Second Cycle Programmes (Master Degree)

General Description

History

The department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education (Physics Teacher Education) has offered Master of Science Degree since 1999 and 9 students are enrolled in the program at present.

Qualification Awarded

Physics Teacher Education, Master’s Degree

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master’s Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelors Degree) diploma, minimum score of 65 from the nation-wide Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields, acceptable minimum score of 50 from Foreign Language (German, English, French) Exams (UDS/KPDS) or the equivalent exams scores obtained from TOEFL/IELTS/etc. or being successful at the foreign language examination of the Institute (minimum score of 70) and being successful at the science examination (interview) of the Institute in the related fields (with a minimum score of 65). If the student will attend the graduate school for a foreign language study he has to pass the language test from another language. MS canditates should be present their first cycle transcipts.
Their interview grades are calculated as 60 % of their written exam grade + 40 % their oral exam grades.
Candidates whose interview grades are 65 and above will be considered successfull according to the DEU Graduate School Regulations. Their ALES grades, cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and interviewing grades are calculated as their Evaluation Grades.
Evaluation Grades: % 50 of their ALES grades, % 25 of their cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and % 25 of their interview grades.
Graduation from a physics education department of a faculty of education or physics department of a faculty of science and letters or Graduation from a science education department of a faculty of education or having a physics teacher certificate or Graduation from a physics engineering department.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, one seminar course, and a thesis study, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme are 120 ECTS.
In addition to students midterm and final grades, students reports, quiz results, seminar presentations and project results can be used to evaluate the students semester performances. In order for a student to be successful, he has to get minimum 75 out of 100 (2.5 out of 4.00). Seminar lesson and the thesis are considered as non credit courses and students are evaluated as successful and unsuccessful.
A MS student,, must write the results of the thesis according to the specifications of the Graduate School Thesis Writing Guide and must defend the thesis in front of a jury with an oral presentation. After oral presentation, the jury vote the thesis as acceptance, reject or correction. A student may be given, by a decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School, up to three months to complete the corrections and defend his thesis in front of the same jury.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Profile of the Programme

The aim of the program is to provide specific knowledge and skills in the field of physics education and to support the candidates to develop their skills for solving the problems related to the field of Physics Education by using research methods. The language of instruction is both Turkish (75%) and English (25%).

Key Learning Outcomes

1 Graduates will interpret the knowledge within the field by integrating the information gathered from different disciplines and formulating new knowledge.
2 Graduates will solve the problems related to Physics Education by using research methods.
3 Graduates will conduct studies independently that require proficiency in the field.
4 Graduates will resent current developments and his/her own studies in the field to groups using written and oral techniques.
5 Graduates will use a foreign language effectively in the field.
6 Graduates will use advanced informatics and communication technology skills in the field.
7 Graduates will have knowledge within the field of Physics Education at proficiency level.
8 Graduates will understand the relationships between the disciplines relevant to Physics Education.
9 Graduates will use theoretical and practical knowledge in the field.
10 Graduates will demonstrate leadership in contexts that require solving problems related to Physics Education.
11 Graduates will adopt and use strategies for lifelong learning.
12 Graduates will analyze the social relations in professional environments from a critical perspective.
13 Graduates will conduct field studies in accordance with ethical values.
14 Graduates will use knowledge and his/her experiences in interdisciplinary studies.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Our postgraduates enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers and in many other areas of the public service as civil servants or researchers at universities.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Masters Degree may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Academic Plan consists of 2 compulsory and 24 elective courses. There is a total of 24 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 12 courses in fall and 12 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 6 / 173 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 0 – ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE – – – 30
TOTAL: 30
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 FMF 5007 STRUCTURE OF MATTER AND MECHANICS TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 2 EBE 5037 INQUIRY – BASED SCIENCE TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 3 FMF 5011 ACTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN PHYSICS INSTRUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 4 FMF 5015 THE ARGUMENT BASED APPROACH ON THE LIMITATIONS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS SUBJECTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 5 EBE 5003 STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 6 FMF 5021 APPROXIMATIONS AND TECHNIQUES OF LABORATORY IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 7 FMF 5025 PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 8 FMF 5009 PHYSICS IN DAILY LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 9 FMF 5027 TEACHING OF MODERN PHYSICS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 10 FMF 5031 RADIATION AND RISK IN EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 11 FMF 5023 TERMINOLOGY IN PHYSICS AND PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 12 FMF 5035 CRITICAL THINKING IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10
G 13 EBE 5001 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 14 EBE 5005 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF INSTRUCTIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 15 FMF 5037 FUN PHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 FMF 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3
B 2 FMF 5098 EXPERTISE FIELD COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3
B 0 – ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE – – – 24
TOTAL: 30
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 EBE 5000 USING OF COMPUTER IN ACCESING AND REPORTING THE KNOWLEDGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 2 FMF 5032 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 3 FMF 5002 TEACHING ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM AT SECONDARY LEVEL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 4 FMF 5024 APTITUDE CRITERIA FOR PHYSICS TEACHERS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 5 FMF 5034 VISUAL LEARNING AND GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 6 FMF 5038 DEVELOPING SCIENCE ACTIVITIES IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 7 FMF 5036 RADIOECOLOGY AND ITS TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 8 FMF 5018 TECHNOLOGY ASSISTED PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 9 FMF 5004 TOPICAL SUBJECT IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 10 FMF 5006 CONCEPTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN PHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 11 FMF 5000 ALTERNATIVE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES IN PHYSICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10
B 12 FMF 5012 HISTORY OF PHYSICS AND THE REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10
B 13 EBE 5002 TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 14 FMF 5010 EXAMINATION OF PHYSICS PROGRAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
B 15 FMF 5026 SCIENTIFIC PROJECT DESIGN IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 FMF 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL: 30
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 FMF 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL: 30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Students must attend classes, practices and examinations. In order for students to qualify for midterms they should attend 70% of the theoretical classes and 80% of the application/lab classes. Students attendance is followed by their Instructor. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations: One midterm examination (given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester) and one final exam. The instructor announces the weekly course content, the course book and how students will be evaluated and the dates of the exams to the students and the Institute at the beginning of the semester. The instructor evaluated the students depending on their midterm and final grades, attendance to the class, their additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments which were presented at the beginning of the semester.
A make up exam is offered for graduate classes. Upon the approval of the Institute Board students can take the exam from the lessons that they have already passed in order to increase their GPA.
To be able to pass a lesson a graduate student must have minimum CB.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, one seminar course, and thesis, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 120 ECTS. Graduation requirements in detail are explained in the section Qualification Requirements and Regulations.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time