COMPUTER EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0502 | Great Discoveries and Inventions in the History of Science | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DERYA TARBUCK |
Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to survey the development of science and technology in a historical context. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Explains the method regarding the production of scientific knowledge and history of science. Exemplifies important scientific discoveries throughout history. Executes historical method to identify the contribution of civilizations to science. Attributes the ideas of historians regarding the Scientific Revolution. Critiques the applicability of scientific discoveries to technology using historical method. Explains the reasons why Industrial revolution came into being. |
This course will begin with earliest scientific ideas and technological developments and will proceed to medieval, early modern and modern era. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Introduction: Guiding Themes | Coursebook | |
2) | Tools and Toolmakers | coursebook | |
3) | Pharoes and Engineers | coursebook | |
4) | Greek Science | coursebook | |
5) | Alexandria and Science in the East | coursebook | |
6) | Science in China and India | coursebook | |
7) | Science in the New World | coursebook | |
8) | Science in the New World II | coursebook | |
9) | Copernicus and Galileo | coursebook | |
10) | Isaac Newton | coursebook | |
11) | Industrial Revolution | coursebook | |
12) | Legacy of the Revolution | coursebook | |
13) | New Aristotelians | coursebook | |
14) | The Bomb and the Genome | coursebook |
Course Notes: | James E. McLellan ve Harold Dorn, Science and technology in world history: an introduction (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) |
References: | Seçme Okuma Parçaları |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
Presentation | % 0 | |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | 2 | % 40 |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
Midterms | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Paper Submission | 0 | ||
Jury | 0 | ||
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 92 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To define concepts related to the latest knowledge, tools and other scientific resources for the teaching profession, educational technology and information technologies in terms of national and international standards. | 4 |
2) | To explain the main elements of teaching strategies, methods and techniques, material design and assessment and evaluation processes that affect the development of educational technology integration. | |
3) | To develop competencies related to software languages, operating systems, computer networks and computer hardware. | |
3) | To use the most appropriate curriculum frameworks to plan lessons and activities based on active and student-centered learning integrated with technology. | |
4) | To use the most appropriate curriculum frameworks to plan lessons and activities based on active and student-centered learning integrated with technology. | |
5) | To plan, implement and evaluate classroom activities that utilize cutting-edge technologies to foster creativity, problem solving and critical thinking using scientific methods. | |
6) | To build strong theoretical and applied models to develop solutions to problems that focus on systems and human development within a learning organization. | 4 |
7) | To review, evaluate and recommend strategies for technology integration based on the interests, needs, individual differences and developmental characteristics of students in primary and secondary education. | |
8) | To work individually and collaboratively in a team to carry out activities related to educational technology, information technology and the teaching profession in an interdisciplinary approach. | 4 |
9) | To effectively use and evaluate educational technologies and appropriately designed instructional models as a means of achieving and meeting learning objectives and requirements. | |
10) | To utilize effective metacognitive techniques to make the classroom a community of learners engaged in lifelong learning activities. | |
11) | To prepare trainings and projects related to educational technology for the community and to provide counseling to individuals in enhancing learning through the appropriate use of technology. | 4 |
12) | To implement cost and time sensitive strategies to support individuals and organizations to carry out their work more effectively. | |
13) | To equip teachers to be pioneers and models in the application of technology for educational purposes using ethical and legal standards and to keep pace with changing technology. | |
14) | To investigate efficient design solutions and existing standards used today for educational technologies, curricula, innovations and outcomes related to work, school, education sector and virtual world. | |
15) | To gain fluency in interpersonal communication, teaching frameworks and the use of different technologies in relation to national norms and laws. | 4 |