Despite the increasing interest in the studies inquiring the limits autonomous character of and the interactions between the International Relations (IR) discipline and other academic fields the scope and scale of empirical research on these issues are relatively small. In order to contribute to the discussion on the limits and peculiarities of the IR discipline and to shed light on the development current status and major characteristics of the IR studies in Turkey its place in the global IR ...

Using a qualitative discourse analysis, this article aims at introducing the sub-discipline of Critical Pedagogy (CP) to the studies of International Relations (IR), incorporating the orientalist text analysis into CP and arguing over the orientalist texture of the undergraduate education of IR in Turkey. It is argued here that due to the Western-centrism of CP studies, they 'forget' to bring into question the orientalist tone of the standardized Western curricula, next to the main discussions of ...

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 ...

Oyun; insanın varoluşundan bu yana doğasında bulunan bir özelliktir. Yaratıcı Drama, insanı var eden yaratıcılık, hayal gücü, cesaret gibi öğeleriyle temeli doğaçlamaya dayanan bir ifade yöntemi sayılabilir. Bu çalışma, Yaratıcı Drama’nın sunduğu fırsatlar ve sağladığı kazanımlar göz önüne alınarak drama etkinliği alternatif bir yöntem olarak iç mimari tasarım eğitiminde kullanımını irdelemeyi amaçlar. Makale Kadir Has Üniversitesi Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi İç Mimarlık Proje I stüdyosu ...

Sanatın en ayırt edici özelliklerinden bir tanesi de, teoriyle kurduğu bağdır. Günümüzde sanat, salt estetik haz üreten seyirlik bir faaliyet ya da klasik felsefenin kesin biçimde ona atfettiği gibi duyulabilir olanın bilgisi veya hakikatini arayan metafizik bir uğraş alanı değil. Sanat artık görselliği yanında, alımlama ile de bilgi üreten bir yöntem. Bu bağlamda sanatçılar, mevcut durumlar karşısında eleştirel tavır geliştiren ve yeni bir bakışla, bilgi ekonomisi içinde tartışma olanakları yaratan ...

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 Relations at the College of William and Mary in the United States since 2004. The survey aims to explain and understand the development current ...

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 ...

Using survey data gathered from nearly 400 women living in two Istanbul neighborhoods this article explores issues of work education family and feminism. In addition to presenting the findings we argue that there is a continued gap between the ideal of the Republican woman and the actual practices of this group of Turkish women. The picture of these Turkish women that emerged from this survey is that of women still largely in the grips of an ideal born in the early days of the Turkish Republic. ...

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 ...