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PEML7190 | Behavior settings in open spaces | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sema MUMCU | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | Students will be able to discuss human-place relationship in environmental design with an ecological approach. By learning Behavior Setting Theory they will be able to analyze human-place relationship from different point of views like social, physical etc. at the same time. They will gain the knowledge of using theoric concepts from behavior setting theory as a research tool for environmental design researches. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | learn behavior setting theory and its basic terms | 1,2 | 1,3,5 | PO - 2 : | use this terms effectively in an environment-behavior rsearch | 1,2 | 3,5,6 | PO - 3 : | analyze activities in urban open spaces in terms of behavior settings | 1,2 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Behavior Setting Theory, essential features and basic principals, its approach to human-place relationship, ecological psychology. Basic concepts; behavior patterns, synomorphy, milieu. How to use in environment-behavior research. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Introduction | | Week 2 | Ecological psychology | | Week 3 | Behavior Setting Theory; basic principals, essential features | | Week 4 | Defining properties of behavior settings | | Week 5 | Theoretical concepts (behavior patterns, synomorphy, milieu) | | Week 6 | Behavior Setting survey | | Week 7 | Examples from environment-behavior researches with behavior setting survey. | | Week 8 | Examples from environment-behavior researches with behavior setting survey. | | Week 9 | Exam week | | Week 10 | Developing a research with a behavior setting survey: Identifying a research problem about human-place relationship from nearby environment. | | Week 11 | Literature research about the determined problem, establishing theoretical frame, discuss with lecturer. | | Week 12 | Preparing presentations. | | Week 13 | Student presentations | | Week 14 | Student presentations | | Week 15 | Final exams week | | Week 16 | Final exams week | | |
1 | Barker, R. G. (1968). Ecological Psychology: Concepts and Methods for Studying the Environment of Human Behavior. Stanford University Press, Stanford. | | 2 | Wicker, W. (1979). An Introduction to Ecological Psychology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | | |
1 | Schoggen, P. (1989). Behavior Settings: A Revision and Extension of Roger G. Barker?s Ecological Psychology. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 11 | 33 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 4 | 12 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ödev | 6 | 9 | 54 | Proje | 4 | 6 | 24 | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 4 | 16 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Diğer 1 | 4 | 10 | 40 | Total work load | | | 224 |
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