At the end of the course students will be able to;
- Explain basic definitions, concepts, and processes of curriculum development in physics education.
- Understand the relation of elements of the curriculum.
- Explain philosophical and social aspects of different curriculum patterns.
- Explain principles of instruction, planning and the importance of planning in educational practices.
- Be familiar with strategies in content selection and organization.
- Comprehend taxonomies of educational objective.
- Develop unit, weekly, and daily plans for physics course.
- Explain the structure of the Turkish national physics curriculum.
- Outline the sequence of the topics in Turkish high school physics curriculum.
- Explain the historical background of physics curriculum developments in Turkey.
- Compare high school physics curriculum with a contemporary physics curriculum.
- Evaluate a physics curriculum in terms of the elements of a curriculum.