Course Language:
İngilizce
Course Objectives:
To help student-teachers develop as motivated teacher-researchers
Course Content:
| It is a theoretical course to raise the inservice teachers’ awareness regarding professional development. |
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Discussion, 3: Simulation, 4: Demonstration, 5: Problem solving, 6: Group work, 7: Drama, 8: Micro teaching
Course Evaluation Methods:
Assessment Methods: A: Exam, B: Multiple choice, C: Gap filling, D: True false, E: Oral exam, F: Portfolio
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Dersin Öğrenme Çıktıları
| Learning Outcomes | Program outcomes |
Teaching
Methods |
Assessment Methods |
| Understanding key concepts and issues in teacher-research | 1 | 1,2,5,6 | F |
| Identifying problems in their teaching | 3 | 1,2,5,6 | F/A |
| Planning research to solve the problem | 6 | 1,2,5,6 | F/A |
| Accessing related literature and doing a literature review | 9 | 1,2,5,6 | F |
| Collecting data appropriate to the problem | 6 | 1,2,5,6 | F |
| Analyzing both numerical and verbal data, interpreting the results | 6 | 1,2,5,6 | F |
Dersin Akışı
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 |
1.An introduction to teacher research
2. Basic issues and concerns |
(Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch. 1, pp. 3-23) (Nunan, 1989, Ch. 1, pp.1-16) |
| 2 | Teacher research as a systematic inquiry | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch. 2, pp. 24-39) |
| 3 | Formulating our research purposes: Problems, questions, aims and objectives | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch. 3, pp. 40-53) |
| 4 | General approaches to teacher research | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch. 4, pp.54-77) |
| 5 | An introduction to teacher research as quantitative investigation | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch.8, pp. 144-168) |
| 6 | A background to data collection in qualitative research | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch.9, pp.171-193) |
| 7 | Collecting and analyzing spoken data in qualitative research | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch.10, pp. 194-218) |
| 8 |
Collecting and analyzing observed data
Classroom observation |
(Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch.11, pp. 219-245)
(Nunan, 1989, Ch. 5, pp. 76-96) |
| 9 | Collecting and analyzing written data | (Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch.12, pp. 246-265) |
| 10 | Collecting and analyzing questionnaire data | Handout |
| 11 |
Reporting research results |
(Lankshear &Knobel, 2004; Ch.16, pp. 359-374 ) |
| 12 | Making research public | (Nunan, 1989, pp. 121-126) |
| 13 | Presentations of the research projects | |
| 14 | Presentations of the research projects | |
Kaynaklar
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook |
Nunan, D. (1989). Understanding Language Classroom. Prentice Hall.
Lankshear, C. and Knobel, M. (2004). A Handbook for Teacher Research. Open University Press. |
| Additional Resources | Gebhard, J.G. & Oprandy, R. (1999). Language Teaching Awareness. Cambridge Language Education. |
Değerlendirme Sistemi
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Reflective Tasks | 10 | 20 |
| Research Project | 1 | 50 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 30 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 70 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Dersin Program Çıktılarına Katkısı
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Conduct research in various areas of English language teaching | x | |||||
| 2 | Assess and develop course materials | x | |||||
| 3 | Assess methods and techniques for teaching various aspects of language | x | |||||
| 4 | Examine and evaluate concepts about education technology and teaching profession, ideas and data with scientific methods | x | |||||
| 5 | Recognize the literary texts such as short story, poem, and novel in English and to be able to use them in teaching language skills. | x | |||||
| 6 | Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing | x | |||||
| 7 | Prepare lesson plans to develop students’ reading, speaking, writing and listening skills in English | x | |||||
| 8 | Develop assessment and measurement skills | x | |||||
| 9 | Compare and contrast the theories of first and second language acquisition | x | |||||
| 10 | Continuously develop their knowledge and skills in order to adapt to a rapidly developing technological environment | x | |||||
| 11 | Evaluate measurement and evaluation tools and English instruction methods in terms of usefulness, validity and reliability. | x | |||||
| 12 | Acquires techniques and practices which are important for the professional development of pre-service and in-service English language teachers and applies them to her/his own teaching. | x | |||||
| 13 | Learns how to apply master teaching skills effectively. | x | |||||
| 14 | Is able to conduct teacher studies in her/his own class and to report the results s/he obtained. | x | |||||
AKTS İş Yükü Tablosu
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 20 | 3 | 60 |
| 10 | 3 | 30 | |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total Work Load | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 194 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7, 76 | ||