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  Course Description
Course Name : Fieldwork Research II

Course Code : SBÖ 734

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 : Learns the concepts of scientific research, fieldwork and Project and explains them within the context of methods of social sciences.
In scientific research, student comprehends examples of fieldwork and interprets them within the context of scientific reseach ethics.
Comprehends and practises note-taking during observation and interview.
Learns to prepare interview table as part of fieldwork and uses it according to social sciences.
Knows the computer applications on inventory and analysis of fieldwork .
Comprehends and practises the act of writing report on the collected data.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : This course aims to help students comprehend fieldwork methods and techniques used in order to reach reliable and valid research results. It is also aimed that at the end of this course students will be able to carry out scientific studies and report on them.

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

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Readings on sample fieldwork None Lecture
2 Assessment of sample fieldwok Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
3 Assessment of sample fieldwok Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
4 Assessment of sample fieldwok Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
5 Ethnographic writing: note taking and writing in the field Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
6 Ethnographic writing: processing field notes: coding and classifying Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
7 Ethnographic writing: reporting on the field notes ,reseach notes Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
8 Mid-term exam Read the related research samples Seminar
9 Ethnographic writing: reporting on field notes, reseach notes Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
10 Fieldwork and computer applications Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
11 Fieldwork and computer applications Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
12 Fieldwork and computer applications Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
13 Tools used during fieldwork: Recorder, camera and movie camera Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
14 classifying and keeping the data collected during research Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
15 classifying and keeping the data collected during research Read the related research samples Lecture-Seminar-Small Group Discussion
16/17 final exam Read the related research samples paper


  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
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 3 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. 5
2 Defines scientific research and analysis methods used in social sciences. 5
3 Explains Elementary Education and its basic principles. 4
4 Explains the theories of development and learning theories within the scope of primary education. 4
5 Explains the interdisiplinary interaction in the field. 3
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. 4
9 Criticizes the applications in the elementary education field at national and international levels. 3
10 Plans and executes scientific research. 5
11 Applies teaching methods and techniques based on his/her knowledge obtained at undergraduate level. 4
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. 4
14 Questions scientific and social issues from new perspectives. 4
15 Conducts studies in the field within the framework of lifelong learning. 5
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. 3
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 4 56
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 3 13 39
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 2 11 22
    Final Exam 1 3 3
Total Workload: 148
Total Workload / 25 (h): 5.92
ECTS Credit: 6