| Code: SOS 307 |
Course Title: HUMAN R?GHTS AND DEMOCRACY |
Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 |
ECTS: 3 |
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| Year/Semester of Study |
3 / Fall Semester |
| Level of Course |
1st Cycle Degree Programme |
| Type of Course |
Compulsory |
| Department |
SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING |
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites |
None |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
| Teaching Period |
14 Weeks |
| Name of Lecturer |
BARIŞ ÇİFTÇİ (barisciftci@nevsehir.edu.tr) |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Language of Instruction |
Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) |
None |
| Objectives of the Course |
| To have prospective teachers who has a high level of awareness about human rights and democracy education, have courage of taking responsibility also knows definition and historical development of human rights and democracy, democracy, the concepts of freedom, democracy and equality, different understanding of democracy, democratic culture in school and family,democratic citizenship, rights and freedoms, children and women's rights, national and international regulations on human rights,(The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights Convention and so on.)fundamental problems in the field of human rights, |
| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
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| LO-1 |
To have the knowledge of historical development of the concept of human rights and democracy |
PO-3 To satisfy the needs of students ability to recognise concepts and relationship between concepts related to the field.
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Examination
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| LO-2 |
To get to democracy culture and to be aware of individual cability in school, home and social environment for survival of this culture. |
PO-2 Have knowledge about evaluating limits accuracy, reliability and validity from nature of the source of information.
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Examination
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| LO-3 |
To have knowledge of the international and national regulations on rights and freedoms. |
PO-23 Has national and universal sensitivities mentioned National Education Law.
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Examination
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| LO-4 |
Consciously can evaluate the Press and other sources on human rights violations (Such as official website of the Ministry of Justice) |
PO-4 Ability to explain aims, principles, vision, mission, structure and functioning of Turkish education system, classroom management approaches and concepts related to education.
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Examination
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PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| Definition and historical development of human rights and democracy; the terms of democracy, freedom, equality, different understandings of democracy, democratic culture, democracy in school and in the family, democratic citizenship, rights and freedoms, Children and women's rights, national and international regulations on human rights( The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights Convention and so on.), fundamental problems in the field of human rights, human rights and democracy education |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Introduction to the course |
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| 2 |
The concept of human rights and its historical development |
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| 3 |
Basic human rights |
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| 4 |
International documents and establishments related to human rights |
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| 5 |
International documents and establishments related to human rights |
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| 6 |
The actual and social areas of human rights |
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| 7 |
The concept of democracy and its historical development |
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| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
The concept of democracy and its historical development |
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| 10 |
Forms of state and government |
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| 11 |
History of Turkish Constitution |
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| 12 |
Legislation |
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| 13 |
Execution |
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| 14 |
Jurisdiction |
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| 15 |
Administrative structure of Turkish Republic |
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| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Altunya, N.(2003). Eğitim Fakülteleri İçin Vatandaşlık Bilgisi. Ankara: Nobel Yayın dağıtım |
| 2 |
Doğan, İ.(2007). Modern Toplumda Vatandaşlık, Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları, "İnsan Haklarının Kültürel Temelleri", Ankara: Pegem A Yayıncılık. |
| 3 |
Doğan, V.(2006). Türk Vatandaşlık Hukuku. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık. |
| 4 |
Kıncal,R.(2004).Vatandaşlık Bilgisi. Ankara: Nobel Yayın dağıtım |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
| Current articles and other publications, computers, projectors, audio-visual CD |
