| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | FBE625-14 | HUMAN ENVIROMENT AND SCIENCE EDUCATION | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| Second Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| Environmental problems make everybody concerned recently and these problems never leave the agenda of humanity. Environment and environmental problems begin to take place in primary school educational programme recently. Therefore, the aim of this lecture is to have information about environmental problems and education of them. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sevda TÜRKİŞ |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Understand the concept of environment and ecology. | | 2 | Become aware of the problems in the field of environmental education. | | 3 | Understands the role and importance of environmental education in Science Education. | | 4 | Understand the perspectives of people towards environment and relates it with educational field. |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Formal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| Various views on human effects about environmental problems, human-environment balance; definition of an ecosystem and its place and importanceon primary school’s and university’s science education programme. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Environmental lessons and basic ecological concepts | | | | 2 | The characteristics of ecosystems | | | | 3 | Ecological cycles and environmental health | | | | 4 | Adverse effects of human on the natural environment | | | | 5 | Ecological problems of humanity, water pollution | | | | 6 | Air pollution | | | | 7 | Soil pollution | | | | 8 | Nutrient pollution | | | | 9 | Midterm exam | | | | 10 | Radioactive pollution and noise pollution | | | | 11 | Human population and population movements | | | | 12 | Environmental protection models and international initiatives to protect the environment | | | | 13 | Scenarios for the future of environmental impurities and measures | | | | 14 | Environmental issues in elementary science curriculum, teaching process, and the importance of environmental lesson | | | | 15 | Final exam | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| 1) Aydoğdu M. ve Gezer, K. (2006). Çevre Bilimi. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
2) Palmer, J.A. (1998). Environmental education in the 21st century. Theory, practice, progress and promise. New York: Routledge. (Gerekli kısımlar tarafımdan sağlanacaktır)
3) Robert Eccleshall et al. (2003). Political ideologies. London: Routledge. (In text)
4) Elstgeest, J., Harlen, W. (1990). Environmental science in the primary curriculum. London: Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd.
5) Haktanır, K. & Arcak S. (1998). Çevre kirliliği. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları.
6) Gigliotti, L. M. (1990). Environmental education: What went wrong? What can be done? The Journal of Environmental Education, 22 (1), 9-12.
7) Hungerford, H., Peyton, R., & Wilkie, R. (1980). Goals of curriculum development for environmental education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 2 (3), 42-47.
8) Holsman, R.H. (2001). The politics of environmental education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 32 (2), 4-9.
9) Monroe, M. C., & Cappaert, D. (1994). Integrating environmental education into the school curriculum, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
10) Project wild: K-12 Activity Guide. (1998). Council for environmetal education.
11) Çevre eğitimi. Türk Çevre Vakfi kitabı. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Report Presentation | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Seminar | 1 | 120 | 120 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | LO3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | LO4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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