BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
| 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 |
| CET3052 | Selected Topics in Educational Sciences | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YAVUZ SAMUR |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor NEŞE UYANIK |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | There is no recommended optional program component. |
| Course Objectives: | * To enable students make an in depth study in some of the special-specific topics in the field of education, * To present the relationship between education and politics and analyze the interaction between |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; * Understand the relationship between state and individual politics * Analyze the impact of various political changes and events throughout the history on educational processes. * Examine the role of education as a political tool in the framework of historical and current events. * Comprehend how concepts like gender, ethnicity, social status influence education |
Course Content
| This course aims to provide students with in depth perspective on specialized issues regarding education. Though the content is subject to change regarding different instructors/sections, for this term, the emphasis will be on politics of education. Politics of education is a broad and comprehensive term, where many concepts within the educational context can be addressed. The sociology of education, educational economics, issues of class-gender-race-ethnicity and religion, as well as everyday politics can be covered under this title. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Meeting and introduction | Syllabus |
| 2) | Education and social class | Orta Sınıf ve Eğitimde Neoliberal Yeniden Yapılanma / Canan Aratemur Çimen |
| 3) | Forms of capital and meritocracy | Forms of Capital / Pierre Bourdieu |
| 4) | Near history political changes and reflections on education (cont.) | Cumhuriyet Dönemi Eğitim Tartışmaları / Osman Kafadar |
| 5) | Village institutes: aim, establishment, disestablishment | • The Village Institutes Experience in Turkey / Asım Karaömerlioğlu |
| 6) | Women's rights, movements, feminism and their educational impact in Turkey | * Yeni Adam ve Yeni Kadın: 1930’ler ve 40’larda Kadın, Cinsiyet ve Ulus / Duygu Köksal * Kız Enstitüleri: Ev Kadını Yetiştiren Asri Bir Müessese / Fatma Gök |
| 7) | Women's rights, movements, feminism and their educational impact in Turkey (cont.) | • From Emancipation to Liberation: The Changing Role of Women in Turkey’s Public Realm / Yeşim Arat |
| 8) | Gender and education | Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Eğitim ve Dönüştürücü Bilginin Olanaklılığı / Peggy Stromquist |
| 9) | Gender and education (cont) | Okumaz yazmaz Türk kadınların perspektifinden okuryazarlık ve okumaz yazmazlık / Yıldız, Ateş, Yıldırım, Rasinsky The historical and political context of adult literacy in Turkey / Fevziye Sayılan & Ahmet Yıldız |
| 10) | Near history political changes and reflections on education | • 1980'lerde Eğitim Sisteminin Yeniden Yapılandırılması: Küreselleşme ve Neoliberal Eğitim Politikaları / Fuat Ercan |
| 11) | Near history political changes and reflections on education (cont) | • The Privatization of Education in Turkey / Fatma Gök • Küresel aktörler: (Dünya Bankası ve GATS) ve Eğitimde Neoliberal Dönüşüm / Fevziye Sayılan |
| 12) | State, hegemony, democracy, freedom | 1984 / George Orwell (movie) |
| 13) | State, hegemony, democracy, freedom | • 1984 / George Orwell (book) |
| 14) | Conclusion & Final discussions | |
| 15) | Finals | - |
| 16) | Finals | - |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | - Books / Kitaplar: • 1984 / George Orwell • Brave New World / Aldous Huxley - A reading pack, consisted of following articles and more: • The Village Institutes Experience in Turkey / Asım Karaömerlioğlu • From Emancipation to Liberation: The Changing Role of Women in Turkey’s Public Realm / Yeşim Arat • The Privatization of Education in Turkey / Fatma Gök • The historical and political context of adult literacy in Turkey / Fevziye Sayılan & Ahmet Yıldız • Forms of Capital / Pierre Bourdieu * Gender, education and the possibility of transformative knowledge / Peggy Stromquist • Cumhuriyet Dönemi Eğitim Tartışmaları / Osman Kafadar • 1980’lerde Eğitim Sisteminin Yeniden Yapılanması: Küreselleşme ve Neoliberal Eğitim Politikaları / Fuat Ercan • Yeni Adam ve Yeni Kadın: 1930’ler ve 40’larda Kadın, Cinsiyet ve Ulus / Duygu Köksal • Kız Enstitüleri: Ev Kadını Yetiştiren Asri Bir Müessese / Fatma Gök • Küresel aktörler: (Dünya Bankası ve GATS) ve Eğitimde Neoliberal Dönüşüm / Fevziye Sayılan • Orta Sınıf ve Eğitimde Neoliberal Yeniden Yapılanma / Canan Aratemur Çimen Movies/ Filmler - Documentaries/ Belgeseller: • Bowling for Columbine • Mona Lisa Smile • Iron Jawed Angels • The Corporation • 3 Saat: Bir ÖYS Belgeseli • Capitalism: A Love Story • Dead Poets Society • Two Million Minutes * War On Kids |
| References: | - Books / Kitaplar: • Kadınsız İnkilap: Nezihe Muhiddin, Kadınlar Halk Fırkası, Kadın Birliği / Yaprak Zihnioğlu • Kızların Sessizliği: Kız Enstitülerinin Uzun Tarihi/ Elif Ekin Akşit Readings / Makaleler: • Neoliberal Küreselleşme ve Eğitim / Naciye Yıldız • Türkiye Kamu Eğitiminde Gizli Ticarileşme: Kurumsal Sosyal Sorumluluğun İşleyiş Biçimleri ve Eğitimi Ticarileştirme İşlevleri / Naciye Aksoy |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 25 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 15 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Final | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 151 | ||
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) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
| 2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
| 3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
| 4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
| 5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
| 6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
| 7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
| 8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
| 9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
| 10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
| 11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
| 12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |