Critical Reading (KAM332) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Critical Reading KAM332 4 0 0 4 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
Yok
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Şebnem Aykaç Ömeroğlu
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course helps students to gain skill on critical reading. Besides, they will have improved their writing and listening skills as well. This course aims to help students to gain skill on critical reading as well as critical thinking. Articles from newspapers, magazines and academic journals in their subject matter will be used during the course. They will learn what a text says and how that text describes the subject matter.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Can easily analyse the outline of a scientific text, especially texts of political science and public administration
  • Can easily define the difference between reading and critical reading.
  • Can know how to evaluate and summarize ideas on the text they read
  • Will have an idea of common vocabulary on political science and public administration.
  • Will have knowledge about annotation of a text and how it helps us on critical thinking and reading
Course Content English language course.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Course information. What is critical reading and critical thinking?
2 How is critical reading done? What are the steps? Analysis (main idea and outlining) Class notes
3 Analysis (main idea and outlining) of abstracts from Journals /articles Class notes
4 Analysis (main idea and outlining) of abstracts from Journals/ articles Class notes
5 Analysis (main idea and outlining)/ Texts from magazines, newspapers, web sites Class notes
6 What is an annotation? Why do we need the annotation? Class notes
7 Annotation practices Class notes
8 MIDTERM EXAM (%40)
9 Annotation practices / Articles from academic Journals Class notes
10 Annotation practices / Texts from magazines, newspapers, web sites Class notes
11 What is evaluation and summary? What is the help of the evaluation? Class notes
12 Evaluating and Summary/ Article from journals, Class notes
13 Evaluating and summary / texts from magazines, newspapers and websites Class notes
14 Full text critical reading class activity Class notes
15 Full text reading class activity Class notes

Sources

Course Book 1. The texts to be analysed will be delivered to the students in advance via “Atılım Moodle”. The lecture notes will be delivered via Atılım Moodle.
Other Sources 2. - Critical Reading: English for Academic Purposes, Tania Pattison,
3. - Critical Reading in Higher Education: Academic Goals and Social Engagement by Manarin, Karen Carey, Miriam Rathburn, Melanie Ryland, Glen Hutchings, Pat, Indiana University Press

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Learning the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and Public Administration and their use in the analysis of national and global political developments, cause-and-effect relations.
2 Understanding how policies are created and implemented in real life at local, national, regional and/or global levels, recognizing important institutions and actors playing a role in these processes, knowing the functioning of Public Administration.
3 Gaining a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as International Relations, Sociology, Psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history) and thus having an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relations between different areas of life and establishes connections.
4 Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field.
5 Developing the ability to be open-minded, avoid discrimination, and be sensitive and respectful to different points of view through the promotion of critical analytical thinking, intellectual discussion, and lifelong learning, thereby developing the skills to act jointly. X
6 Development of decision-making and initiative, job completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related areas.
7 Development of communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the principles and procedures that are required to write an academic article on the disciplines of political science and public administration. X
8 Mastering English terminology in the disciplines of political science and Public Administration and acquiring a level of foreign language knowledge that can help to follow studies written in English, so that current political events and cases in various countries can be analyzed comparatively. X
9 Knowing both the Turkish and world political history in terms of periods, important milestones and actors, understanding the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 4 56
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 11 11
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 30 30
Total Workload 125