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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TR312.1BHistory of Turkish EducationElective364
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To inform students about educational process and educational institutions in the previous Turkish states, the role of education ın the establishment of modern Turkish state, new educational reforms and the ideas of main Turkish educators
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1The students will be able to understand the general features of the Turkish education system from 1970 until today.
2The students will be able to comprehend the general features of the Ottoman education system.
3The students will be able to explain famous educationalists and the contributions they made to the Turkish education system.
4The students will be able to compare the Turkish education system before and after Islam.
5The students will be able to describe the meaning of education and instruction and have a clear conception about the content of history of Turkish education.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Education in previous Turkish states, medreses, sıbyan mektebs, Enderun school, the reform attemps in the Ottoman period, the developments of education in modern turkish period, the main educators who give direction to Turkish education and their ideas on education
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Education in former Turkish states.
2 Turks’ acceptance of İslam and medreses.
3 Elementary and secondary education in Ottoman.
4Enderun school.
5Reforming education in the Ottoman period.
6 Main educators in the Ottoman period.
7 Main educators in the Ottoman period.
8 Main educators in the Ottoman period.
9 Atatürk and education.
10Educational developments in the republican period.
11Foreign expert reports and educational congress (eğitim şuraları).
12 Developments in elementary and secondary education.
13 Teacher training from past to present.
14Education in today’s Turkey: some historical lessons.
15 General assessment.
16 General assessment.
Recommended or Required Reading
Mustafa Gündüz, “Socio-Cultural Origins of Turkish Educational Reforms and Ideological Origins of Late Ottoman Intellectuals (1908-1930)”, History of Education, Journal of the History of Education Society, V: 38, İssue: 2, March 2009, pp. 191-216. Yahya Akyüz, Türk Eğitim Tarihi, Ankara: PegemA yay., 2012
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
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures4520
Self Study4520
Individual Study for Homework Problems177
Individual Study for Mid term Examination4520
Individual Study for Final Examination31030
Homework4520
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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