COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY IN THE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAT 6023 HISTORY IN THE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YAHYA ARAZ

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to deal with History textbooks with focus on some important subjects. Hereby, students will consider textbooks more critical

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate history teaching curriculum from critical point of view
2   Fundamental knowledge of evaluation of the textbooks
3   To comprehend basic features of good textbooks
4   To apply scientific methods for choosing textbooks
5   To create alternative viewpoints for choosing textbooks
6   To create a sample textbook

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: History Textbooks in Turkey and in the World
2 Development of history textbooks in Turkey I; Turkish Thesis of History
3 Development of history textbooks in Turkey II; Turkish-Islamic Synthesis
4 Ourself and the Other in the history textbooks
5 Women in the history textbooks
6 Foundation and development of Republic in the history textbooks
7 World War I and II in the history textbooks
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Ottoman Empire in the history textbooks
10 Islam and history of Islam in the history textbooks
11 Ancient Greek, Anatolia, Roman and Byzantium in the history textbooks
12 The Turks (Pre-Islamic) in the history textbooks
13 Contemporary Turkish World in the history textbooks
14 Europe in the history textbooks
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Gilbert T. Sewall, World History Textbooks, A Review, A Report of the American
Textbook Council, 2004
2. Salih Özbaran, Tarih Öğretimi ve Ders Kitapları, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, Istanbul,
2007
3. Etienne Copeaux, Tarih Ders Kitaplarında (1931-1993) Türk Tarih Tezinden Türk Islam
Sentezine, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007
4. Lise tarih ders kitapları

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 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yahya ARAZ
yahyaaraz@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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 27 27
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655