SSME301 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & INSTRUCTION IN SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
| Course Code: | 4200301 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Secondary Science and Mathematics Educ. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ALİ ERYILMAZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- Elements of curriculum and relationship of these elements.
- Domains of student outcomes
- Bloom taxonomy for cognitive domain.
- How to write behavioral objectives.
- Foundations of curriculum
- Curriculum designs
- Basics concepts related to curriculum development
Course Content
Following topics will be covered in this course: Basic definitions, concepts, and processes of curriculum development in science or mathematics education. Philosophical and social aspects of different curriculum patterns. Basis of curriculum and basic curriculum patterns as applied to science or mathematics education. Taxonomies of educational objectives. Principles of instruction, planning and the importance of planning in educational practices, course curriculum. Development of yearly, unit, and daily plans for secondary science or mathematics. Strategies in content selection and organization. Teaching methods and strategies in science or mathematics education. Basic characteristics and selection of instructional materials. New approaches in teaching and learning science or mathematics such as lifelong learning, constructivism, and content specific instructional strategies. The responsibilities of teachers on improving the quality of science or mathematics education.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- Explain basic definitions, concepts, and processes of curriculum development in chemistry/physics education.
- Understand the relation of elements of the curriculum.
- Explain philosophical and social aspects of different curriculum patterns.
- Explain principles of instruction, planning and the importance of planning in educational practices.
- Be familiar with strategies in content selection and organization.
- Comprehend taxonomies of educational objective.
- Develop unit, weekly, and daily plans for physics course.
- Explain the structure of the Turkish national chemistry/physics curriculum.
- Outline the sequence of the topics in Turkish high school chemistry/physics curriculum.
- Explain the historical background of chemistry/physics curriculum developments in Turkey.
- Compare high school chemistry/physics curriculum with a contemporary chemistry/physics curriculum.
- Evaluate a chemistry/physics curriculum in terms of the elements of a curriculum.