School/Faculty/Institute |
Graduate School of Social Sciences |
Course Code |
LSC 551 |
Course Title in English |
Educational Neuroscience |
Course Title in Turkish |
Eğitim Nörobilimi |
Language of Instruction |
TR |
Type of Course |
Flipped Classroom,Lecture |
Level of Course |
Intermediate |
Semester |
Spring |
Contact Hours per Week |
Lecture: 3 |
Recitation: - |
Lab: - |
Other: - |
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Estimated Student Workload |
130 hours per semester |
Number of Credits |
5 ECTS |
Grading Mode |
Standard Letter Grade
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Pre-requisites |
None |
Expected Prior Knowledge |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
Registration Restrictions |
Master's students only |
Overall Educational Objective |
- |
Course Description |
This graduate course aims to introduce students to the fundamental aspects of learning, by focusing on the structures and functions of the human brain, and the principles of learning, memory formation and consolidation. In the scope of this course, the physiology of neurons, human cognition, and how individual variations occur in learning will be discussed. |
Course Description in Turkish |
Bu lisansüstü dersin amacı öğrencilere insan beyninin temel yapılarını ve işlevlerini, öğrenme süreçlerinin, hafıza oluşumunun ve konsolidasyonunun temellerini anlayarak öğrenmenin doğasını tanıtmaktır. Bu ders kapsamında, nöronların fizyolojisi, insan bilişi ve öğrenmede bireysel farklılıkların nasıl ortaya çıktığı tartışılacaktır. |
Course Learning Outcomes and Competences
Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) integrate neuroscience concepts into their field of study
2) elaborate on the main empirical evidence and studies in the relevant literature
3) analyze and discuss the principles of memory formation and consolidation
4) design experiment related to the scope of a research question
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Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
N None |
S Supportive |
H Highly Related |
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Program Outcomes and Competences |
Level |
Assessed by |
Prepared by and Date |
, |
Course Coordinator |
MUSTAFA ÖZCAN |
Semester |
Spring |
Name of Instructor |
Öğr. Gör. ESİN TUNA |
Course Contents
Week |
Subject |
1) |
The Cells of the Nervous System |
2) |
Nervous Systems and Brain I |
3) |
Nervous Systems and Brain II |
4) |
Human Genetics: the Biological Basis of Individuality |
5) |
Perception |
6) |
Representations in brain |
7) |
Attention |
8) |
Learning and Memory |
9) |
Cellular Mechanisms of Implicit Memory Storage |
10) |
The Hippocampus and the Neural Basis of Explicit Memory Storage
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11) |
Language and Meaning |
12) |
Neurobiology of Forgetting |
13) |
Studying the Human Brain |
14) |
Genel İnceleme |
15) |
Final Examination Period |
16) |
Final Examination Period |