Our graduate program was first opened as a joint program between Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Education Science Education Department and Düzce University Science Institute in the 2014-2015 academic year, and our graduate students started to be included in the program as of this year. As of 2017 Fall semester, our graduate program continues its education independently.
In today's world, where the accumulation of knowledge is increasing rapidly, there is a need for highly specialized manpower in this field, as in other professional professions. The program allows science teachers and other professionals who want to increase their knowledge and skills in this field to specialize and develop themselves in their field. Thus, it is aimed not only to train the postgraduate level manpower needed by our country, but also to contribute to the solution of education problems with more scientific methods through these trained personnel.
Goals
1. To become a well-equipped branch of science that provides graduate education in the field of science education, conducts research, and ensures and improves its physical and academic continuity.
2. To create a research environment that produces solutions, designs, develops and implements programs for education and training problems in the field of science education by using quantitative and qualitative scientific research methods effectively.
3. To become a department that produces permanent solutions with new approaches and develops programs for current problems or unforeseen complex situations that arise during the implementation of science education.
4. To train well-trained and well-equipped specialists, science teachers and academicians at national and international level.
Graduates of the Science Education Master's Program attain a master's degree.
Master
The principles regarding student admission and registration to the Master's Program in Science Education under the Mathematics and Science Education Department are as follows.
(1) Students who will apply to the Master's program with thesis must meet the minimum requirements specified in the Graduate Education Regulations of Düzce University.
(2) The secretariat of the master's program with thesis is conducted by Düzce University Graduate Education Institute.
(3) Announcement, application acceptance, evaluation and examination procedures for student recruitment are carried out by the institute in charge of the secretariat.
(4) Evaluation and entrance examination of the students who apply to the Master's program with thesis are carried out by a jury of three people, at least two of which are determined by the executive institute. The rules of Düzce University Graduate Education and Examination regulations are applied in the entrance exam.
(5) The student has all the registration, acceptance and tuition fee payment procedures done at the announced institute within the legal period, carries out all the requested procedures with the institute to which he/she is registered until he/she graduates, and is subject to the regulations of this institute.
The conditions for student admission to the Duzce University Science Teaching Master's Program are as follows.
Candidates who have at least four (4) years of undergraduate education (Science Teaching, Physics Teaching, Chemistry Teaching, Biology Teaching, Mathematics Teaching Graduates, Undergraduate Graduates with Formation, Undergraduate Graduates and Teaching Teachers, etc.) can apply. In the post-application evaluation: 50% of the ALES exam result, 20% of the science exam result expressed out of 100%, 10% of the undergraduate grade point average, 20% of the interview evaluation result are taken into consideration. The result of the evaluation must be at least 55 out of 100. The quotas are filled by starting from the students with the highest total score.
In order to obtain a master's degree at Düzce University, in accordance with the "Duzce University Postgraduate Education Regulations", a master's program with thesis must have at least 60 (sixty) ECTS credits, including at least eight courses including seminar course and a thesis work, a total of at least 120 ECTS credits.
Students enrolled in DU might be exempted from certain courses within the framework of certain regulations. A student can be exempted from a certain course provided related course content previously received from another institution complies with that of DU, which is subject to approval and verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.
Recognition of Education Abroad
DU recognises academic terms and courses studied by a student that has been involved in an exchange programme for one or two terms at the universities with which a partnership was established.
Students that are selected to avail themselves of Student Mobility for Studies under ERASMUS are obliged to draw up an education agreement with relevant ERASMUS Unit Coordination prior to the mobility term. The education agreement demonstrates the courses to be studied at the partner university the student intends to go, as well as appropriate ECTS credits.
In addition to this, students shall be asked to issue a Recognition Sheet, which refers to the equivalent of foreign courses in DU, so that the credit transfer is planned and approved.
At the end of the exchange term, the courses studied abroad are recorded and demonstrated in the transcript, together with the original course codes and names and ECTS credits. Pursuant to ERASMUS Programme and Collaboration Agreements concluded thereunto, official transcripts will quote, an abbreviation signal of ET, European Transfer, for the courses studied abroad.
Science Education, with its graduate program based on contemporary approaches in graduate education; It aims to train qualified individuals who are aware of contemporary assessment-evaluation approaches, who can organize teaching activities in line with technological developments, who can use different teaching methods and strategies in teaching processes, and who can follow the studies in their field.
| No | Program Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | To have comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of education in general, theory and practice in subject area education in particular, and basic concepts and theories of different disciplines that will contribute to this knowledge |
| 2 | To know the ways to reach the information necessary for lifelong learning |
| 3 | To be able to plan, organize and evaluate effective instruction in line with educational purposes and student needs by using the theoretical and applied content knowledge of the field of education |
| 4 | To be able to benefit from educational technologies in different teaching environments |
| 5 | To be able to examine the studies in the field from a scientific point of view, to evaluate the data, to produce solution suggestions |
| 6 | To have scientific literacy and at least a B1 level foreign language proficiency to follow the developments in the field all over the world |
| 7 | To be able to follow scientific discussions on the field, to make comments through scientific inquiry in this framework |
| 8 | To create scientific working platforms in order to solve the problems encountered in applications |
| 9 | To be able to prepare and carry out solution-oriented projects for social problems in a way that contributes to the school-society cooperation |
| 10 | To follow the developments in the field through professional activities such as publications, seminars, conferences, workshops and to share the achievements with other experts and non-experts |
| 11 | To be innovative, intellectual, conscious of society, environment and social justice, self-confident and respectful to ethical values |
In private and public schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education, they attend middle school science courses as a "Science teacher".
After graduation, graduate students in Science Education can continue their doctorate programs in the relevant field.
Our master's program trains qualified science education specialists in public and private institutions.
For each course, the method of assessment and grading is defined "Course Information Form" in details.
In order to obtain a master's degree at Düzce University, in accordance with the "Duzce University Postgraduate Education Regulations", a master's program with thesis must have at least 60 (sixty) ECTS credits, including at least eight courses including seminar course and a thesis work, a total of at least 120 ECTS credits.
Full-Time
