EAP5103 Finance and Governance in Educational InstitutionsBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
EAP5103 Finance and Governance in Educational Institutions Fall 3 0 3 8
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ATAKAN ATA
Course Lecturer(s): Assoc. Prof. SİNEM VATANARTIRAN
Dr. BETÜL TARHAN ALKAN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The purpose of the course is to familiarize the participants with the contemporary methods and techniques in inspection and evaluation and to enable them with the necessary strategies to channel these skills into educational settings.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Students will discuss and internalize the concept of planning and evaluation. They will also get familiarize with the different types of evaluation
II. Students will learn approaches and principles in planning and evaluation within the context of education
III. Students will be able to implement institutional evaluation procedures
IV. Students will learn and implement appraisal
V. Students will get to know the qualities of the inspectors as well as develoing their interpersonal and human relations
VI. Students will discuss the importance of the concepts of motivation, institutional climate and health within the context of education

Course Content

The course will focus on three major areas that are driving the current evaluation and assessment movement in education: institutional performance; teaching and learning; and student learning and development. In so doing, this course will provide students with theoretical frameworks for understanding evaluation as well as the necessary quantitative and qualitative tools to design and provide valid and reliable empirically-based evidence. The course will also focus on how such evidence is used to evaluate and inform institutional policy as well as strategies for continuous improvement.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Types of inspection
2) The concept of evaluation and inspection: Definition and Scope (Dimensions)
3) Approaches and Principles of Inspection
4) School inspection and evaluation
5) Inspecting Administrative Processes
6) Inspecting teaching and in class processes
7) Evaluating Teacher Performance
8) Inspectors Qualities: Role, Responsibility, Behaviour and Process
9) Leadership in Inspection
10) Human Relations in Inspection
11) Mid Term
12) Motivation and Morale in Inspection
13) Inspection and School Climate, Culture and Health
14) Değerlendirme and Mentoring

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Sergiovanni, Thomas J. and Robert J. Starrat.Supervision.(1993). Fifth Ed. New York: Mc Graw Hill
References: Hoy, A.W.& W.K. Hoy.(2009). Instructional Leadership: A Research-based guide to learning in schools. 3rd edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Cogan, Morris. Clinical Supervision.(1973). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Goldhammer, Robert., Robert Anderson and Robert J. Krajevsky. Clinical Supervision.(1980).2 d edi. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Hick, Hanne J. Educatuonal Supervision in Principle and Practice.(1960).
Hopkins, W. Scott and Kenneth D. Moore. Clinical Supervision. (1993). Wisconsin: WCB Brown and Benchmark.
Hoy, W. K.and P. B. Forsyth. Effective Supervision: Theory into Practice.(1986).New York: Random House .

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Quizzes 2 % 15
Homework Assignments 2 % 10
Presentation 1 % 10
Project 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 15
Final 1 % 20
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.