GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FOLK SPORTS AND ORAL CONTEXT/2050056
Course Title: FOLK SPORTS AND ORAL CONTEXT
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Armağan ELÇİ
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aelci
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aelci@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Student will be completely competent in the traditional aspects of folk sports.
The properties and applications sunk into oblivion of folk sports will be registered by the student.
As the Turkish folk sports are analysed by the student by benefiting from the folklore theories, it will offer an insight to the next generations.
The student will have knowledge about the modern forms besides the traditional forms of the folk sports.
The student will have knowledge about the folk sports of the countries from other geography in Turkish world.




 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  The concepts of ritual, game, sports, competition.
2. Week  The events of ceremony and celebration in Turkish folk culture
3. Week  Festivals, celebrations and entertainments and sports games in the transition period.
4. Week  According to historical periods and geographical regions shaped events, games, contests.
5. Week  Horse riding, horse racing, Gökbörü game
6. Week  Javelin/Cirit
7. Week  Midterm
8. Week  Wrestling, oil wrestling, the tradition of Kırkpınar oil wrestling
9. Week  Aba wrestling, Karakucak, baggy wrestling, wrist wrestling
10. Week  Archery, tepük, cube rebound
11. Week  Matrak, tomak
12. Week  Bullfights, camel wrestling, cock fights
13. Week  Çöğen/Çevgân in Turkish folk culture
14. Week  Hunting in Turkish cultura
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Akyıldız, Naciye, Türk Halk Oyunları, İstanbul, 2000. And, Metin Oyun ve Bügü, Ankara, 1974. Ataman, S. Yaver, 100 Türk Halk Oyunu, Ankara: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Baykurt, Şerif, Halk Oyunları, Ankara, 1965.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  none
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
40
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Reading
6
6
36
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
5
25
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
2
2
4
 Preparing Presentation
3
3
9
 Presentation
3
3
9
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
4
4
16
 Final and Studying for Final
4
4
16
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
199
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.96
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To attain basic concepts and theories of folklore.X
2To learn folklore research methods and techniques and use them efficiently.X
3To get knowledge on historical development of folkloristic and the role of Turkish folklore studies in world folklore studies.X
4To learn written and oral Turkish cultural sources and use them.X
5To perform interdisciplinary research by using data derived from different social science disciplines in order to embrace holistic approach to cultural process.X
6To have knowledge on Turkish literary periods and texts and analyze Turkish culture through the analysis of literary texts.X
7To use practical and theoretical knowledge of the performance arts such as Turkish folk theatre, folk music and folk dance.X
8To analyze social practices based on custom and usages and folk beliefs, discuss them and develop new models in applied folklore.X
9To recognize relations among world cultures and their mythologies and carry out comparative studies.X
10To collect, organize and share data through information and internet technologies.X
11To apply theoretical knowledge of media, tourism, animation fields to applied folklore studies.X
12To display cultural heritage by means of museology within the context of identification, archiving, visualizing, protection of cultural heritage.X