basic curriculum theories
5. Week	Instructional principles (from near to distant, from the known to the unknown, clarity, from concrete to discrete, economy, vitality, learning by doing)
6. Week	Educational planning and implementation (importance and necessity of the planned study, types of instructional plans, annual plan with units, daily plan, lesson plan, stages of preparing a plan)
7. Week	learning-teaching theories (behavioral approach, cognitive Gestalt approach, information processing approach, social cognitive approach, neuro-physiological approach, structuralist approach, multiple intelligence theory)
8. Week	midterm
9. Week	Main instructional strategies (expository teaching, discovery learning, search and analyze strategy, mastery learning, cooperative learning)
10. Week	Instructional methods used in education (direct instruction method, case method, problem solving method etc.)
11. Week	Instructional methods used in education (direct instruction method, case method, problem solving method etc.)
12. Week	Discussion methods in teaching (group discussion, large group discussion, debate, panel, forum, symposium, collegium, seminar, whisper groups)
13. Week	Instructional techniques (question and answer, demonstration, bran storming, drama, role playing, model and analogy, six thinking hats, producing and idea, micro-teaching, educational games, experiment and laboratory, stations, speaking cycle, Socrates discussion)
14. Week	Instructional techniques outside the class (trip-observation, interview, assignment); instructional materials
15. Week	Instructional techniques outside the class (trip-observation, interview, assignment); instructional materials
16. Week	Final exam

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	25
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	1	25
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	2	28
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	2	4	8
Searching in Internet and Library	2	4	8
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	2	3	6
Presentation	2	3	6
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	5	5
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	6	6
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			67
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			2.68
Course Credit (ECTS):			3

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	1 evaluate the nature, source, correctness, reliability and validity of information		X
2	2 comprehend the methods related to the production of scientific knowledge		X
3	3 be aware of social and professional responsibilities				X
4	4 recognize himself/herself as an individual, to use their creative and strong sides			X
5	5 act in accordance with the ethics of democracy, human rights, society, science and the profession			X
6	6 use language learning strategies effectively			X
7	7 understand, interpret and evaluate different written texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional life			X
8	8 understand, interpret and evaluate different oral texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional life			X
9	9 communicate orally in different contexts that they may encounter in their daily and professional life				X
10	10 produce different texts using writing processes effectively				X
11	11 comprehend the concepts related to language and the relationships between these concepts	X
12	12 comprehend and analyze the features, structure and mechanism of human language	X
13	13 use English at an advanced level			X
14	14 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language learning	X
15	15 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language teaching				X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Nurdan KALAYCI)

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

(kalayci@gazi.edu.tr nurdankal@yahoo.com )

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(kalayci@gazi.edu.tr nurdankal@yahoo.com )

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