Information Package / Course Catalogue
Primary School Textbooks Review
Course Code: SÖ153
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable pre-service teachers to know the nature, purpose and content of the primary school textbooks course and to examine and evaluate the primary school textbooks used in practice in terms of form, content and educational values.

Course Content

To be able to comprehend the principles to be used in pre-school textbook selection and arrangement; examine the textbooks used in practice in terms of curriculum; examine the theory, approach, philosophy and program elements of the curriculum in terms of elements (purpose, content, teaching-learning processes, evaluation) and examine the textbooks in terms of the criteria (scientific language, content and physical properties) that are considered in preparing these elements and textbook.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Galip GENÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.Explain the principles to be used in textbook selection and editing in primary school.
2.Knows the instructional values, functions, types and benefits of textbooks.
3.Recognize the approach and stages of preparing textbooks.
4.Evaluates the textbooks in terms of visual characteristics, language and narrative features and printing characteristics.
5.Examines the primary school textbooks in terms of language skills.
6. Prepares the textbook according to the curriculum.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı İncelemesi, Editör: Özcan Demirel, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık 2011, Ankara.
2.Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı İncelemesi, Anı Yayıncılık, Erdal Ceyhan, 2010, Ankara.
3.Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı İncelemesi, Abdurrahman Kılıç - Serdal Seven, Öğreti Yayıncılık 2008, Ankara.
4.Konu Alanı Ders Kitabı İnceleme Kılavuzu (Editör: Leyla Küçükahmet), Nobel Yayıncılık, Ankara 2003.
5.MEB Öğretim Programları Türkçe Ders Kitabı Çözümlemeleri, Editör: Hakan Ulper, Pegem A Yayınları, Ankara 2011.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The content and objectives of the Primary School Textbook
Week 2 - Theoretical
Instructional value of textbooks
Week 3 - Theoretical
Textbook functions, types and benefits
Week 4 - Theoretical
Textbook preparation approaches and stages
Week 5 - Theoretical
Form and design features of textbooks
Week 6 - Theoretical
Form and design features of textbooks
Week 7 - Theoretical
Language and narrative features of textbooks
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Picture and shape properties of textbooks (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Text selection and diversity in textbooks
Week 10 - Theoretical
Examples of analyzing textbooks? classroom activities in the context of primary school curricula (Mathematic)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Examples of analyzing textbooks? classroom activities in the context of primary school curricula (Turkish)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Examples of analyzing textbooks? classroom activities in the context of primary school curricula (Life Sciences and Social Studies)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Examples of analyzing textbooks? classroom activities in the context of primary school curricula (Science)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Examples of analyzing textbooks? classroom activities in the context of primary school curricula( Other primary school textbooks)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment38230
Reading140114
Individual Work114216
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
3
4
5
OÇ-2
3
4
4
OÇ-3
3
4
4
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
3
4
4
OÇ-6
4
5
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