COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN TüRKIYE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GKD 5089 HISTORY OF CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YAHYA ARAZ

Offered to

Music Teacher Education
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Social Studies Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students the history of children and childhood in Turkey around specific issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the concept of childhood in Ottoman-Turkish society
2   To be able to explain the place of children in the family
3   To be able to explain the relationship between poverty and child labor
4   To able to summarize the transformation of concept of childhood in modernization process
5   To be able to write the impact of wars and immigration on children

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The evolution of childhood history studies
2 History of childhood studies in Turkey: research, resources, limits and problems
3 Children and Childhood in Ottoman-Islamic Law
4 Family and children
5 Education and upbringing of children
6 Children's games and toys
7 Slavery, poverty and child labor
8 Mid-term
9 Ottoman modernization process and children
10 Wars, mass migrations and children
11 Street children, society and the state
12 Children and modern educational institutions
13 Children's Literature
14 Child Marriage and sexuality; children and gender
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Araz, Yahya (2013), Osmanlı Toplumunda Çocuk Olmak, Istanbul; Kitap Yayınevi.
2. Fortna, Benjamin C. (2005), Mekteb-i Hümayûn, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
3. Gil`adi, Avner (1992), Children of Islam Concepts of Childhood in Medieval Muslim Society, New York: St. Martin s Press.
4. Heywood, Colin (2003), Batı'da Çocukluğun Tarihi, Istanbul; Kitap Yayınevi.
5. Maksudyan, Nazan (2014), Orphans and Destitute Children in Late Ottoman Empire, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
6. Özbek, Nadir (2008), Osmanlı Imparatorluğu'nda Sosyal Devlet, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
7. Öztan, Güven Gürkan (2012), Türkiye'de Çocukluğun Politik Inşası, Istanbul; Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
8. Tezcan, Hülya (2006), Osmanlı Sarayının Çocukları, Istanbul: Aygaz.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Exams

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 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Reading 4 8 32
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.134
LO.234
LO.334
LO.434
LO.534

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