The Primary Education Program, which is under the Elementary Education Department of the Faculty of Education at TED University, has been updated based on the regulation made by the Higher Education Council in 2018. The courses in the updated curriculum consist of three groups: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Content Knowledge, and General Culture courses. In the program, Courses related to pedagogical content knowledge took place at a rate of 35%, courses related to General Culture at a rate of 19% and courses related to content knowledge at a rate of 46%. Students studying in the program complete a total of 142 credits of course load in 4 years. Students who complete the program gain knowledge, skills and competencies in the fields of general culture based on a liberal education approach, as well as classroom teacher education pedagogy and content knowledge.
TEDU Primary Education Program offers an environment where teacher candidates can acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors with its pedagogy and early childhood education laboratories. Teaching practices are carried out at TED Ankara College Foundation School, public primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education, public and private primary schools, or schools providing bilingual education, in cooperation with mentor teachers under the supervision of Primary Education faculty members and application coordinators.
It is aimed to train pre-service teachers to have professional knowledge and skills related to their field, as well as to have a socially, culturally and intellectually equipped and developed personality. With the blend of pedagogical content knowledge, content knowledge and general culture courses, it is essential that pre-service teachers have the qualifications of technology literate, researcher teachers who recognize universal, national and local cultures, are role models in terms of cultural, ethical, moral values and personality.
Teaching-Learning (2017-2018 and before)
TED University Primary Education Program is an undergraduate program that includes compulsory field education, educational sciences and basic sciences as well as elective courses. In the program, theoretical courses are offered to teacher candidates in order to train them as qualified classroom teachers, on the other hand, it is based on the effective participation of teacher candidates in teaching and learning processes. In this context, each pre-service teacher is expected to participate in a series of extracurricular activities and to carry out various observation, research and application activities throughout their undergraduate education. In order for the pre-service teacher to acquire professional knowledge, skills and attitudes at the desired level through these processes, it needs much more time and effort than a one-semester part-time practice experience. For this reason, practice activities, observation, school experience and teaching practices related to the lessons have been placed in all method courses and five semesters in the program in order to provide pre-service teachers with an increasing responsibility and practice proficiency.
Teaching practices are carried out at TED Ankara College Foundation School, public primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education, public and private primary schools, or schools providing bilingual education, in cooperation with mentor teachers under the supervision of Primary Education faculty members and application coordinators.
TED University has a program structure that is based on a liberal education approach, allows students to specialize in line with their own preferences, and adopts an integrative education philosophy. In this direction, in addition to their practical experience, primary school teacher candidates are required to take at least one course from each discipline in the field of basic sciences in order to gain a rich culture with the courses they take at the faculty of education. Similarly, seminars, interdisciplinary studies, research, graduation projects and multimedia supported learning opportunities are encouraged in the program. Teacher candidates are also offered the opportunity to do a double major at the Faculty of Education at TED University.