COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD IN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAT 5026 HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YAHYA ARAZ

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students the history of children and childhood in Turkey around specific issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the concept of childhood in Ottoman-Turkish society
2   To be able to explain the place of children in the family
3   To be able to explain the relationship between poverty and child labor
4   To able to summarize the transformation of concept of childhood in modernization process
5   To be able to write the impact of wars and immigration on children

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The evolution of childhood history studies
2 History of childhood studies in Turkey: research, resources, limits and problems
3 Children and Childhood in Ottoman-Islamic Law
4 Family and Children
5 Education and upbringing of children
6 Children's games and toys
7 Slavery, poverty and child labor
8 Mid-term
9 Ottoman modernization process and children
10 Wars, mass migrations and children
11 Street children, society and the state
12 Children and modern educational institutions
13 Children's Literature
14 Child Marriage and sexuality; children and gender
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Araz, Yahya (2013), Osmanlı Toplumunda Çocuk Olmak, Istanbul; Kitap Yayınevi.
2. Fortna, Benjamin C. (2005), Mekteb-i Hümayûn, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
3. Gil`adi, Avner (1992), Children of Islam Concepts of Childhood in Medieval Muslim Society, New York: St. Martin s Press.
4. Heywood, Colin (2003), Batı'da Çocukluğun Tarihi, Istanbul; Kitap Yayınevi.
5. Maksudyan, Nazan (2014), Orphans and Destitute Children in Late Ottoman Empire, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
6. Özbek, Nadir (2008), Osmanlı Imparatorluğu'nda Sosyal Devlet, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
7. Öztan, Güven Gürkan (2012), Türkiye'de Çocukluğun Politik Inşası, Istanbul; Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
8. Tezcan, Hülya (2006), Osmanlı Sarayının Çocukları, Istanbul: Aygaz.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

yahya.araz@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 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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