Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SCM4282014333CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATIONElective483
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to give information about democracy and human rights to the students and to raise awareness about democracy and human rights.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge of historical development of the concept of human rights and democracy
2To get to democracy culture and to be aware of individual cability in school, home and social environment for survival of this culture
3Consciously can evaluate the Press and other sources on human rights violations (Such as official website of the Ministry of Justice)
4To be sensitive to violations of human rights
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Definition and historical development of human rights and democracy; the terms of democracy, freedom, equality, different understandings of democracy, democratic culture, democracy in school and in the family, democratic citizenship, rights and freedoms, Children and women's rights, national and international regulations on human rights( The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights Convention and so on.), fundamental problems in the field of human rights, human rights and democracy education
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Course content and presentation of sources
2Democracy and democratic culture, description, history
3Will focus on the history of democratic movements around the world
4The status of human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms during history.
5Organizations, declarations and conventions which is related to human rights
6Organizations, declarations and conventions which is Related to human rights
7The European Court of Human Rights
8Midterm Exam
9Current and social issues of human rights, the Investigation of Human Rights Reports in office of Prime Minister
10The historical development of Women's right
11Human rights violations in the world and reports
12Human rights violations in the Turkey and report
13General evaluation of human rights problems in the world and in Turkey
14Final exam
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16
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination11010
Final Examination11010
Attending Lectures11010
Experiment11010
Observation11010
Self Study11010
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Reading11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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