BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| EAP5105 | World Educational Systems | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | Turkish |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. SEDA SARAÇ |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. SEDA SARAÇ Dr. BETÜL TARHAN ALKAN Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SABİHA DULAY |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | The purpose of the course is to give an overview of educational systems of Turkish and EU countries through a comparative method. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Evaluating Turkish Educational System from different perspectives 2. Explaining different dimensions of European Education 3. Comparing Turkish and European Educational Systems 4. Developing recommendations for Turkish Educational System |
Course Content
| Week 1. Course description and introduction to Turkish educational system Week 2. Turkish educational system: Purpose, structure and problems Week 3. Turkish educational system: Problems and Statistics Week 4. Analyzing Statistics Week 5. Quiz Week 6. Comparing educational systems: Luxemburg and Finland Week 7. Comparing educational systems: Germany and France Week 8. Comparing educational systems: England and Italy Week 9. Quiz Week 10. Comparing educational systems: USA and Canada Week 11. Comparing educational systems: Japan and South Korea Week 12. Mid Term Week 13. Teacher Training in Turkey and EU Countries Week 14. Educational Finance in Turkey and EU Countries |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Course description and introduction to Turkish educational system | |
| 2) | Turkish educational system: Purpose, structure and problems | |
| 3) | Turkish educational system: Problems and Statistics | |
| 4) | Analyzing Statistics (Countries and OECD) | |
| 5) | Quiz 1 | |
| 6) | Comparing educational systems: Luxemburg and Finland | |
| 7) | Comparing educational systems: Germany and France | |
| 8) | Comparing educational systems: England and Italy | |
| 9) | Quiz 2 | |
| 10) | Comparing educational systems: USA and Canada | |
| 11) | Comparing educational systems: Japan and South Korea | |
| 12) | Mid Term | |
| 13) | Teacher Training in Turkey and EU Countries | |
| 14) | Educational Finance in Turkey and EU Countries |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Balcı, A. (2007). Karşılaştırmalı eğitim sistemleri. Ankara: Pegem A. Erginer, A. (2006). Avrupa Birliği eğitim sistemleri. Ankara: Pegem A. |
| References: | EURYDICE (2009). Education in europe network web site. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/index_en.php EURYBASE (2009). The database on education systems in Europe. http:// earged.meb.gov.tr/urn/tr/pdf/ilkogretim.pdf EURYDICE (2011). National Education System and Policies http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/eurybase_en.php#turkey EURYDICE (2010). Türk Eğitim Sisteminin Örgütlenmesi 2009/2010. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/eurybase/eurybase_full_reports/TR_TR.pdf EURYDICE (2010). Avrupa'da Eğitim ve Öğretim Sistemlerinin Yapısı: Türkiye. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/eurybase/structures/041_TR_TR.pdf MEB (2008). MEB Dış İlişkiler Dairesi Belgeleri . http://digm.meb.gov.tr/Belgeler.html MEB (2008). Milli Eğitim İstatistikleri 2006-2007. http://sgb.meb.gov.tr/istatistik/meb_istatistikleri_orgun_egitim_2006_2007.pdf. MEB (2008). Milli Eğitim İstatistikleri 2007-2008. http://sgb.meb.gov.tr/istatistik/meb_istatistikleri_orgun_egitim_2007_2008.pdf MEB (2009). Milli Eğitim İstatistikleri 2009-2010. http://sgb.meb.gov.tr/istatistik/ meb_istatistikleri_orgun_egitim_2009_2010.pdf OECD (2008). Education at a Glance 2008. www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda. YÖK (Yükseköğretim Kurulu) (2007). Öğretmen yetiştirme ve eğitim fakülteleri raporu, Ankara:YÖK. UNESCO (2001). The Turkish Education System and Developments in Education. http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/ICE/natrap/Turkey.pdf |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Quizzes | 2 | % 15 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
| Project | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 15 |
| Final | 1 | % 20 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
| 3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
| 4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
| 5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
| 6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
| 7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
| 8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
| 9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
| 10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |