Second Cycle Programmes (Master Degree)

General Description

History

The department of Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education has offered Master of Science Degree since 1999.

Qualification Awarded

Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education, Master’s Degree

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master’s Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

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

Successful students who have completed at least one semester in the graduate program of another institute within the university or another higher education institution may apply for a transfer in the announced dates if the quota is determined by the Board of Directors. The conditions for admission of the transfer are determined by the institute board.

Exemption requests of students for the courses taken at graduate program of another department/university with a successful grade are evaluated by the Administrative Board of the Institute by the recommendation of the head of the departments according to the provisions of Dokuz Eylül University Exemption and Adaptation Directives.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The program consists of a minimum of seven courses, a seminar course and a thesis study, but not less than 21 local credits. The program contains compulsory and elective courses. The student workload for a semester is 30 ECTS, the total workload required to complete the master’s program with thesis is 120 ECTS.

In addition to midterm and final exams, learning activities such as reports, assignments, quizzes, seminar presentations and project studies can be used in the performance evaluation of the student during the semester. In order for the student to be successful in this course, this grade must be at least 75 out of 100 (at least 2.50 out of 4.00). Seminar, thesis work and specialization courses are evaluated as successful / unsuccessful.

Profile of the Programme

The program is designed to promote personal and professional growth for elementary mathematics education fields. The language of instruction is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1 Student will be able to have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, do his/her profession fondly
2 Student will be able to plan teaching process, make and apply activities, have the abilities of measurement and evaluation
3 Student will be able to have basic computer skills
4 Student will be able to do presentations in his/her own language
5 Student will be able to gain in the ability of life-long learning
6 Student will be able to associate his/her mathematical knowledge with daily life problems and have the ability of application of these knowledge
7 Student will be able to explain their opinions logically using mathematical language and communicate
8 Student will be able to understand mathematical concepts and generalizations, associate them and use the reasoning ability using them
9 Student will be able to have the abilities of patience, perseverance, effort, attention, self-esteem and self-regulation in mathematical learning and teaching and improve these characteristics
10 Student will be able to develop the ability to follow, interpret scientific literature in the field
11 Student will be able to acquire knowledge and skills on basic research methods in the field
12 Student will be able to do scientific research using the knowledge and skills on basic research methods
13 Student will be able to report the scientific researches done
14 Student will be able to present the scientific researches reported
15 Student will be able to acquire ability to use scientific methods in candidates profession

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education 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. In addition, students may work in the instructional technology related areas of the private sector.

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 12 elective courses. There is a total of 12 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 7 courses in fall and 5 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 6 / 81 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 1 İME 5023 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8
G 2 EBE 5039 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 0 ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE 17
TOTAL: 30
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 EBE 5003 STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 2 İME 5011 PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 3 İME 5015 PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 4 İME 5001 CONCEPTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 5 İME 5029 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 6 İME 5017 DATA MINING IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
G 7 İME 5019 LEARNING AND TEACHING ALGEBRAIC THINKING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 8 İME 5025 KNOWLEDGE QUARTET IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 9 İME 5027 INVESTIGATION OF THE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
G 10 İME 5003 CURRENT RESEARCH IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 İME 5028 LEARNING THEORIES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8
B 2 İME 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3
B 0 ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE 19
TOTAL: 30
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 EBE 5002 TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 2 EBE 5000 USING OF COMPUTER IN ACCESING AND REPORTING THE KNOWLEDGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 3 İME 5010 CREATIVE ACTIVITIES REGARDING CONCEPTS TEACHING IN MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 4 İME 5016 NEW APPROACHES IN GEOMETRY TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 5 İME 5020 DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 6 İME 5040 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 7 İME 5026 GAME AND DRAMA IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 8 İME 5032 MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 9 İME 5034 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 10 İME 5036 LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
B 11 İME 5038 METHODOLOGICAL DESIGNS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
B 12 İME 5024 NEW APPROACHES IN ANALYSIS TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 İME 5198 EXPERTISE FIELD COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3
G 2 İME 5199 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 27
TOTAL: 30
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 İME 5198 EXPERTISE FIELD COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3
G 2 İME 5199 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 27
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

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Division: Prof. Dr. Berna CANTÜRK GÜNHAN
E-mail: berna.gunhan@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 212 301 23 38
ECTS/DS Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe TEKİN DEDE
E-mail: ayse.tekin@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 212 301 23 32
Dokuz Eylul University
Buca Faculty of Education
Uğur Mumcu Cad. 135. Sk. No:5
35150 Buca-İZMİR/ TÜRKİYE