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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
AE-SB404BCompulsory483
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To prepare pre-service social studies teachers to assume teaching and citizenship responsibilities. To be able to gain the necessary knowledge, skills and values related to human rights and democracy. To be able to explain the concepts related to human rights and democracy and their historical development. Ability to interpret documents and practices related to human rights and democracy. To be able to apply what they have learned within the scope of this course in in-class learning environments.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Memet KUZEY
Learning Outcomes
1To be able to comprehend the basic concepts of human rights and democracy.
2To be able to express the historical development of human rights and democracy chronologically.
3To know the national and international regulations related to human rights and democracy and to be able to fulfill their responsibilities according to these documents.
4To be able to propose solutions to the main problems in the field of human rights and democracy.
5To be able to raise awareness about human rights and democracy education.
6To be able to give the necessary importance to the education of disadvantaged children in the context of human rights and democracy.
7To be able to raise effective and competent citizens.
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Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Definition and historical development of human rights and democracy; Concepts of democracy, freedom and equality, different understandings of democracy, democratic culture, democracy at school and in the family, democratic citizenship; Rights and freedoms, children's and women's rights, national and international regulations on human rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, etc.); Basic problems in the field of human rights, human rights and democracy education
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Democracy
2Human rights
3Basic documents with international and national organizations related to human rights.
4Basic documents with international and national organizations related to human rights.
5Children's rights education
6Human rights and democracy education: why and how?
7History of human rights and democracy education in the world and in Turkey
8Term Midterm Exam
9History of human rights and democracy education in the world and in Turkey
10Democracy and human rights education in social studies class
11Democracy and human rights education in social studies class
12Children's rights and education of disadvantaged children
13Teaching human rights, citizenship and democracy in primary school
14Human rights issues, violence and local issues
15Media and democracy
16End of Term Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Refik Turan (2017). İnsan hakları ve demokrasi eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi İsmail Acun (2019). İnsan hakları ve demokrasi eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Hasan Bozkaya (2021). Çocuk hakları ve göçmen çocukların eğitimi. Ankara: Sonçağ
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination7214
Individual Study for Final Examination14228
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
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