Curriculum Studies in Turkey A Historical Perspective /

• Main Author: Aktan, Sümer (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide
• Subjects: Education-History.; Middle East-History.; Church and education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Education.; History of Education.; History of the Middle East.; Religion and Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Popular Science in Education.

This book analyzes curriculum studies in Turkey from the perspective of three paradigms-religion, science, and ideology-since the early 19th century. Using Islam as a guiding point, Turkish curriculum theory later evolved to become the classical curriculum theory. In this book, the author presents a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Islamic Civilization and its Classical Curriculum Theory: the Philosophy, Institutions and Important Theoreticians of Classical Curriculum Theory
• Chapter 2. The Classical Curriculum Theory and the Madrasas in the Ottoman Empire
• Chapter 3. The Modernization of Education in the Ottoman Empire: The First Steps, 1730-1839
• Chapter 4. Institutionalization, Bureaucratization and Westernization in Curriculum Theory, 1839-1908
• Chapter 5. Curriculum Theory in Early Republic Era: Philosophy and Perspectives
• Chapter 6. Reflections on the New Curriculum Theory: Social Studies Curriculum and Civic Education in Turkey (1924-2004): A Case Study
• Chapter 7. Curriculum Theorists in the Early Republic Period of Turkey
• Chapter 8. Conclusion.