GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS/EBS118

Course Title:	OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Credits	2	ECTS	4
Course Semester	3	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

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-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Explain the importance of out-of-school learning environments in education / training
Explain the differences between out-of-school learning environments and formal education
Understands how to use out-of-school learning environments.
Develop appropriate educational materials to create effective out-of-school teaching and learning processes.
Create a plan for the use of out-of-school environments for learning / teaching purposes, manage the implementation process and foresee advantages and disadvantages.
Compares the out-of-school learning environment of different countries

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Course introduction
2. Week	Introduction of formal and informal learning environments.
3. Week	Use of out-of-school learning environments in education
4. Week	Importance and use of science and natural history museums in education
5. Week	Importance and use of out-of-school environments such as Science Center, zoo, library, botanical garden in education
6. Week	Creating a plan for the use of out-of-school settings for learning and teaching.
7. Week	Midterm Exam
8. Week	Planning activities and methods for using out-of-school environments for learning and teaching purposes.
9. Week	Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of out-of-school settings.
10. Week	Developing appropriate educational materials to build out-of-school teaching and learning processes.
11. Week	Out-of-school environments for learning purposes and evaluation of the implementation process management
12. Week	Developing appropriate educational materials to create effective out-of-school teaching and learning processes.
13. Week	Field trips, exhibitions and so on. layouts.
14. Week	Comparison of different countries' out-of-school learning environments and usage examples.
15. Week	Comparison of different countries' out-of-school learning environments and usage examples.
16. Week	Final exam

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	20
Assignment	1	20
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	2	28
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	2	2	4
Searching in Internet and Library	2	2	4
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	2	3	6
Preparing a Presentation	1	2	2
Presentation	1	1	1
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	7	3	21
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	14	3	42
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			108
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			4.32
Course Credit (ECTS):			4

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Have basic content knowledge and practice for early childhood period.			X
2	Plan educational process intended to support development and learning				X
3	Organize healthy, supportive and stimulative educational environment				X
4	Choose, use and prepare material				X
5	Use alternative and effective learning methods in early childhood period				X
6	Conduct educational activities considering individual differences				X
7	Communicate with the families and provide family involvement			X
8	Work in collaboration with family, school and society			X
9	Evaluate education program.			X
10	Monitor and evaluate children in different ways			X
11	Develop effective communication skills				X
12	Develop awareness for daily usage of information technology				X
13	Develop skills related to research, exploration and creating alternative solutions				X
14	Develop sense of aesthetics and selectivity skills			X
15	Have scientific and professional ethic value				X
16	Plan a research, comment on research and make inferences.		X
17	Follow national and international developments in early childhood period			X
18	Use Turkish efficiently and appropriately.			X
19	Update and develop oneself in teaching				X
20	Participate in professional activities organizations			X

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