INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION

Course Description

Basic concepts related to education and training; educational purposes and functions; relation to other fields and sciences; legal, social, cultural, historical, political, economic, philosophical and psychological bases of education; methods in educational sciences; school and classroom as an educational and learning environment; current developments in teaching profession and teacher education, educational approaches and orientations in the 21st century. The structure and characteristics of the Turkish National Education System, formal and non-formal education, the role of the teacher in the education system, the characteristics of the teaching profession, the characteristics of a good teacher, practices and developments in the field of teacher education, personal and professional characteristics of a teacher, positive and negative practices in teacher training, proposals for effective education practices.

INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 1. List the basic concepts of education
2. 02 2.Explain the basic concept of education
3. 03 3. Can count personal and professional competences related to teaching profession and criticize case studies accordingly (5)
4. 04 4. List the philosophical and educational movements and compare them with time.
5. 05 5. Examine the relationship between education and psychology.
6. 06 6. Analyze the elements related to the concept of school and can judge according to case studies (5)

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Erden, M (1998). Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Giriş. İstanbul: Alkım Basımevi
2. 02 Köy Ensitütüleri belgeseli
3. 03 Özdemir, S., Yalın, H. İ. (2012). Eğitim Bilimlerine Giriş. İstanbul: Nobel Yayıncılık.
4. 04 Ölü Ozanlar Derneği (film)

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Can analyze qualifications of teacher profession based on a case. SOLO 4
2. L02 Can analyze principles of any educational theory SOLO 4
3. L03 Explains the basic concepts of education. SOLO 3
4. L04 Can exemplify personal and professional competences related to teaching profession. SOLO 3
5. L05 Can compare basic philosophical approaches and theories of education SOLO 4
6. L06 Can explain an educational application related to developmental psychology. SOLO 4
7. L07 Explains the theoretical foundations of education according to its origin and history. SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 To define current knowledge about special education, teaching as a job, general culture and basic sciences
2. P02 To share results of the evaluation with parents and administration after evaluating levels of students prior to teaching; to prepare and to use individualized education plan based on the results.
3. P03 To use skills and knowledge in job and daily life with considering formal and ethical rules.
4. P04 To use information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field. (European Computer Driving License”, Advanced Level)
5. P05 To suggest solutions in unexpected situations about special education and teaching as a job.
6. P06 To use skills about self-regulation, learning to learn, critical thinking and creative thinking.
7. P07 To examine and produce new scientific products about special education and teaching as a job.
8. P08 To participate in seminars, conferences, workshops etc. about special education by developing positive attitudes towards life-long learning.
9. P09 To follow new knowledge about special education and teaching as a job and to study in collaboration with colleagues.
10. P10 To be able to follow information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language (European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1).
11. P11 To prepare, apply and administer plans and projects about special education by considering students? socio-economic situations and cultural environment. To share results with society.
12. P12 To use effective communication skills when studying with individuals in special education needs, their families and other experts.
13. P13 To use skills and knowledge to increase social acceptance of individuals in special education needs and to teach communication and social skills.
14. P14 To use values about universal nature of social rights, social justice, quality culture, preserving cultural values, health in work and environmental protection in job and daily life.
15. P15 To make changes in line with all features of students and their needs.

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