Information Package / Course Catalogue
Scientific Communication Skills in Science Teaching
Course Code: İFB573
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Introducing, classifying, grading, evaluating scientific communication skills, associating them with the approaches used in science courses, discussing the variables that are effective in the development of these skills, making sample applications

Course Content

Understanding the nature of science, realizing the importance of scientific communication in the process of creating scientific knowledge, defining and classifying these skills used in this process. Carrying these skills to the classroom or evaluating the quality of scientific communication by examining them in the classroom, knowing the variables that affect these skills and preparing and implementing lesson plans and lesson materials by taking these variables into account and evaluating these practices.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Burak FEYZİOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Recognize the relationship between the nature of scientific inquiry and scientific communication skills
2.Recognizes and classifies scientific communication skills
3.Discover the variables that affect scientific communication skills
4.Rate scientific communication skills
5.Recognize the 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.Jeon, S., & Park, J. H. (2014). Analysis of relationships of scientific communication skills, science process skills, logical thinking skills, and academic achievement level of elementary school students. Journal of the Korean Association for Science Education, 34(7), 647-655.
4.Jeon, S., & Park, J. H. (2014). Analysis of relationships of scientific communication skills, science process skills, logical thinking skills, and academic achievement level of elementary school students. Journal of the Korean Association for Science Education, 34(7), 647-655.
5.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
Overview of scientific knowledge, its characteristics, scientific inquiry and its nature
Week 2 - Theoretical
The nature of scientific inquiry in science teaching and students' engagement in scientific inquiry
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
Determination of scientific communication skills by observation in different classes (classes where inquiry takes place at different levels, scientific discussion, stem, modeling, etc.)
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
Considering the variables affecting scientific communication skills holistically
Week 8 - Theoretical
Grading these skills by taking into account the variables that affect scientific communication skills
Week 9 - Theoretical
Examining and comparing the measurement tools that measure scientific communication skills
Week 10 - Theoretical
Examining and comparing the measurement tools that measure scientific communication skills
Week 11 - Theoretical
Observing different classes in terms of scientific communication skills and evaluating them by taking the grading into consideration
Week 12 - Theoretical
Observing different classes in terms of scientific communication skills and evaluating them by taking the grading into consideration
Week 13 - Theoretical
Observing different classes in terms of scientific communication skills and evaluating them by taking the grading into consideration
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%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Assignment2048
Individual Work130565
Midterm Examination140444
Final Examination140444
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026