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FACULTY of EDUCATION / DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING
Physics Teaching
Course Catalog
www.trabzon.edu.tr
Phone: +90 0462 3777381

FACULTY of EDUCATION / DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING / Physics Teaching
Katalog Ana Sayfa
  Katalog Ana Sayfa  KTÜ Ana Sayfa   Katalog Ana Sayfa
 
 

FOUNDATION & HISTORY  
In 1982, with the establishment of education faculties in Turkiye, the division of physics education was founded under the Science Education Department. Until 1998, the division of physics education ran a four-year undergraduate program with the aim of preparing physics teachers for secondary schools. After 1998, with the reconstructing education faculties' project, it ran a five-year undergraduate program. However, with decision to run four-year undergraduate program it was again started to carry out four-year undergraduate program to educate physics teachers in 2014. According to the decision dated 17.06.2016 numbered 36826 of Higher Education Council, it was begun to be found under Mathematics and Science Education Department. Physics content courses in the program are taught by the members of Science and Literature Faculty and pedagogical content courses are taught by the members of Fatih Faculty of Education.
QUALIFICATION AWARDED  
The students who have successfully completed all of the thought courses of the programme with 240 ECTS credits and achieved a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 are given Bachelor's Degree in PHYSICS EDUCATION
LEVEL of QUALIFICATION:  
First Cycle Degree  
MODE of STUDY  
Full Time
ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS  
1 - Entry into higher education in Turkey is through The Student Selection and Placement Examinations (YGS, LYS). The placement into most of the first cycle degree programmes is made solely based on the scores obtained from this exam. Students taking the exam make their choices of degree programmes, and send their list to The Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), which is affiliated to The Higher Education Council (YÖK). The ÖSYM receives all the applications, group the applications with respect to the score type (such as languages, literature, science, and social sciences), list them from the highest score to the lowest, list all the available degree programmes based on the demand for them, and places the students with sufficient scores to one of the selections they have made.
OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME  
One of the main objectives of physics education division is to run five year graduate program based on contemporary approaches. The aims of the program are that teacher candidates are able to;
-know and use contemporary assessment and evaluation approaches
-design learning environments by means of instructional technologies
-use different special teaching methods and techniques in their teaching
-follow new developments and innovations in their field.
RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING  
The "Directive on Recognition of Prior Learning", Senate Decision No. 340 issued on July 28, 2023, has been accepted and entered into force regarding the students registered in all programs of Karadeniz Technical University to determine the principles to be followed for the recognition, crediting, and adaptation of the achievements acquired by the students at non-university institutions.

In this Directive,

- recognition of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired with special interest through an exemption exam to be substituted as program courses,
- recognition of workplace and internship experiences through portfolio evaluation to be substituted as program courses,
- and the crediting of certificates received from accredited institutions regarding students' special interests are covered.

Announcements of courses included in the scope of recognition of prior learning, applications, and evaluation will be made on the dates specified in the academic calendar. Recognition of prior learning will offer numerous benefits to our students and employers. For our students, increasing professional development and mobility in the labour market, preventing repetition of education and waste of time, providing early graduation, reducing the cost of learning, encouraging learning, and increasing the student's motivation and self-confidence can be counted among the benefits of recognition of prior learning. From the employers' perspectives, it will contribute to satisfying skill or competence deficiencies in the workplace, reducing the time employees spend outside the workplace for training purposes, and thus using resources more efficiently.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS  
The degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all the courses in the curriculum including summer practices, with a CGPA of 2.00 out of 4.00.
EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS  
Every term, students are subjected to various mid-term studies (mid-term exams, presentation, project, seminars, quizzes, assignment, laboratory practices, etc.,) and end-of-term examinations. The contribution of both mid-term and end-of-term examinations to overall score is 50%. Marks are assigned out of 100 points. In order to attend to the end-of-term examination of a course, students must attend at least 70% of its theoretical part and if there are practical and/or laboratory sessions, they must attend 80% of them. It is required to obtain 40 out of 100 points from end-of-term examination of a course regardless of its midterm examination mark. In calculating the end-of-term mark, if a class size is more than 10, "Norm-Referenced Assessment System" is employed, whereas if a class size is less than 10, "Criterion-Referenced Assessment System" is employed. Students are regarded as successful if they get any of such scores as AA, BA, BB, BC or CC. In the case of having DC, which is a conditional mark, students can pass the course as long as they have a CGPA of at least 2.0 out of 4.0 for that term. Students having the marks from DD to FF fail. Students can take make-up examinations from all courses that they have failed at the end of the each term as long as these courses are belong to that term. In order to have detailed information about Examinations, Assessment and Evaluation, please visit the following web page at
http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/Metin.Aspx?MevzuatKod=8.5.16677&MevzuatIliski=0&sourceXmlSearch=
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS  
The graduation requirements for Division of Physics Education are the same as the qualification requirements and regulations. There is no additional requirement to secure the Bachelor's Degree provided that the students have passed all the courses in the curriculum with at least a DC grade, had a cumulative gross point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES  
After completing this program, students have a bachelor degree in physics education. Having this degree, students are employed in both official and private secondary schools as a physics teacher.
ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES  
The students who have successfully graduated from the department may apply to post graduate programmes in the field of Physics Education here and in other universities, as well as other fields accepting student from the field of physics education.
CONTACT INFORMATION  
Postal Adress
Phone: 3777381
Fax: 2487344
E-Mailmat.fen.bil.egt.bol@gmail.com
Web Adresswww.trabzon.edu.tr
DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : 
Our division has a 25-PC computer laboratory, eight classrooms, four of which are equipped with a projector and an instructor's PC. The classrooms can accommodate up to 40 students. There is also an amphitheater which can accommodate up to 80 students. Besides, our division has a technology laboratory equipped with a projector, computer, smart board, an episcope, an overhead projector and an audio-visual system. The lectures held in this laboratory aim to make pre-service teachers competent to use technology effectively in their future professional life. The division has also a library inside the faculty.