CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SUBDEPARTMENT

SOCRATES II – ERASMUS

INFORMATION PACKAGE

Head of Department

Prof. Dr. Adil TÜRKOĞLU

Phone: (+ 90-322) 338 60 76

E-mail :aturkoglu@cu.edu.tr

SOCRATES / ERASMUS – ECTS Coordinator

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmet DOĞANAY

Phone : (+ 90-322) 338 67 33

E-mail : adoganay@cu.edu.tr

Address

Cukurova University

Faculty of Education

Department of Educational Sciences

01330 Balcali – Adana – Turkey

Phone: (+ 90-322) 338 67 33

Fax : (+ 90-322) 338 67 33

CONTENTS

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1.      General Information                                                                                               3

2.      Curriculum                                                                                                             4

3.      Academic Staff                                                                                                      5

4.      Graduate Courses and Course Descriptions                                                          6

5.      Postgraduate Courses and Course Descriptions                                                    17

6.      Master Program for Students who are Graduated from Other than

Education Courses and  Descriptions                                                                      25

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

The main purpose of the subdepartment is to teach courses about pedagogical formation such as “Introduction to Educational Sciences”, “Planning and Evaluation in Education”, “Classroom Menagement” to all other departments that prepare teachers for various curriculum areas and do researches in the area of curriculum development, learning and teaching.  Another purpose of the subdepartment is to give graduate (master degree and doctoral degree) education in the area of curriculum and instruction.

            Various studies have been done by the subdepartment faculties in the foolwing areas:

Learning and teaching theories, educational technology, women education, teaching thinking, democracy and education, total quality menagement in education, classroom menagement, problems of higher education, social studies education, cooperetive learning, educational administration, informal education, comparative education, critical and creative thinking, content organization approaches, darama in education.

There are one full professor, 3 asst. professors, three instructors, and eight research assistants at the subdepartment. There are 38 master degree and 18 doctoral degree students at the subdepartment in 20003-2004 academic year.

http://egitim.cu.edu.tr

The Faculty of Education

Department of Educational Sciences

01330 Balcalı – ADANA

e-mail: ebilbol@cu.edu.tr

2. CURRICULUM

There are two different master degrees and one doctoral program at the subdepartment. 

First master degree program is for students who got an undergraduate degree in educational sciences and classroom teaching departments. Proficiency in a foreign language is required to begin the program. It lasts total 2 years, one year course taking and one year thesis.

Second master degree program is for students who got an undergraduate degree other than educational sciences and classroom teaching. There is a 18 credits  (30 ECTS credits) scientific preparation program which every student in this program should take before beginning the regular master degree program. Proficiency in  a foreign language is also required before beginning the program.

Both the first and the second master degree programs require minimum 21 credits course taking (60 ECTS credits) and a master thesis.

Doctoral program consists of minimum 21 credits (60 ECTS credits) course taking and a dissertation study. This program lasts minimum three years.

Grading systmen at the subdepartment as follows: FF=0.00, FD= 0.50, DD= 1.00, DC= 1.50, CC= 2.00, CB= 2.50, BB= 3.00, BA= 3.50, AA= 4.00:

In master degree program, CC is required to pass a course but BB  is required as mean to be graduated. In doctoral degree program, CB is required to pass a course but BA is required as mean to be graduated. After completing courses, a research study as thesis and dissertaions is required to complete the degrees.

3. ACADEMIC STAFF                                                         E-MAIL ADDRESSES

Prof. Dr. Adil TÜRKOĞLU                                                         aturkoglu@cu.edu.tr

Assistant Prof. Ahmet DOĞANAY                                             adoganay@cu.edu.tr

Assistant Prof. Mahinur KARATAŞ COŞKUN                          mahika@cu.edu.tr

Instructor Tugay AKBULUT                                                       takbulut@cu.edu.tr

Instructor Fatma SADIK                                                              fsadik@cu.edu.tr

Instructor Birsel AYBEK                                                             baybek@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Mehmet KARAKUŞ                            memkar@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Mediha SARI                                      msari@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Mükerrem TAŞ AKBULUT                 mukerrem@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Ruken AKAR                                        rakar@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Banu YAMAN                                                  byaman@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Figen KILIÇ                                                     fkilic@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Özden DEMİR                                                  özdemir@cu.edu.tr

Research Assistant Hasan Berkant GÜNER                                    hberkant@cu.edu.tr

CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SUBDEPARTMENT

GRADUATE PROGRAM

Ø      EGT 700, EGT 701, EGT 705, EGT 702 and EGT 706 are compulsory courses

Ø      Rest of the courses are elective

Ø      Each course is 3 hrs per week

Ø      Courses are taken in two semesters (30 ECTS each)

Course Code : EGT 700

Course Title : Independent Studies for Thesis

Semester : Autumn/Spring

Course Type : Compulsory

Hour/Week : 4

ECTS : 7.5

Course Description : Literatur review techniques, research design, developing measurement devices, data analyse techniques, organisation and presentation of results, techniques for writing thesis report.

Instructor : Graduate Faculties of the Department

Examination : This is a nongraded course

Text Book : Sample research proposals and thesis

Course Code : EGT 701

Course Title : Research Methods in Social Sciences I

Semester : Autumn /Spring

Course Type : Compulsory

Hour/Week : 3