COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE-I: HUMAN RIGHTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GNK 2007 ELECTIVE-I: HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞERIF ALI BOZKAPLAN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide history teacher candidates to learn the historical development of the concept of human rights, human rights-related problems in the world and in Turkey however tomorrow's teachers to raise awareness about fundamental rights and freedoms brought by birth.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the basic concepts of human rights
2   To summarize the historical stages of human rights and freedoms
3   To recognize fundamental persons, events and institutions on human rights and freedoms
4   To discuss today's human rights problems and solutions
5   To interpret the reflections of human rights and freedoms on education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Justification and Importance of Course - Course Rules and Requirements Evaluation of basic resources for Human Rights course
2 Historical evolution of human rights approach
3 Democracy and Law
4 Opinions of Enlightenment Thinkers about Natural Law
5 French Revolution and the emergence of 1. Generation Rights
6 Personal Rights and Freedoms, Right to Life, Bodily Rights, Security Right
7 Freedoms of collective action and political rights
8 Midterm Exam
9 19. century revolutions, the emergence and development of 2. Generation Rights
10 Importance of 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, formation of second Generation Legal Rights, Economic and Social Rights
11 Labour and Social Security Rights, slavery to freedom
12 Social and Cultural Rights and International Conventions about their development
13 3. Generation Rights, development of Solidarity Rights
14 Right to Peace, Development Rights, Environmental Rihgts- Affirmative Action, Women's and Children's Rights, Education Right
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mumcu, Ahmet ve Küzeci, Elif (2011). Insan Hakları ve Kamu Özgürlükleri. Ankara: Turhan Yayınevi
2. Çitçi, Oya -Ed. (2000). Türkiye'de Insan Hakları. Ankara: TODAIE Yayınları
3. Kaboğlu, Ibrahim Özden (2002). Özgürlükler Hukuku. Insan Haklarının Hukuksal Yapısı. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları
4. Freeman, Michael (2008). Insan Hakları (Disiplinlerarası Bir Yaklaşım). Ankara: Birleşik Yayınevi
5. Hammarberg, Thomas (2012). Avrupa'2da Insan Hakları. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.bozkaplan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.133
LO.233
LO.333
LO.433
LO.533

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