This thesis aims to examine the changing approach towards media literacy education in Turkey. This change will be shown through an in depth comparison of the two course books of this lesson from years 2006 and 2015. The comparison shows a change towards a more critical approach. The newer version of the book blends new media elements throughout the book as a whole not just in one unit. The new book also aims to make the students more aware of the messages that are geared towards them from various ...

We examine the impact of ethnic fractionalization and conflict on limiting the educational development in Southeastern Turkey. Our estimates show that although the armed conflict in the region did not directly hinder education investments it reduced school enrolment rates at middle and high school levels while increasing enrolment at the primary school level. Moreover we show that provinces with higher percentages of Kurdish population received less education investment. These results suggest that ...

Digital media offer various possibilities for internet-based telecollaboration in schools and open up a space for intercultural learning. Diverse initiatives like such as the European Union-initiative eTwinning network aim to support telecollaboration projects in education. This article argues that we need to develop critical and grounded understanding of telecollaboration projects and how they are being embedded in the context of existing school cultures. The article presents an in-depth case ...

Due to the rapid changes in society it is increasingly important to ask why we teach the way we do which teaching methods we should adopt and which we should reject or abandon. As a result it is crucial that philosophical concerns are integrated into art and design curricula. Novel interpretations and applications of teaching methodologies that will offer new and diverse art forms perspectives and worldviews are necessary. In what ways do philosophical theories influence critical analysis and ...

This paper reports a study that was conducted to analyze the differences in product design students’ perception of products. While product perception is reported as one of the competencies of product design students our knowledge on the development of this competence via design education is limited. In order to address this gap students studying at different levels of design education at a 4-year product design programme were asked to participate in a keyword assignment study. Students were ...

Following the surveys which were conducted in 2007 and 2009 by the International Relations Council of Turkey Teaching Research and International Politics Survey 2011 was implemented in 2011 in cooperation with the Teaching Research and International Politics - TRIP Survey which has been carried out by the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Re lations at the College of William and Mary in the United States since 2004. The survey aims to explain and understand the development ...

One of the major weaknesses of the studies on the development of International Relations (IR) curricula in Turkey is the lack of systematic data on the characteristics history development and current status of the IR academia. In order to reveal research practices of academicians and how international relations is taught and how IR scholars perceive the discipline an online survey was conducted among the faculty members of the IR Departments in Turkey in June-July 2009. Scholars were asked to ...

Google Plus has the potential to improve students' collaboration through circles conduct research for projects with sparks improve the student-instructor relationship by using this kind of social media to get in touch with each other and support blended learning with the hang out functionality. The course concept which is shown as an example offers a concrete approach for integrating Google Plus functionalities in education. The results of the forthcoming analysis of the concept in use will show ...

Türkiye`deki Uluslararası İlişkiler (Uİ) çalışmalarının gelişimini, mevcut durumunu, temel özelliklerini, küresel Uİ disiplini içerisindeki konumunu ve bu alanda çalışanların küresel, bölgesel ve ulusal gündemdeki temel meselelere ilişkin tutumlarını anlayabilmek ve açıklaya bilmek amacıyla, daha önce 2007 ve 2009’da Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi (UİK) tarafından gerçekleştirilen anket çalışmalarını takiben, bu sefer ABD’deki Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations ...

How can we build a sense of perception through observing the 'seen' and the 'unseen' dimensions of the city? How can we perceive the living spaces with time and space in mind and capture the hidden meanings in the unknown paths of our city? How can we have the students input the imaginary and observed findings and have them read complex relations? What images are there to find and pull out to understand the realities of the living spaces hidden in the fragments of daily life? How can the architectural ...