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Characteristics and principles of teaching profession, school and classroom contexts, alternative perspectives in education, social, psychological, philosophical and historical foundations of education, Turkish education system.

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Characteristics and principles of teaching profession, school and classroom contexts, alternative perspectives in education, social, psychological, philosophical and historical foundations of education, Turkish education system.

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Basic concepts of instructional principles and methods; teaching-learning principles, models, strategies, methods and techniques, determining goals and objectives in instruction, selection and organization of content in instruction, instructional materials, planning instruction and instructional plans, instructional theories and approaches, instruction in an effective school, achievement in teaching and learning, assessment of learning in class.

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Fundamental concepts related to history of Turkish education: the content, method and resources of Turkish Education history; education in the first Turkish civilizations, education before the first modernization movements; the establishment of modern education system between Tanzimat to the Republic; education in Turkic countries; the fundamental principles, structure, establishment and development of Turkish education system; the teacher training process from the beginning to today; education in Turkish world in the 21st century ; shared goals, language and alphabet; collaborative history writing.

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Basic understanding of educational research and the scope of educational research; the general nature of educational research; the process of conducting a systematic research study (problem statement, literature review, sampling, data collection, data analysis, and reporting.) in education; quantitative research design alternatives and characteristics of the each design alternative; the concepts, methods, and tools, by which educational research is designed, conducted, interpreted, and critically evaluated.

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Fundamental concepts related to learning in non-school contexts: the importance and scope of learning, teaching in non-school contexts, teaching methods and strategies for learning in non-school contexts (project-based, station technique etc.) and teaching materials, non-school contexts for learning (museums, science centers, zoos, etc.), developing, planning implementing and evaluating the learning in non-school contexts.

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Various dimensions of human development (cognitive, social, psychological, moral and physical), approaches to learning and learning process, learning styles, motivation and individual differences in learning.

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Various dimensions of human development (cognitive, social, psychological, moral and physical), approaches to learning and learning process, learning styles, individual differences in learning.

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Basic curriculum development concepts and processes, course curriculum, development of yearly, unit and daily plans, strategies in content selection and organization, teaching methods and strategies, basic characteristics of teaching and learning materials, material selection, measurement and evaluation, approaches to evaluation, different types of tests, development of follow-up and achievement tests, procedures and strategies in writing test questions and grades.

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Concept of exceptionality, different exceptionality groups, mental deviations, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, visual impairment, communication disorders, behavior disorders, physical and health impairments, parental training and counseling and technological advances in special education.

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Development and application of basic and advanced study and thinking skills to be successful in school setting. Study skills: self management, reading, note-taking, locating information, writing and preparing for exam, communication and group work. Thinking skills: memorizing, information processing, questioning problem solving, critical thinking and decision making. Helping students with these skills at different levels of schooling.

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The basic concepts of sociology: Society, social structure, social fact, social event, and so on.; the pioneers of sociology (Ibn-I Haldun, A. Comte, K. Marx, E. Durkheim, M. Weber, and so on) and their educational viewpoints; education in terms of the basic sociological theories (pragmatism, constructivism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, critical theory, phenomenology and ethnomethodology); social processes (socialization, social stratification, social mobility, social change, and so on) and education; social institutions (family, religion, economy, politics) and education; the development of sociology and educational sociology in Turkey (Ziya Gökalp, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Nurettin Topçu, Mümtaz Turhan, and so on); culture and education; school as a social, cultural, ethical system and community.

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The fundamental issues and problem areas of philosophy; ontology, epistemology, axiology and education; the fundamental philosophical movements (idealism, realism, naturalism, empiricism, rationalism, pragmatism, existentialism, analytical philosophy) and education; educational philosophy and educational movements: Perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, existentialist education, critical/radical education; educational viewpoints of certain philosophers in Islamic world and in the West (Plato, Aristoteles, Socrates, J. Dewey, Ibn-I Sina, Farabi, J. J. Rousseau, and so on); human nature, individual differences and education; education in terms of certain political and economic ideologies; the effective movements of thought during the modernization process in Turkey and education; the philosophical foundations of Turkish education system.

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This course provides information and skills to preservice-teachers about Information technologies in education; learning processes and classification of instructional technologies; theoretical approaches to instructional technologies; new tendencies in learning approaches; novel literacies (digital literacy, media literacy, etc.); instructional technologies as tools and materials; design of instructional materials; designing thematic instructional materials; creation of database for subject matter specific learning objects, and evaluation criteria for instructional materials.

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Information about the field of Organizational Behavior, organizational perspectives, the character of the work group organizational climate, organizational leadership, decision making, motivation, job satisfaction, morale, types of conflict and conflict resolution, maintaining the adaptability of employee, organizational effectiveness, organizational change, basic communication skills, discussion on the students projects.

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Social and psychological factors that influence student behavior, basic characteristics and functions of classroom context, designing the physical environment, starting a new school year, developing and teaching rules and routines for classroom management, gaining student cooperation, protecting and restoring order, creating a positive learning environment, managing seatwork, group work, recitations and discussions, productive and effective use of time in class, motivation and communication, problem behaviors and ways of dealing with them.

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The foundations of open and distance education, the basic skills and information that students need to function in a distance learning environment; definitions, history, tools and theories of distance education and effective strategies for teaching and learning at a distance.

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Foundational knowledge about the sociology and philosophy of inclusive education; the relation between democratic education, inclusive education and marginalized groups in society; the effects of schooling on the reproduction of (un)equality in society; major sociological themes such as difference, power, equality, marginalization, discrimination, stereotypes, privilege, ability etc.; basic skills of teaching and instruction for inclusion; questioning the ideology of normalcy; effective teacher characteristics for inclusive education; and the current issues in inclusive and democratic education.

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The role of evaluation in teaching, relating evaluation to instructional objectives. Constructing tests, validity, reliability and other characteristics of tests. Marking and reporting.

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Definition and scope of Adult Education, fundamental concepts related to adult education, historical development of Adult Education in Turkey, models and approaches to adult education, adults and learning, the aims and scope lifelong learning, principles of lifelong learning, historical development of lifelong learning both internationally and in Turkey, lifelong learning practices in the Turkish Education System.

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Contemporary issues as a part of non-formal education in the school context, the students learning beyond the cognitive domain to develop lifelong learning skills in the affective and the psychomotor domain, the importance of social, cultural, artistic and sports activities at schools, problem-based learning and critical thinking learning environments, organizing sustainable, environmental-friendly action plans, or social accountability projects for school or out of school contexts as a social justice issue.

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This course is designed for prospective teachers to develop the perception and skills related to education systems, Turkish Education System, and school management. It aims to increase understanding of Turkish Education System and other basic concept of education management such as organizational structure, organizational culture, motivation, leadership, decision-making, communication, organizational change, finance, and personnel administration.

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Purposes of student personality services and their place in education, introduction to guidance services in schools, principles of guidance, diagnosing and guiding students, collection and use of data on student counseling, placement, follow-up advising, research and evaluation, relations with parents and beyond the school community, vocational guidance, purposes of special education, identifying students with special learning needs.

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Introduction to philosophies of education. Discussion of major social theories of education by emphasizing their implications for Turkish education.

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An overview of educational research process and procedures; understanding and developing competence in research methods; application of different research designs.

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Basic concepts, steps and procedures in analyzing quantitative data; preparing open and close ended data for computer entry; processing data using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS); determining appropriate statistical procedures; interpreting statistical data and preparing them for presentation.

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Basic statistical techniques for carrying out an educational research. Coding and entering data, use of descriptive statistics for data tabulation and summarization. Percentiles and standard scores, normal distribution, sampling distribution and central limit theorem, correlation and simple linear regression analysis, hypothesis testing for one and two sample cases, z, t, F, chi-square distributions, one and two way analyses of variance.

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Development of master s thesis and presentation of thesis proposal. The course involves design, methods and other matters of concern in the preparation of an acceptable masters thesis proposal.

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Characteristics and principles of teaching profession, status of teaching profession, school and classroom contexts, alternative perspectives in education, social, psychological, economical, philosophical and historical foundations of education, Turkish education system, induction into teaching, teacher development, supervision of teaching, teaching at different contexts.

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Basic research methods in education, psychological foundations of education, various dimensions of human development (cognitive, social, psychological, moral and physical), approaches to learning and learning process, intelligence, learners with special needs, learning styles, individual differences in learning, motivation theories.

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Basic curriculum development concepts and processes, course curriculum, development of yearly, unit and daily plans, strategies in content selection and organization, teaching methods and strategies, basic characteristics of teaching and learning materials, material selection, measurement and evaluation, approaches to evaluation, different types of tests, development of follow-up and achievement tests, procedures and strategies in writing test questions and assigning grades.

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Theories on classroom management, group development, social and psychological factors that influence student behavior, basic characteristics and functions of classroom context, designing the physical environment, starting a new school year, developing and teaching rules and routines for classroom management, gaining student cooperation, protecting and restoring order, creating a positive learning environment, managing seatwork, group work, recitations and discussions, productive and effective use of time in class, motivation and communication, problem behaviors and ways of dealing with them, common discipline problems in class and school, producing discipline and classroom management plans.

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Human problems in organizations. Organizational perspectives of human nature and motivation. Leadership and participation. Inter group problems in organizations. Organizations as dynamic and developing systems.

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An analysis of primary and secondary group dynamics. Dynamics of organizational behaviour. Conflict in organizations. Several leadership theories and their applicability in Turkey and other developing countries.

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An investigation in organizations in terms of their design, climates and the other characteristics as well as the theories, with the emphasis on educational organizations. Study of various issues and problems in Turkish educational organizations.

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The investigation of recent theoretical approaches and dilemmas in sociology of education with emphasis on cross-cultural comparisons. Economic, political, cultural and technological inequalities in the light of Human capital, schooling for equality, economic growth, Development and Modernisation versus Underdevelopment and Dependencia theories.

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Theoretical background of strategic planning, basic steps of carrying out a strategic planning in public institutions. Based on a case study design, this course provides hands-on experience on strategic planning through which students can apply a similar framework in carrying out a strategic planning process in school organizations as well as in other public and nonprofit organizations.

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Theoretical approaches to guidance. Purposes of student personality services and their place in education, introduction to guidance services in schools, principles of guidance, diagnosing and guiding students, collection and use of data on students, counseling, placement, follow-up, advising, research and evaluation, relations with parents and beyond the school community, vocational guidance, purpose of special education, identifying students with special learning needs, dealing with students with special needs in classrooms, designing instructional activities for students with special needs.

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This graduate level course is designed to familiarize students with several major theoretical approaches in counseling and psychotherapy and help them integrate these approaches with practice. A secondary goal is to introduce the wide variety of styles and practices used by leaders in the field of counseling and psychotherapy.

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An in-depth study of the concepts: Systems and Systems Analysis, A reconsideration of education as a system. Meaning and development of MIS in education. Introduction to techniques in Systems Analysis: Flow Charts, Simulation, PERT, CPM, Linear Programming, Game Theory, and other applications.

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Theory of the Formation of Human Capital. Contribution of education to economic growth. Microeconomics of Education: Study of the effectiveness of educational systems.

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Acquire an adequate understanding of the theory of total quality management as a way of continuous improvement and the skills necessary to implement it in the field of education.

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This course is an extended introduction to the controversial structural issues surrounding educational institutions and practices in society. By focusing on the major theoretical approaches that are useful in examining and re-considering the immanent regularities of the school as a dynamic organism, this course is organized around a couple of overlapping circles of analysis. One of the major circle will focus on the issues of ecology of education; examining the ways in which schools are embedded within social, historical, and cultural contexts, the recognition of pedagogical domain as a site of (re)producing the technologies of collaboration with the families and the communities in the circuits of reciprocity principle, and the role in producing or transforming the existing power relations in society. Another circle will offer critical engagement with intra-institutional centers , i.e. a complex set of authority patterns and governance structures, rituals, micro practices established around the students, administrators, and teachers, and foundations of morality. This course does not offer a continuous reflection on the contemporary issues of education, but inhabits instead back and forth encounters of micro and macro level of historically and culturally sedimented discourses of that root silently within these circles.

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The course content of the Higher Education Administration and Governance is a follows;
What is university?
The role of the university and its historical development
The definition of Higher Education as an education institution and research at Higher Education
Participatory, research and education
Faculty, research and education
Students affairs at Higher Education and student development
Quality in Higher Education, university rankings and accreditation

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This course will introduce creative drama techniques used in educational settings and will deliver hands on experiences. Development of the individual or group collaborative creativity through use of dramatic play, imagination, improvisation, qualitative data collection, and curriculum building. This course provides researchers and educators with a with a general understanding of how creative drama can be integrated into teaching and qualitative research processes.

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Analysis of the basic concepts and components of curriculum and the study of several curriculum designs.

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Systems approach to instructional designs. Heuristics for instructional design. Theory base, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

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A comparative study of learning backgrounds and contemporary theories of learning and discussion of learning-teaching relationships.

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Study of the emergence and the present status of instructional theories and the discussion of the relationship between learning theories, instructional theories and practical applications.

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Focuses on a critical study of contrasting approaches to the study of teaching process. Designed to survey research issues to help students develop a more critical perspective, to increase awareness of the variety of approaches to studying teaching and to provoke thought about the relationship between research and practice.

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Contemporary issues in relation to curricular sources and influences. Conflicting educational theories. Need for a paradigm in the field. Innovations and reforms. Curriculum improvement.

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Theory and research related to curriculum/program evaluation. Study and analysis of various standards and models in curriculum/program evaluation. Application of research designs in evaluation process.

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Theoretical and practical basis of needs assessment in preservice and in-service training programs; quantitative and qualitative approaches applied to determining needs.

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This course provides an overview of school improvement concepts, models, approaches and underlying theories. It will help students analyze educational change processes, including barriers to change, strategies for change, culture and climate in schools, teacher decision making, development and evaluation, curriculum and instructional processes, and develop their capacity to deal with challenges and produce plans for school improvement.

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Techniques of attitude and related characteristics measurement. Item writing and questionnaire design. Checklists, rating scales. Statistical analysis of an attitude scale. Reliability and validity of attitude scales.

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Practicum providing experience in the construction of educational and psychological measuring instruments.

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Construction of scales from a wide variety of data, such as "yes-no", multiple choice, ranking and categorical data. Discussion of the major techniques such as scalogram analysis, Likert scaling, information theory, methods of ranking, paired comparisons.

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Theories on affective characteristics and change, discussion of selected measurement techniques, review of empirical research on measurement and change of affective characteristics.

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Introduction to basic concepts of factor analysis and related statistical methodology with illustrations using empirical data on SPSS and LISREL statistical packages. Topics: relevant matrix algebra and statistics, multiple and partial correlation, structural analysis of correlation matrices, component analysis, common factor models, comparative factor analyses. Exploratory versus confirmatory analysis.

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Basic approaches to child counseling, utilizing play media in counseling, research on counseling and psychotherapy with children

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Investigation and comparison of educational systems. A review of the literature related to developments, issues and problems in education across different societies. A comparison and contrast of structure, organization, content, curricula, implementation, evaluation, selection and allocation, quality and quantity of elementary, secondary and tertiary education in various societies.

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Current theory, research and practice in educational psychology to help students analyze problems and develop situations based on psychological principles. Major topics include educational psychology and the classroom teacher, cognitive, language, personal, social and moral development, impact of culture and community, behavioral, cognitive learning theories and their application, classroom management and communication.

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Analysis of micro and macro level problems of Turkish Education, including structural and organizational problems; teacher-training problems; problems of elementary education; problems of secondary education, problems of higher education; transitional problems between the various levels of education; education and market relationships; economic, political, juridical and philosophical problems.

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Analysis of contemporary theories and philosophies of education in relation to various issues, problems.

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Study of various topics related to theory and research in education, with the cooperation of the advisor.

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A study of and practice in the education of adults based on anthropological theory and adult psychology. Including consideration of concepts of education as a continuing process and of international strategies for the realization of this concept.

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Understanding counseling as a process, goals of counseling, stages of the counseling process with special reference to the techniques used in each stage. Theories and research findings.

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Overview of the counseling group. Different theoretical approaches and techniques in group counseling. Stages in group counseling. Ethical and professional issues in group practice.

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Opportunity for advanced students to obtain practical experience. Identification of significant problems in an educational environment and other related settings.

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Continuation of Field Practice I

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The family as a system, the family life cycle, dealing with families with young children and adolescents. The process of systems counseling.

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Growth and status of student services, theories of student development, models for higher education, essential competencies and techniques of counselor in higher education, organization and management, current trends.

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Intervention techniques used in a crisis situation such as drug induced crisis, family crisis, death of a loved one, loss of a job, retirement, financial problems, unwanted pregnancy and so on. Research on crisis counseling.

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Developmental patterns in career choice. Components of career development counseling. Different approaches to career development counseling.

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Practice in the administration of individual tests and preparation of psychological reports. Psychological and educational assessment procedures used with counselee(s).

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The main purpose of this course is to introduce a number of qualitative research methods commonly used in educational research and improve participants skills in using them. The methods mainly include interview, observation, document analysis. This course is offered primarily for those who are contemplating to use qualitative inquiry in their doctoral dissertations and/or as part of their job responsibilities.

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Introduction to multivariate methods as principal components and factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis; multiway contingency table analysis and discriminant analysis. Focus on research problems in education. Structural equation models. The explanation and use of SPSS for various topics.

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A course on international and national aspects of transformation, innovation, and critical issues in school administration in the 1990s.

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Study of the relationships between education and other societal subsystems, as including economy, politics, culture, technology and demography. More particularly examination of the relationships between school and other societal facts, as including family, gender ethnicity religion locality and social class.

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A course on educational leadership. Theoretical approaches to educational leadership, organizational development. The importance of leadership as a change in educational setting with a special reference to reforming Turkish educational system.

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An in-depth study of organizational change and restructuring in education. Information age, `The new world order,` and education, emerging theoretical issues in the concept of education, magnitude and scale of emerging issues and problems related to educational organizations, and the explorations of change alternatives for the Turkish education al system.

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This course is intended to help students to gain understanding of colleges and universities as organizations and be able to use organizational theories to describe, analyze, and address higher education problems particularly as it applies to Higher Education in Turkey. Students will investigate higher education organizations by critically reviewing theories of organizational behavior and governance. We will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of these organizations and apply them to real and hypothetical situations in order to develop an understanding of how authority and power are exercised in higher education. When viewing post-secondary education through an organizational analysis, a broader view is taken looking at the entire system internally and externally. The first half of the course will be more theory driven while in the second half more attention will be paid to activities that universities engage in. As this is doctoral level seminar course , it will focus on deep readings of texts, constructive critique, and presentations in a collegial and reciprocal learning environment. Students will be expected to attend class, be up to date with the issues facing higher education, and actively engage in course discussion.

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The nature of mixed-method research, development of mixed method design in a historical perspective, purposes of mixed-method design, reasons of mixed-method design, foundations of mixed-method designs, mixed-method design alternatives, designing and implementing mixed-method research in educational sciences (rationale and purpose statement, sampling, data collection, data analysis, writing and evaluation).

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Examination of the linkages between education and social development of nature. Concepts of social development and approaches to determine optimal type and levels of educational systems. Discussion of controversial issues leading to social development policy.

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Theories of instruction and research in the learning process, human relations, group dynamics, communication, thought process and other fields contributing to a theory of instruction.

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Theories of curriculum development, and a survey of curriculum research and patterns of curriculum management in various systems.

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Study and improvement of teacher quality. A comparative study of teacher training programs; a review of historical and practical applications of staff development.

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Designing in curriculum and instruction using one or more models.

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Study of the development and improvement of teaching methods.

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Curriculum/program evaluation by using different models and research designs.

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An analysis and a comparison of major paradigms, orientations and their practical implications.

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Demographical, economical, sociocultural, technological changes as reflected in educational philosophies and systems with an analysis of Turkish case in this context.

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This course deals with understanding and examining current issues and trends in higher education curriculum policy with emphasis on internalization of higher education as a reform initiative created by the European Higher Education Area. The course will provide opportunities to investigate changes, needs and challenges for curriculum policy implementation in the 21 th Century.

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This course is designed for prospective faculty to improve the perceptions and skills related to instructional planning, effective teaching and evaluation. It aims to increase awareness of university course planning, teaching and learning, valuing student differences, learner motivation, student assessment, university culture and ethics, and self improvement in an academic context.

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Opportunity for advanced students to obtain practical experience in individual counseling. Each student is required to carry out twenty individual counseling sessions under supervision.

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Opportunity for advanced students to obtain practical experience in group counseling. Each student is required to carry out at least 10 group sessions under supervision.

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Discussion of new approaches and their applications to different counseling settings.

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Presentation of different topics related to different areas of guidance and counseling practices. Such as vocational counseling, family counseling, counseling in schools, counseling in special education rehabilitation counseling and so on.

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Theory and process of group counseling with children with a special emphasis on preventive group guidance procedures. Research related to group work with children.

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Recent approaches and special issues and problems in guidance practices with special reference to guidance services and activities in Turkey.

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Development of doctoral dissertations and projects and presentations of plans. The course which is intended for students who have identified a reasonably narrow area for research will assist them in design, methods and other matters of concern in the preparation of an acceptable dissertation or project proposal. The course involves presentations, group discussions, and critiques.

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The purpose of this course is to facilitate the development of current and incoming doctoral students dissertation research ideas and to build community among Middle East Technical University Educational Sciences doctoral students and faculty. In that respect, the Seminar aims to provide a space for doctoral students to develop research ideas, form a committee, conduct a project, learn the data collection process, and finally present the results.

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The meaning of educational change, the imperatives for change, content, context, and process model of organizational change, change initiation, change implementation and continuation, sustainability and expiration of change, educational change at the local level: Teachers and principals, reactions towards change, future of educational change, and the changes in the Turkish education system.