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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	İngilizce
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator	Assist. Prof. Dr. AYŞE BETÜL TOPLU
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	This is an applied course aimed at familiarizing teacher trainees with a popular and effective 21st century teaching tool, namely Philosophy for Children and Communities (P4C).
Course Content	During this course, the teacher trainees will learn about what P4C is, how it emerged, what its benefits are, what tools a P4C facilitator uses, how to find a good P4C stimulus and how to form philosophical questions based on a stimulus. They will also be provided the opportunity to apply what they have learned with online (or face-to-face, depending on the pandemic) workshops.

Learning Outcomes

Define the basic notions and approaches in the instruction of English language teaching (ELT).
Identify the relationship between the main concepts in ELT and the instructional practice.
Correlate the concepts of the field of ELT and the teaching profession.
Recognize the methods of production of scientific cognition.
Interpret the relationship between the language education and the culture.
Exemplify instructional programs, strategies, methods and techniques relating to the instruction of English language teaching.
Classify students’ capacity, habits or difficulties in acquiring a foreign language.
Clarify the concepts and the processes relating to Enlish language teaching at large.
Develop skills for idenfiying problems and proposing solutions to the problems in ELT.
Appreciate the understanding and the analysis of the concepts and the processes relating to language instruction.
Apply the most appropriate instructional strategies, methods and techniques by contemplating the differences in individual learning styles of the students.
Use appropriate materials to provide the optimum instructional efficiency in accordance with the subject field and students’ backgrounds.
Apply the classroom management skills and technologies to promote positive attitude towards English language learning.
Present their own oral or written views and suggestions on English language teaching.
Take full responsibility under any condition.
Design original activities involving the practical use of English in daily life.
Outline individual or team work to solve the problems relating to the profession.
Develop a positive attitude towards acquiring information.
Determine the acquired and further required information on English language teaching.
Apply what is necessary to cope with recent developments and innovations in technology regarding English language teaching.
Participate actively in artistic and cultural activities and field trips.
Use English to follow the national and international developments in the field.
Accommodate self with what is necessary to lead students and the society.
Assist students in developing a positive attitude towards acquiring information on language.
Practice for self improvement and self promotion for professional advancement in the field.
Develop material and resources utilizing the software and the related technology on the instruction of English language.
Develop the tests, evaluation techniques and instruction tools for English language teaching.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	What is P4C? What are its benefits?
2	Sample P4C Session - 1
3	Theoretical background and history of P4C
4	Who is a P4C facilitator? What are her/his tools? Sample P4C Session - 2
5	Branches of philosophy How to find a good P4C stimulus? Sample P4C stimuli (In-class workshop on using picture books as stimuli) Assignment 1 - Stimulus Hunt Project
6	How to form philosophical questions? (In-class workshop on forming philosophical questions based on different stimuli)
7	Sample P4C Session - 3 How to evaluate a P4C session? Assignment 2 - Evaluating a P4C session
8	Midterm Week
9	Spicing up our P4C sessions
10	Student Applications - 1
11	Student Applications - 2
12	Student Applications - 3
13	Student Applications - 4
14	Student Applications - 5

Resources

1- Thinking in Education, Matthew Lipman (available as an e-book at the library).

2- Big ideas for little kids : teaching philosophy through children's literature, Thomas E. Wartenberg (available as an e-book at the library).

3- Creating Enquiring Minds, Sara Stanley.

4- Transforming Thinking: Philosophical Inquiry in the Primary and Secondary Classroom, Catherine C. McCall (also available in Turkish, Düşünmeyi Dönüştürmek).

5- The If Machine, Peter Worley (also available in Turkish, Felsefe Makinesi).

6- The Philosophical Child, Jana Mohr Lone (also available in Turkish, Filozof Çocuk).

7- Öğretmenler için Çocuklarla Felsefe (P4C) Rehberi, Nihan Akkocaoğlu Çayır.

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