COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EPÖ 2002 HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To give sufficient information about Turkish educational perspective and institutional structure by looking at history of Turkish education. To explain pre-Islamic and post Islamic period of Turkish education. Key views in Turkish education, its basic problems and institutions will be examined and linked to today s education system.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will get information about some periods of Turkish education.
2   They will be able to explain Turkish educational thought and its institutionalisation.
3   They will know sub-systems of education and their aims and functions.
4   They will learn Turkish National Education system and its workings.
5   They will be able to use scientific methods in finding and resolving some educational problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and information about course: history of Turkish education; Pre-Islamic period in the history of Turkish education
2 Understandings and institutions of education in Pre-Islamic period in the history of Turkish education
3 The birth of Islam and its understandings of education and science
4 After Islam: Karahans, the Seljuks and the Great Seljuk states period
5 Education in period of establishment of Ottoman
6 Comparative studies between West and Turkish education until 19. Centry
7 Education system in the period of rise of Ottoman
8 Mid-term exam
9 Developments in military schools
10 General look at education system in the period of reforms
11 Reforms in the civil education institutions
12 Education systems in the periods of Mutlaqiyat and Meshrutiyat
13 Structure of Turkish Education system and law of Tawhidi Tadrisat
14 Institutions in higher education and current problems in education
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Münire Erden, Eğitim Bilimlerine Giriş, Arkadaş yay , Ankara 2011
Yahya Akyüz, Türk Eğitim Tarihi, AÜEBF yay, Ankara 1985.
Y. Kemal Kaya, Insan Yetiştirme Düzenimiz, Nüve Mat. Üsym, Ankara 1977

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

veli.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 69

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.154
LO.254
LO.354
LO.454
LO.554