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  Course Description
Course Name : Fieldwork Research I

Course Code : SBÖ 733

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 6

Name of Lecturer(s) : Assoc.Prof.Dr. MUZAFFER SÜMBÜL

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Comprehends and performs the required preliminaries before doing the sceintific research.
Learns observation and interview techniques as part of fieldwork and performs this according to social sciences.
Learns to prepare interview table as part of fieldwork and performs this according to social sciences.
Learns the features of the tools used during fieldwork and performs accordingly.
Understands how the collected data should be classified and kept and performs accordingly.
Learns the concepts of scientific research, fieldwork and Project and explains them within the context of methods in social sciences.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The aim of this course is to help students comprehend the methods and techniques used in scientific research in order to reach reliable results.

Course Contents : The following topics are in the scope of this course: methods and tecniques that make up the field of scientific research; observation, interview, benefiting from source and guide people with the help of interview table, preparations before fieldwork research, and collecting, classifying and keeping the data.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Clasroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Project of Scientific Research None Lecture
2 Methods in Social Sciences Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
3 Methods of Fieldwork Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
4 Preliminaries in the fieldwork Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
5 Techniques in the fieldwork: Interview Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
6 Techniques in the fieldwork: Interview Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
7 Techniques in the fieldwork: Observation Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
8 Mid-term exam Read the related articles and book chapters paper
9 Techniques in the fieldwork: observation Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
10 Techniques in the fieldwork: Interview table (question paper) Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
11 Techniques in the fieldwork: benefiting from source and guide people Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
12 Tools used during fieldwork: Recorder, camera and movie camera Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
13 Tools used during fieldwork: Recorder, camera and movie camera Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
14 classifying and keeping the data collected during research Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
15 classifying and keeping the data collected during research Read the related articles and book chapters Small Group Discussion-Lecture-Seminar-Case Analysis
16/17 Final exam field research seminar


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Emerson, R.M. , Fretz, R.I, Shav, L.L. Bütün Yönleriyle Alan Çalışması Etnografik Alan Notları Yazımı, Çev.: A. Erkan KOCA, 1.Baskı, Birleşik Yayınları, Cantekin Matbaası, Ankara 2008
  ÖRNEK, Sedat Veyis, Türk Halk Bilimi, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 2000
 Kümbetoğlu, Belkıs, Sosyolojide ve Antropolojide Niteliksel Yöntem ve Araştırma, 1.Basım, Bağlam Yayınları:260, Önsöz basım yayıncılık İstanbul 2005
 Goldstein, Kenneth S., Sahada Folkor Derleme Methodları, Çev.:Prof. Dr. Ahmet E. Uysal, 2. Basım Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Milli Folklor araştırma Dairesi Yayınları:49 Başbakanlık Basımevi Ankara, 1983
 Karasar, Niyazi, Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi, Ankara, 1991.
 Gökçe, Birsen, Toplumsal Bilimlerde Araştırma, Ankara, 1988.
 Alaçam, Erol, Bilimsel Etkinlik ve Yayım, TÜBİTAK, Ankara, 1995.
 Türkdoğan, Orhan, Bilimsel Değerlendirme ve Araştırma Metodolojisi, İstanbul,1989
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 2 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Describes teaching strategies, methods and techniques at the level of expertise based on his/her undergraduate proficiency. 2
2 Defines scientific research and analysis methods used in social sciences. 5
3 Explains Elementary Education and its basic principles. 3
4 Explains the theories of development and learning theories within the scope of primary education. 0
5 Explains the interdisiplinary interaction in the field. 4
6 Explains the information in elementary education subject areas (Social Studies, Turkish, Science, Mathematics, etc.) at the level of expertise. 5
7 Relates information in the primary education field with the information in other fields. 5
8 Describes the theoretical and practical information in the field at a level of expertise. 3
9 Criticizes the applications in the elementary education field at national and international levels. 3
10 Plans and executes scientific research. 4
11 Applies teaching methods and techniques based on his/her knowledge obtained at undergraduate level. 2
12 Manages a study requiring expertise in the field independently. 5
13 Works in a team or leads the team in the situations that require solving field-related problems. 5
14 Questions scientific and social issues from new perspectives. 5
15 Conducts studies in the field within the framework of lifelong learning. 3
16 Follows the technological developments. 4
17 By supporting it with qualitative and quantitative data, student presents a scientific work carried out in the field of elementary education in a written, oral or visual way to people who are experts or not experts in the field. 5
18 Uses information and communication technologies effectively. 4
19 Uses the languages in European portfolio at a level which enables him/her to understand the information related to the field and to carry out written and oral communication. 2
20 Considers the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values while carrying out a scientific research or project or interpreting a study in the field. 5
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 4 56
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 13 26
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 2 15 30
    Final Exam 1 3 3
Total Workload: 157
Total Workload / 25 (h): 6.28
ECTS Credit: 6