COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MULTICULTURALISM, WORLD CITIZENSHIP, SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Social Studies Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA ŞAHIN

Offered to

Social Studies Education

Course Objective

Multiculturalism, world citizenship and learning objectives of social studies education; recognition of national and international publications on topics and issues to discuss.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the aims of the course.
2   Explaining national publications related to the course.
3   Explaining international publications related to the course.
4   Discuss the problems of the course.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the program, the aims of the course. Lectures
2 The aims of the analysis of the course literature. Lectures
3 Multiculturalism and education. Lectures
4 The historical development of multicultural education. Lectures
5 Purposes and principles of multicultural education. Lectures
6 Multicultural education and learning environments. Lectures
7 Criticism about multicultural education. Lectures
8 Mid term exam
9 Education of local-global conflict. Lectures
10 How is global education Lectures
11 Global education and global citizenship. Lectures
12 Turkish education system and world citizenship. Lectures
13 Multicultural and global citizenship in social studies education. Lectures
14 World citizenship in post-modern society. Lectures
15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Apple, M. W. (2006). Educating the rigth way. New York: Routledge.
Bozkurt, V. (2000). Küreselleşme. Kavram, Gelişim ve Yaklaşımlar. Küreselleşmenin Insani Yüzü. Istanbul: Alfa.
Jansen, J. 2007. Learning and leading in a globalized world. In Handbook of teacher education: Globalization, standards and professionalism in times of change, (ed) T. Townsend and R. Bates, 25 40. Dordrecht: Springer.
Kan, Ç. (2009). Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitiminde Küresel Vatandaşlık. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 26, 25-30.
Leask, B. (2001). Bridging the Gap: Internationalising University Curricula. Journal of Studies in International Education 5(2): 100-115.
Nash, K. (2008) Global Citizenship as Show Business: the Cultural Politics of Make Poverty History. Media, Culture and Society 30(2): 167 81.
Popkewitz, T. S. (2008). Kozmopolitanlığın Ikili Yüzü, Küreselleşme ve Karşılaştırmalı Eğitim Çalışmaları Çev: Ökten, C. E. Eğitim Bilim Toplum Dergisi, 6, 23. 112-129.
Şahin, M. & Yıldız, D.G (2012). Dünya Vatandaşlığı Bağlamında Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğrenim Gördükleri Programa Ilişkin Algıları , Uluslararası Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Sempozyumu (20 Nisan).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Various methods are used: Traditional, interactive, active learning are used either individually or concurrently.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation/homework, mid-term, final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 178

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1131
LO.2131
LO.31312
LO.41331521