COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 6006 COMPARATIVE EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision

Course Objective

Being able to define the development of comparative education, its aims and problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the development of comparative education
2   The aims and problems of comparative education
3   Being able to explain comparatively the factors affecting education
4   Being able to discuss comparatively the problems in education
5   The structure of Turkish education system
6   Being able to compare and contrast the Turkish education system with that of various countries
7   Evaluating their similarities and differences
8   Comprehending the education systems of the countries in the European Union

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the program
2 Definition of comparative education, its aims and problems
3 Comparative education in Turkey and in the world: concept, scope, common rules and trends
4 Comparative analysis of the factors affecting education and educational problems
5 Structure of the Turkish education system
6 An overview of the education systems of the countries in the European Union
7 Education systems with a centralized management pattern: Turkish and French education systems
8 Mid-term exam
9 Some other education systems with a centralized management pattern
10 Education systems with a decentralized management pattern: English Education System, German Education System and Education System in the USA
11 Some other education systems with a decentralized management pattern
12 Education systems with a Centralized-decentralized management pattern: Japanese Education System, Norwegian Education System, Finnish Education System
13 Some other education systems with a centralized-decentralized management pattern
14 Problems in the Turkish Education System and evaluation of the course. Definition of comparative education, its aims and problems. Comparative education in Turkey and in the world: concept, scope, common rules and trends.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ada, Sefer & Baysal, Z. Nurdan (2009). Eğitim Yapıları ve Yönetimleri Açısından Çeşitli Ülkelere Bir Bakış, Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
Sözer, Ersan (1997). Üç Avrupa Ülkesinde Eğitim: Almanya, Danimarka, Fransa Eğitim Sistemleri. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Yayınları, No: 47.
Demirel, Özcan (2000). Karşılaştırmalı Eğitim. Ankara: Pegem A Yayıncılık.
Gürkan, Tanju ve Erten, Gökçe (1999). Türkiye'de ve Çeşitli Ülkelerde Ilköğretim Program-Öğrenci-Öğretmen. Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi.
Erdoğan, Irfan (2000). Çağdaş Eğitim Sistemleri. Istanbul: Sistem Yayıncılık
Gülcan, Murat Gürkan (2005). AB ve Eğitim Süreci. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
Ültanır, Gürcan (2000). Karşılaştırmalı Egitim Bilimi. Ankara: Eylül Kitabevi.
Erginer, Aysun. (2006). Avrupa Birliği Eğitim Sistemleri. Ankara: PegemA Yayıncılık.
Füsun Akarsu (ed) (2005). Ülkeler ve Eğitim Sistemleri Karşılaştırma Yazıları. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Various methods are used: Traditional, interactive, active learning are used either individually or concurrently.

Assessment Methods

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

esergul.balci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14452
LO.25344432
LO.33214354
LO.42553553
LO.53553553
LO.62515355
LO.7255355
LO.85553552

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