Faculty of Education · Primary School Teaching · Undergraduate
Course Objective
The aim of the "Alternative Education Practices in Primary School" course is to provide teacher candidates with preliminary information about the situations they may encounter due to geographical, social and economic reasons in their professional lives, to increase their awareness of the situations encountered and to provide them with different application examples.
Course Content
Geographic affecting education in Turkey, social and economic factors, and rural roads meet the educational needs of children in scattered settlements; the advantages and disadvantages of bussed education; boarding primary district schools, advantages and disadvantages of boarding primary schools; teaching in unified classes, reasons for unified classes, basic foundations of teaching in unified classrooms, teaching planning in unified classroom, classroom management and evaluation activities, duties and responsibilities of teacher in unified classes, teaching practices in unified classes in the world.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Geographic affecting education in Turkey, social and economic factors, the educational needs of children in rural and scattered settlements have knowledge about ways to meet.
- Transport education, advantages and disadvantages of transported education; have information on the advantages and disadvantages of boarding primary schools, boarding schools.
- Teaching the combined classes, the reasons for the unified classes, the basic foundations of teaching in the unified classes.
- Have knowledge about planning of teaching in classroom, classroom management and evaluation activities, and the duties and responsibilities of teachers in combined classes.
- Gains knowledge of teaching practices in unified classes in the world.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Midterm | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharing the course objectives and expectations | Syllabus |
| 2 | Alternative education, its necessity and models | Related source |
| 3 | Factors affecting alternative education practices | Related source |
| 4 | Transported education, advantages and disadvantages | Related source |
| 5 | Regional and regional boarding schools, advantages and disadvantages of boarding schools | Related source |
| 6 | Teaching in multigrade classes, its advantages and disadvantages | Related source |
| 7 | Teaching models in multigrade classes | Related source |
| 8 | Midterm | Midterm |
| 9 | 4 different regions-child-life and education (Documentary screening and analysis in terms of alternative education) | Related source |
| 10 | Home Schooling | Related source |
| 11 | Nature and forest pedagogy | Related source |
| 12 | Alternative education models in village schools (Philosophy villages, mathematics villages, etc.) | Related source |
| 13 | Alternative education practices for regions | Related source |
| 14 | Mobile learning (Education Trucks) | Related source |
| 15 | Alternative education practices for disaster areas | Related source |
| 16 | Final exam | General overview |