COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHILDREN IN THE OTTOMAN SOURCES (SELECTED TEXTS)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAT 5023 CHILDREN IN THE OTTOMAN SOURCES (SELECTED TEXTS) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YAHYA ARAZ

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach the students the opportunities provided by Ottoman sources for the history of children.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to recognize Ottoman sources
2   To be able to explain the place of children in the Ottoman sources
3   To be able to use Ottoman sources in the history of childhood
4   To able to summarize the importance of court registers in the history of childhood
5   To be able to write the importance of fatwa collections in the history of childhood

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Ottoman sources: the opportunities they provides for the history of children and childhood
2 Children in 19th century sources: documents related to the marriage age
3 Children in 19th century sources: documents related to the famines and their effect on children
4 Children in 19th century sources: documents related to the street children, "reform" of the children and child labor
5 Children in 19th century sources: documents related to education of girls
6 Children in manuscripts: stories related to boys and girls
7 Children in manuscripts: relationship between parents and children
8 Mid-term
9 Children in fatwa collections: fatwas related to the wet-nurses
10 Children in fatwa collections: fatwas related to motherhood and fatherhood
11 Children in fatwa collections: fatwas related to the transition from childhood to adulthood
12 Children in court registers: records related to child mortality
13 Children in court registers: records related to street, neighborhood and the children
14 Children in court registers: records related to children from Anatolia in Istanbul
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ottoman Archival Materials
2. Court Registers
3. Fatwa Collections
4. Manuscripts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yahya.araz@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 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555