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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

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) They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.). 2
2) They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field. 2
3) They are aware of national and international values in performing arts. 2
4) Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works. 1
5) They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field. 3
6) Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal. 3
7) They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field. 2
8) They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods. 3
9) They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods. 1
10) They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field. 1
11) By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works. 3
12) They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art. 2
13) Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field. 3
14) Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater. 2
15) They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field. 3