GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF TURKISH EDUCATION SYSTEM (C)/1140102
Course Title: SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF TURKISH EDUCATION SYSTEM (C)
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  A General Glance in the Turkish Society’s Social Structure and Characteristics
2. Week  The General Situation of Turkish Educational System
3. Week  School Management in Turkish Educational System and the Social Problems that Stem from Teachers
4. Week  Inspection
5. Week  Private Establishments to Prepare Students to Various Exams and Education
6. Week  Adoption Problems of the Worker’s Children Coming Back from Abroad to the Educational System
7. Week  Brain Drain
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  Social Value Changes in Education
10. Week  Harmful Habits that the Students are Exposed to
11. Week  Family Structure and Their Reflections to Education
12. Week  Mass Communication Tools and their Reflections to Education System
13. Week  Equal Opportunity in Education
14. Week  Globalization and Our Education System
15. Week  Social Problems of Turkish Educational System
16. Week  Evaluation
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
25
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
4
25
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
4
56
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
2
16
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
1
8
8
 Presentation
1
8
8
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
8
4
32
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
8
16
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
10
10
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acknowledges the theoretical foundations about the social and historical foundations of education.X
2Realizes the relationship between education and the society, the effects of education on social development and the effect of social structure on education.X
3Discusses the reflections of education on the individual and the society and the innovations brought by education.X
4Follows new and current developments by taking into account the cultıral and historical process of education.X
5Evaluates the reflections of philosophical movements to the education system.X
6Analyses the educational systems in Turkey and worldwide by comparing them.X
7Integrates the knowledge in the field with the knowledge from the other disciplines by relating the basic disciplines that education which is a dynamic field is effected.X
8Makes use of the theoretical and applied knowledge in expertise level gained in the field, benefits in the studies related to the field.X
9Benefits from the relevant scientific research systematics in the studies related to solution of the problems in the field.X
10Designs and prepares new studies reflecting alternatives and suggestions by taking into account the education policies and reforms about the field.X
11Reflects high level mental processes such as critical thinking, problem solving and decisionn making towards the studies devoted to the problems inthe field.X
12Carries out a study requiring speciality in the field independently.X
13Uses a foreign language effectively in scientific level studies and research.X
14Evaluates the studies related to the field with a critical point of view.X
15Uses information and communication Technologies in theoretical and applied studies in an advanced level.X
16Takes into account the ethical rules and reflects into his/her studies.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Ülker AKKUTAY)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~akkutay/)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (akkutay@gazi.edu.tr)