GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NEUROLOGIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF READING AND WRITING/4340002
Course Title: NEUROLOGIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF READING AND WRITING
Credits 3 ECTS 8
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Türkçe
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Relationship between brain and reading
Recognition of brain-related reading and writing problems and gain the necessary skills to resolve.
Social importance of reading
Political importance of reading
To comprehend the relationship between reading, writing and seeing
To comprehend the relationship between reading, writing and hearing
To comprehend the relationship between reading and society.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Inroduction
2. Week  Importance of brain in reading and writing
3. Week  Brain deficiencies
4. Week  Reading and writing difficulties resulted from brain deficiencies
5. Week  Comprehension and brain
6. Week  Brain based teaching environments
7. Week  Brain and motivation
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Eyes and reading
10. Week  Reading and hearing
11. Week  Social organizations and reading
12. Week  Reading and social functions
13. Week  Reading and political functions
14. Week  Non-governmental organizations, political institutions and reading education
15. Week  Final exam.
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
5
20
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- 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
10
6
60
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
4
40
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
5
2
10
 Preparing a Presentation
10
2
20
 Presentation
10
2
20
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
2
4
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
3
6
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
202
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.08
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
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 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Hayati AKYOL)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~hakyol/)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (hakyol@gazi.edu.tr)