COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND RESEARCH METHODS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAE 2003 PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND RESEARCH METHODS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERDAL ASLAN

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to make students know basic type of researches and grasp methodological and technical knowledge necessary to sustain historical researches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the utility and value of history
2   To be able to summarize the basic types of historiography
3   To be able to explain the place of history in social sciences and it's relation with social sciences
4   To be able to assess historical sources by using qualitative and quantitative methods
5   To be able to plan and conclude the basic stages of a historical research
6   To be able to apply the methodological and technical rules used in historical researches
7   To be able to pursue and apply the contemporary developments in the field of historical methodology in the world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course definition, aim, content and reading list
2 Utility and value of history as the basis of sciences and life
3 Basic types of historiography: Types of descriptive, explanatory and critical history
4 Paper preparation, not taking and exam preparation in history courses
5 Scientific Research Methods in Social Sciences
6 Sources of history: Primary sources I
7 Sources of history: Primary sources II
8 General Revision, Course Assessment, Midterm Exam
9 Sources of history: Secondary sources
10 Source Criticism in Historiography
11 Determining research subject
12 Limiting and planning research subject
13 Writting the subject: Technical rules
14 Reduction of written historical texts
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Barzun, Jacques; Graff, Henry F. (2001). Modern Araştırmacı. Ankara: TÜBITAK Yayınları
2- Burke, Peter (1994). Tarih ve Toplumsal Kuram. Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları
3- Burke, Peter (2003). Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları. Istanbul: Kitap Yayınevi
4- Danacıoğlu, Esra (2001). Geçmişin Izleri: Yanıbaşımızdaki Tarih Için Bir Kılavuz. Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları
5- Duverger, M. (2006). Sosyal Bilimlere Giriş, Metodoloji Açısından. Istanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları
6- Engin, Vahdettin; Şimşek, Ahmet (2011). Türkiye'de Tarihyazımı. Istanbul: Yeditepe Yayınevi
7- Ercan, Yavuz (2010). Tarih Araştırmalarında Yöntem ve Teknik. Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi
8- Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. (1990). Tarih Araştırmalarında Usul. Istanbul: I.Ü.E.F. Yayınları
9- Özbaran, Salih (2003). Güdümlü Tarih. Istanbul: Cem Yayınevi
10- Özbaran, Salih (2003). Osmanlı'yı Özlemek ya da Tarih Tasarlamak. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression, question and answer,discussion, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 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)

erdal.aslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

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