COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 6020 GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision

Course Objective

Students will understand globalization and new economic, political and social facts and concepts and their relations. Students will use new concepts orally and verbally. Students will be aware of the current educational problems of Turkey and will propose proper suggestions to them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to realize the positive and negative effects of new conditions to educational systems
2   To be able to present new missions and tasks of educational system to together with objective reasons.
3   To be able to evaluate the application and reforms realized by the Ministry of Turkish National Education.
4   To be able to bring new solutions the educational problems at national and local level
5   To be able to write a report an educational problem
6   To believe the importance and necessity of developing new educational strategies in Turkey
7   Understanding globalization and new economic, political and social facts and concepts and their relations
8   Comprehending and analyzing the current educational problems of Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Technological revolutions in history. Agricultural revolution, Industrial revolution and Scientific and Technological revolution.
2 Technological revolutions and new patterns of division of labour and productions. Globalization and international division of labor, globalized market and globalizations of the skills. Implications to educational sector
3 Scientific and technological revolution and historical background. New economical facts and New-liberal economic policies. New development models, strategic planning.
4 New educational planning models. The changes in developmental plans of Turkey. Educational privatization and commercialization. Educational reform strategies. New financing ways.
5 Social and political effects of globalization: Increased social inequality at global level, the changing role of nation-states and decentralization. Limitations in central-state power. Invidualism, micro nationalism, religious movements, feminism and environmentalism and new roles of educational systems.
6 National educational policies and strategies. New affective and cognitive educational objectives. The equalizing role of education and related problems. The citizenship training role of education and related problems and Turkish education system. The increasing importance of primary education.
7 New economical facts and education: Multi-tasked and flexible production, Innovation- Mediated Production Knowledge production. Global labour market, increased competiveness and their implications to educational systems. The evaluation of educational systems at global level. Structural adjustment in educational organizations.
8 Midterm exam
9 New educational technologies, learning and teaching methods. New educational measurement end evaluation techniques.
10 Increasing importance of national educational objectives of Turkey. Increasing importance schooling and the quality of education. The critical role of pre-school education in new conditions.
11 Increasing importance of higher education and its objective reasons. Turkish higher education The comparative analysis of Turkish higher education in terms of scientific research and technology production. Multi discipline approach and higher education.
12 Academic secondary education. Discussions about vocational and technical secondary education and reconstructing of secondary education. Vocational and technical in service training
13 Increasing importance women education and objective reasons. The reasons for lifelong education.
14 Students presentations (written and oral) feedbacks and corrections. The evaluation of the course.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Basalla, George. Teknolojinin Evrimi. 13.Basım. Çev. Cem Soydemir. Ankara: TÜBITAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, 2008.
Berkes, Niyazi. Iki Yüz Yıldır Neden Bocalıyoruz, Istanbul: Yeni Gün Haber Ajansı Basın ve Yayıncılık, 1997. (Cumhuriyet Gazetesinin okurlarına armağanı).
Berkes, Niyazi. Türkiye de Çağdaşlaşma. 6. Baskı. Yayına hazırlayan: Ahmet Kuyaş. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2004.
Boratav, Korkut Yeni Dünya Düzeni Nereye Gözden Geçirilmiş ve Genişletilmiş 2.Baskı. Istanbul: Imge Kitabevi, 2004.
Carnoy, Martin. Globalization and Educational Reform for Educational Planners. Paris: UNESCO, IIEP, Fundamentals of Educational Planning, 1999
DPT. Dokuzuncu Kalkınma Planı 2007-2013. Mükerrer Resmî Gazete Sayı: 26215. 1 Temmuz 2006. Cumartesi. TBMM KARARI.
DPT. Dünyada Küreselleşme ve Bölgesel Entegrasyonlar (AT, NAFTA, PASIFIK) ve Türkiye Bölgesel Entegrasyonlar ve Türkiye.(Değerlendirme Raporu) Kitap 1. Ankara: DPT Yayını No: 2374 - ÖIK: 439, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, seminar and practical works. Because of tight relationship between the subjects/behavioral characteristics, students are expected to attend classes and to keep up with practical work.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

reside.kabadayi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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