Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
SB203	Teaching Principles and Methods	Compulsory	2	3	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Understanding the basic concept and principles about teaching. Planned study in teaching, grasping the teaching strategy, methods and techniques; using them effectively.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Conceptualize the variety of plans used in teaching and learning
2	Explains the basic components of the curriculum development process.
3	Grasp the basic principles of education.
4
5

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Basic concepts related to teaching; principles of learning and teaching, importance and benefits of planned study in teaching; planning of teaching (annual plan with units, daily plan and samples of activity) , strategies of learning and teaching, teaching techniques and methods and their relation with practice, teaching tools and materials, duty and responsibility of teacher to improve the quality of teaching training, proficiency of teacher.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction of organization of the course, basic concepts about education and instruction
2	Foundational concepts about curriculum development, history of curriculum development.
3	Main elements of a curriculum, types of educational aims and objectives, determination of aims and objectives.
4	Types of educational curricula, main features of a curriculum, main curriculum development theories.
5	Foundations, approaches and models of curriculum development, classification of aims and objectives in education
6	Teaching principles (appropriateness to the child, closer to far, from known to unknown, explicitly, from concrete to abstract, beinc economical, liveliness, hands on learning)
7	Planning instruction and applications (importance and necessity of working with plans, sorts of teaching plans, yearly plans with units, daily plan, lesson plan, and stages of making teaching plans)
8	Mid-term exam
9	Teaching and learning theories (Behavioristic approach, Cognitive Gestalt approach, information processing theory, neuro physiological approach, constructivist approach, multiple intelligence theory)
10	Main teaching strategies (teaching through explanation, teaching through discovery, research and investigation strategy, complete learning model, co-operative learning
11	Teaching methods used in education (direct explanation, demonstration, case study, problem solving
12	Discussion methods in teaching (group discussion, large group discussion, panel, forum, symposium, collegiums, seminar, buzz groups)
13	Project based instruction its theory and practice
14	Teaching techniques (question-answer, demonstration, brain storming, drama, role play, simulations and modeling, six hat thinking, idea development, mikro-teaching, educational games, experiments and laboratory, station, conversation circle, Socratic discussion)
15	Out-class teaching techniques (trips and observation, interviews, homework’s); teaching materials and tools
16	End-of-term exam