COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISB 5048 COMPARATIVE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ŞAHIN

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explain the development of comparative education, its aims and problems, carry out comparative analysis of the factors affecting education, discuss comparatively the problems in education, evaluate the Turkish Education System with other education systems comparatively

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the development of comparative education, its aims and problems
2   Being able to explain comparatively the factors affecting education
3   Being able to discuss comparatively the problems in education
4   Being able to compare and contrast the Turkish education system with that of various countries and evaluate their similarities and differences

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 Structure of the Turkish education system
7 An overview of the education systems of the countries in the European Union
8 Mıd-term exam
9 Education systems with a centralized management pattern: Turkish and French education systems
10 Some other education systems with a centralized management pattern
11 Education systems with a decentralized management pattern: English Education System, German Education System and Education System in the USA
12 Some other education systems with a decentralized management pattern
13 Education systems with a Centralized-decentralized management pattern: Japanese Education System, Norwegian Education System, Finnish Education System
14 Some other education systems with a centralized-decentralized management pattern Problems in the Turkish Education System and evaluation of the course
15 Fınal exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ada, S. & Baysal, Z. N. (2009). Eğitim Yapıları ve Yönetimleri Açısından Çeşitli Ülkelere Bir Bakış, Ankara: PegemA.
Altınok, H. I. vd. (2006). Ülkelerin Öğretmen Yetiştirme Sistemleri. Ankara: MEB Basımevi.
Demirel, Ö. (2000). Karşılaştırmalı Eğitim. Ankara: PegemA.
Erdoğan, I. (2000). Çağdaş Egitim Sistemleri. Istanbul: Sistem Yayıncılık
Erginer, A. (2006). Avrupa Birliği Eğitim Sistemleri. Ankara: PegemA.
Akarsu, F. (ed) (2005). Ülkeler ve Eğitim Sistemleri Karşılaştırma Yazıları. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Gülcan, M. (2005). AB ve Eğitim Süreci. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
Gürkan, T. (1999). Türkiye'de ve Çeşitli Ülkelerde Ilköğretim Program-Öğrenci-Ögretmen. Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi.
Sözer, E. (1997). Üç Avrupa Ülkesinde Eğitim: Almanya, Danimarka, Fransa Eğitim Sistemleri. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Yayınları.
Ültanır, G. (2000). Karşılaştırmalı Eğitim Bilimi. Ankara: Eylül Kitabevi.

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 6 7 42
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 40 40
Final 1 3 3
Mid-term 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1433
LO.24533
LO.3345432
LO.434532

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