Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
IMO3422013331TURKISH EDUCATIONAL HISTORYCompulsory363
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)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Tuğrul ÖZCAN
Learning Outcomes
1Student shall Know developmental stages of Turkish education history.
2Student shall Assess level of current Turkish education.
3Student shall Compare past educational systems with current Turkish education system.
4Student shall Get to know main Turkish educators and their ideas on education.
5Student shall Examine the role of education in the establishment of the new Turkish state.
Mode of Delivery
Formal 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.
2Turks’ acceptance of İslam and medreses.
3Elementary and secondary education in Ottoman.
4Enderun school.
5Reforming education in the Ottoman period.
6Main educators in the Ottoman period.
7Education in the Turkish Republic.
8Midterm exam.
9Educational developments in the republican period.
10Foreign expert reports and educational congress (eğitim şuraları).
11Developments in elementary and secondary education.
12Teacher training from past to present.
13Education in today’s Turkey: some historical lessons.
14Atatürk and education.
15General assessment.
16Final exam.
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
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination14040
Final Examination15050
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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