Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF EDUCATION / OÖE 305 - PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION

Code: OÖE 305

Course Title: SCIENCE EDUCATION

Theoretical+Practice: 2+2

ECTS: 4

Year/Semester of Study

3 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

SEMA ÖNGÖREN (semaongoren@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

SEMA ÖNGÖREN,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

To make students have competence and knowledge for necessity, importance and content of the science education in early childhood education, to design activities, and use methods to promote childs scientific thinking in early ages

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	To be able to grasp the importance of science and nature activities in preschool education	PO-17 To be able to have basic field knowledge about preschool education	Examination
LO-2	To be able to plan science and nature activities which are suitable developmental level of children	PO-2 To be able to implement educational program in terms of preschool children’s developmental levels appropriately	Examination
LO-3	To be able to help children for understanding science and nature concepts by using different methods, techniques and strategies suitable for preschool period	PO-1 To be able to apply preschool teaching techniques and methods in educational environment	Examination
LO-4	To be able to understand the relations among science-technology-society and environment	PO-15 To be able to do team work in disciplines and interdisciplinary	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Nature of science and characteristics of scientists; the importance of science and nature in preschool education; construction of science and nature concepts in mind and creation of concept mappings; strategies; types of experiments used in preschool education methods and techniques used in teaching of science and nature concepts; basic concepts related to science and nature; living and nonliving things; recognition of sky and space; basic facts related to heat and light
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Nature of science, characteristics of scientific methods and scientists	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
2	Importance of science education in early childhood period	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
3	Early Science Curriculum, and Science Practices in Other Countries Okul Öncesinde Fen Eğitimi Programı ve Dünyada Uygulanan Fen Eğitimi Programları (Wings of Discovery , Tool Kit for Early Chilhood Science Education, La Main à là Pâte ,Pollen Science-Lab , Design and Making Centre , ScienceStart!	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
4	Science corners in preschool education, the location of science corners in the classroom, the selection of the materials, the aims of the science education	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
5	Teaching concepts: Development of concepts , the classification of the concepts, conceptional systems	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
6	Constuction of concepts in mind and formation of concept maps	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
7	Teaching techniques of the basic concepts of science and scientific thinking skills in pre-school education	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	The types of experiments used in sciente teaching	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
10	The importance of trips and observation in preschool education The importance of drama in preschool education	Expository teaching approach, question-answer method, group discussion
11	Methods, techniques and strategies used in scince and nateure related concepts	Students' presentations, group discussion
12	Basic concepts related to scinece and nature: 1. Living and nonliving things	Students' presentations, group discussion
13	2. Our body, foods, nutrition, our health	Students' presentations, group discussion
14	3. Light, sound, matter, force, motion, energy 4. Air, seasons, water, natural events	Students' presentations, group discussion
15	5. Electricit, heat and tempature 6. Gravitation, planets	Students' presentations, group discussion
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Şahin, F.(1981).”Okul Öncesinde Fen Bilgisi Öğretimi ve Aktivite Örnekleri”. Yapa Yayıncılık.
2	Arnas, Y. (2007). Okul öncesi dönemde fen eğitimi. Ankara: Kök Yayıncılık.
3	Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen ve Teknoloji Öğretimi: Naciye Şimşek, Yasemin Çınar - Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
4	Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Eğitimi: Berrin Akman, Gülden Uyanık Balat, Tülin Güler Yıldız- Anı Yayıncılık
5	Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Eğitimi: Vize Yayıncılık
Required Course instruments and materials
Course Book, Projection, Computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	4	14	56
Outside Class
a) Reading	3	11	33
b) Search in internet/Library	1	6	6
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	1	8	8
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	1	8	8
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			113