COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SNÖ 4010 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HANIFE KESKIN

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

Teaching the development of concepts of human rights and democracy by giving the historical process, the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, getting the students comprehend different thoughts, beliefs and cultures may exist in peace and reconciliation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns and internalizes the concepts of human rights and democracy
2   Gains tolerance and culture of compromise
3   Comprehends that human rights are acquired innately regardless of religion, language, race discrimination
4   Comprehends that the idea of human rights and democracy are ultimate values of the age that is being experienced
5   Understands that the culture of human rights and democracy make it easier to live together

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of human rights and democracy
2 The historical development of democracy and human rights in Turkey and the World
3 Necessary conditions for democracy and types of democracy
4 Education of democracy in family and school
5 Development of human rights in the West (the Early and Middle Ages)
6 Development of human rights in the West (New and Modern the ages)
7 Development of human rights in Turkey
8 Midterm Exam
9 International regulations on human rights
10 Developments in human rights at the national level
11 International organizations working in the field of human rights
12 National organizations working in the field of human rights
13 Gender discrimination as a human rights violation
14 Gender discrimination prevention methods Children's rights
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, questions and answers, 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

1. Şenel, Alaeddin (1996). Ilkçağlardan Günümüze Insan Hakları Demokrasi Ilişkisi. Izmir: Izmir Barosu Yayınları
2. Kapani, Münci (2004). Insan Haklarının Uluslar arası Boyutları. Ankara: Bilgi Yayınları
3. Karaman Kepenekçi, Yasemin (2008). Insan Hakları ve Vatandaşlık. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hanife.keskin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.135
LO.235
LO.335
LO.435
LO.535

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