UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING COURSES

EDS 119 Introduction to Teaching Profession (3-0)3
Characteristics and principles of teaching profession, school and classroom contexts, alternative perspectives in education, social, psychological, philosophical and historical foundations of education, Turkish education system.

EDS 221 Development and Learning (3-0)3
Various dimensions of human development (cognitive, social, psychological, moral and physical), approaches to learning and learning process, learning styles, individual differences in learning.

EDS 222 Instructional Planning and Evaluation (3-2)4
Basic curriculum development concepts and processes, course curriculum, development of yearly, unit and daily plans, strategies in content selection and organization, teaching methods and strategies, basic characteristics of teaching and learning materials, material selection, measurement and evaluation, approaches to evaluation, different types of tests, development of follow-up and achievement tests, procedures and strategies in writing test questions and grades.

EDS 304 Classroom Management (2-2)3
Social and psychological factors that influence student behavior, basic characteristics and functions of classroom context, designing the physical environment, starting a new school year, developing and teaching rules and routines for classroom management, gaining student cooperation, protecting and restoring order, creating a positive learning environment, managing seatwork, group work, recitations and discussions, productive and effective use of time in class, motivation and communication, problem behaviors and ways of dealing with them.

EDS 424 Guidance (3-0)3
Purposes of student personality services and their place in education, introduction to guidance services in schools, principles of guidance, diagnosing and guiding students, collection and use of data on student counseling, placement, follow-up advising, research and evaluation, relations with parents and beyond the school community, vocational guidance, purposes of special education, identifying students with special learning needs.
 

GRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING COURSES (Non-Thesis)

EDS 506 Introduction to Teaching Profession (3-0)3
Characteristics and principles of teaching profession, status of teaching profession, school and classroom contexts, alternative perspectives in education, social, psychological, economical, philosophical and historical foundations of education, Turkish education system, induction into teaching, teacher development, supervision of teaching, teaching at different contexts.

EDS 507 Development and Learning (3-0)3
Basic research methods in education, psychological foundations of education, various dimensions of human development (cognitive, social, psychological, moral and physical), approaches to learning and learning process, intelligence, learners with special needs, learning styles, individual differences in learning, motivation theories.

EDS 509 Instructional Planning and Evaluation (3-2)4
Basic curriculum development concepts and processes, course curriculum, development of yearly, unit and daily plans, strategies in content selection and organization, teaching methods and strategies, basic characteristics of teaching and learning materials, material selection, measurement and evaluation, approaches to evaluation, different types of tests, development of follow-up and achievement tests, procedures and strategies in writing test questions and assigning grades.

EDS 510 Classroom Management (2-2)3
Theories on classroom management, group development, social and psychological factors that influence student behavior, basic characteristics and functions of classroom context, designing the physical environment, starting a new school year, developing and teaching rules and routines for classroom management, gaining student cooperation, protecting and restoring order, creating a positive learning environment, managing seatwork, group work, recitations and discussions, productive and effective use of time in class, motivation and communication, problem behaviors and ways of dealing with them, common discipline problems in class and school, producing discipline and classroom management plans.

EDS 522 Guidance (3-0)3
Theoretical approaches to guidance. Purposes of student personality services and their place in education, introduction to guidance services in schools, principles of guidance, diagnosing and guiding students, collection and use of data on students, counseling, placement, follow-up, advising, research and evaluation, relations with parents and beyond the school community, vocational guidance, purpose of special education, identifying students with special learning needs, dealing with students with special needs in classrooms, designing instructional activities for students with special needs.