Information Package / Course Catalogue
Scientific Communication in Science Education
Course Code: FBÖ468
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 theoretical foundations of scientific communication skills used in science courses, classification and evaluation of these skills. Associating with the approaches used in science courses.

Course Content

Recognising the importance of scientific communication in science lessons, defining and classifying these skills used in this process. Evaluating the quality of scientific communication by carrying these skills to the classroom or examining them in the classroom.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Recognise and classify scientific communication skills
2.Discover the variables that affect scientific communication skills
3.Grades scientific communication skills
4.Recognise the tools that measure scientific communication skills
5.Learns the application of tools that measure scientific communication skills.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Baykal, B. (2014). Fen ve Teknoloji Dersi Öğretmenlerinin Sınıf İçi İletişim ve Etkileşimlerinin Analizi: Diyalojik ve Otoriter Tartışmalar. Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Niğde Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü. Niğde.
2.Gümrah, A. (2013). Bilimsel tartışma yönteminin ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin kimyasal değişimler konusunu anlamaları, bilimin doğası hakkındaki görüşleri, bilimsel süreç, iletişim ve argüman becerileri üzerine etkisi. Yayınlanmamış Doktora tezi. Marmara Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
3.Güney S. (2023). Fen bilimleri derslerinde 6. sınıf öğrencilerinin bilimsel iletişim becerilerinin geliştirilmesine yönelik eylem araştırması , Yayınlanmamış Doktora tezi, Aydın Adnan Menderes Ünivresitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Aydın
4.Gillies, R. M. (2016). Dialogic interactions in the cooperative classroom. International Journal of Educational Research, 76, 178-189.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introducing scientific communication skills, explaining the theoretical foundations
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introducing scientific communication skills, explaining the theoretical foundations
Week 3 - Theoretical
Introducing scientific communication skills by using sample dialogues
Week 4 - Theoretical
Classification of scientific communication skills by using sample dialogues
Week 5 - Theoretical
Evaluation of scientific communication skills used in science courses where inquiry is different
Week 6 - Theoretical
Determination of scientific communication skills through observation in different classrooms (classroom environments with different social emotional climate, different goal orientations, task values)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Evaluation of scientific communication skills used in classroom environments with different social emotional climate, different goal orientations and task values
Week 8 - Theoretical
A comprehensive examination of the factors that influence the development of scientific communication skills
Week 9 - Theoretical
A comprehensive examination of the factors that influence the development of scientific communication skills
Week 10 - Theoretical
Examining and comparing the measurement tools that measure scientific communication skills
Week 11 - Theoretical
Types of dialogues and their relation with scientific communication skills
Week 12 - Theoretical
Handling textbooks in terms of scientific communication skills
Week 13 - Theoretical
Handling textbooks in terms of scientific communication skills
Week 14 - Theoretical
Observing different classes in terms of scientific communication skills and evaluating them by taking the grading into consideration
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Rate1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130226
Assignment2048
Reading50525
Individual Work50525
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1729
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-3
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OÇ-1
5
4
5
4
5
5
2
2
5
OÇ-2
4
5
4
5
5
4
2
2
2
4
OÇ-3
5
5
4
5
5
5
2
2
2
4
OÇ-4
4
5
5
5
4
5
2
2
2
4
OÇ-5
4
5
5
5
4
5
2
2
2
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026