FAULT-FREE TEACHING METHODS

Course Description

Applied behavior analysis; learning stages: writing behavioral goals, learning stages, acquisition, fluency, persistence, generalization; effective teaching: effective teacher characteristics, effectiveness, efficiency, systematic teaching and steps, points to be considered when deciding teaching method; basic philosophy of wrong teaching: characteristics of wrong teaching, target stimulus, hint, trial, response interval, interval between trials, silencing; response hinting methods: teaching with simultaneous teaching, teaching with fixed waiting time, teaching with progressive teaching, teaching with increasing waiting time, teaching with increasing hint, teaching with decreasing hint, stimulus adaptation: teaching with stimulus shaping, teaching with stimulus silencing; planning teaching with wrong teaching methods; practice teaching; evaluation of teaching; tracing; data collecting.

FAULT-FREE TEACHING METHODS

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 Defines the basic concepts and characteristics of learning.
2. 02 Describe the characteristics of effective teachers.
3. 03 Describe the stages and characteristics of learning.
4. 04 Describe the basic concepts and properties of error-free teaching methods.
5. 05 Describe the concept and characteristics of observational learning.
6. 06 Describe the concept and characteristics of non-targeted knowledge acquisition.
7. 07 Describe each method and its features in error-free teaching.
8. 08 Describe the sequence of teaching flow of each method.
9. 09 Describe how to conduct evaluation sessions with each method.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 İftar, E. T. ve İftar G. K. (2004). Özel eğitimde yanlışsız öğretim yöntemleri. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
2. 02 Kırcaali-İftar, G. (1997). Tek denekli araştırma yöntemleri. Türk Psikologlar Derneği.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Defines the basic concepts and characteristics of learning. SOLO 2
2. L02 3.Describe the stages and characteristics of learning. SOLO 3
3. L03 4.Describe the basic concepts and properties of error-free teaching methods. SOLO 3
4. L04 5.Describe the concept and characteristics of observational learning. SOLO 3
5. L05 6.Describe the concept and characteristics of non-targeted knowledge acquisition. SOLO 3
6. L06 7.Describe each method and its features in error-free teaching. SOLO 3
7. L07 8.Describe the sequence of teaching flow of each method. SOLO 3
8. L08 9.Describe how to conduct evaluation sessions with each method. SOLO 3
9. L09 2.Describe the characteristics of effective teachers. SOLO 3

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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