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
GKD 5007 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILYAS YAZAR

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
Buca Faculty Of Education
German Language Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies 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   1. Learns and internalizes the concepts of human rights and democracy
2   2. Gains tolerance and culture of compromise
3   3. Comprehends that human rights are acquired innately regardless of religion, language, race discrimination
4   4. Comprehends that the idea of human rights and democracy are ultimate values of the age that is being experienced
5   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 Human rights concept and historical development
2 Historical development of human rights throughout the ages
3 Necessary conditions for democracy and types of democracy
4 Democracy insights, principles, approaches and human rights
5 Democracy insights, principles, approaches and human rights
6 Democracy education and democratic education
7 Family and democracy education
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Education as a human right
10 Pre-school education and democracy education
11 Primary education program and democracy education
12 Democracy education in secondary education
13 Higher education and democracy education
14 Democratic school and classroom environment
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Insan Hakları ve Demokrasi Eğitimi (2017). Editör: Refik Turan, , Ankara: Pegem Akademi.

Patricia Brander, Rui Gomes, Ellie Keen (2008). Pusula: Gençlerle Insan Hakları Eğitimi Kılavuzu, Editörler: Kenan Çayır, Melike Türkan Bağlı, Yasemin Esen, Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Mesut Gülmez (1994). Insan Hakları ve Demokrasi Eğitimi. Ankara: Türkiye Ortadoğu Amme Idaresi.

Şahin Kesici (1998). Demokrasi ve Insan Hakları Eğitimi, Ankara: TDV.

Rüştü Yeşil (2002). Okul ve Ailede Insan Hakları ve Demokrasi Eğitimi, Nobel Yayıncılık.

Kapani, Münci (2004). Insan Haklarının Uluslar arası Boyutları. Ankara: Bilgi Yayınları.

Ioanna Kuçuradi (1996). Insan Haklarının Felsefi Temelleri. 2. Baskı, Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları.

Alaeddin Şenel (1996). Ilkçağlardan Günümüze Insan Hakları Demokrasi Ilişkisi. Izmir: Izmir Barosu Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, questions and answers, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 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)

dogan.duman@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.11
LO.1111
LO.2111
LO.3
LO.41
LO.511

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