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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
GK-SEÇ7Human Rights and Democracy EducationElective353
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
1. To be aware of issues such as law, human rights and democracy, and to raise awareness of respect for, use, protection and development of human rights in students. 2. Understanding the historical development of human rights and democracy in the West and in our country. 3. Discussing the transition of human rights and democracy to the international arena 4. Understanding the importance of human rights and democracy education 5. Understanding the importance of school climate in human rights and democracy education 6. Understanding the role of the teacher in human rights and democracy education 7. Understanding the importance of benefiting from other courses in human rights and democracy education 8. Understanding the importance of the content of the course, the activities applied in the course, the methods and materials used and the evaluation made at the end of the course in the effectiveness of human rights and democracy courses.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Memet KUZEY
Learning Outcomes
1Learns the dynamics of human rights and democracy in the world and in Turkey
2Explain the development of Human Rights and Democracy.
3Evaluates the international conventions that ensure the guarantee of Human Rights and Democracy.
4Explain the characteristics and principles of Contemporary Democracy.
5Recognize the developments related to human rights and democracy in Social Studies Curriculum and textbooks.
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; Democracy, freedom and equality concepts, 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
1Definition of human rights and its historical development;
2Definition and historical development of democracy.
3Concepts of democracy, freedom and equality, different understandings of democracy.
4Democratic culture, democracy in school and family, democratic citizenship.
5Rights and liberties, children's and women's rights.
6National and international regulations on human rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, etc.).
7National and international regulations on human rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, etc.).
8Midterm
9National and international regulations on human rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, etc.).
10The main problems in the field of human rights.
11The main problems in the field of democracy.
12Human rights education.
13Human rights education.
14Democracy education
15Democracy education
16End of Term Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Turan, Refik (2017). İnsan Hakları ve Demokrasi Eğitimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Acun, İsmail (2019). İnsan Hakları ve Demokrasi Eğitimi Karaman-Kepenekci, Y. (2000) İnsan Hakları Eğitimi, Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık Karaman-Kepenekci, Y. (2014) Eğitimciler İçin İnsan Hakları ve Vatandaşlık (2. Baskı), Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi Akyüz, E. (2015) Çocuk Hakları. Ankara: Pegem Yayınları. Gemalmaz, M.S. (2002) Ulusal Üstü İnsan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş. İstanbul: Beta Yayıncılık. Gözübüyük, Ş. (2013) Hukuka Giriş. Ankara: Turhan Kitapevi. Kapani, M. (1981) Kamu Hürriyetleri. Ankara: A.Ü. Hukuk Fakültesi Yayınları. Mumcu, A. (1994) İnsan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri. Ankara: Savaş Yayınları.
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
Individual Study for Mid term Examination7214
Individual Study for Final Examination14342
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)87
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High