EXPLORING TURKEY'S EDUCATION
POLICY: WHAT DO THE GLOBAL TRENDS SUGGEST, WHAT DO THE RECENT AMENDMENTS REALLY
AMEND?’
Cultural & Convention Centre,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 13-14 December 2012
OVERALL PROGRAMME
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09:30-10:00
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10:00-10:15
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10:15-12:15
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12:15-13:30
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13:30-14:45
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14:45-15:00
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15:00-17:00
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13 December 2012, Thursday
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Welcome Speech
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TEA BREAK
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RESEARCH SESSION 1
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LUNCH BREAK
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RESEARCH SESSION 2
KEYNOTE SPEECH 1
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TEA BREAK
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ROUND TABLE 1
RESEARCH SESSION 3
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14 December 2012, Friday
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TEA BREAK
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RESEARCH SESSION 4
KEYNOTE SPEECH 2
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LUNCH BREAK
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RESEARCH SESSION 5
FILM SCREENING
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TEA BREAK
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ROUND TABLE 2
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ACADEMIC
PROGRAMME
13 December 2012, Thursday,
09:00-17:00
Registration (Registration Desk)
13 December 2012, Thursday,
10:15-12:15
RESEARCH SESSION 1 (CCC-Room A)
‘Education System in Turkey under the Influence of Marketisation and
Conservatism’
Chair and Discussant: Ms. Gözde Somel, Department of History, METU
Ms. Birgül Çakır,
Department of Elementary Education, METU
Ms. Hilal Döner,
Department of Guidance and Psychological Counselling, METU
Mr. Mehmet Ali Olpak, Department of Physics, METU:
‘A General View: how
to Evaluate the Educational Policies in Turkey’
Prof. Dr. Rıfat
Okçabol, Department of Educational Sciences, Boğaziçi University
(Retired):
‘Ciphers of
Marketisation and Conservatism in the 4+4+4 System’
Mr. Onur Seçkin,
Department of Educational Sciences, Boğaziçi University:
‘Governmental Decree
No. 652: Towards Public Management through Public-Private Partnership Model’
Ms. Derya Ünlü, Faculty of Educational Sciences,
Ankara University
Ms. Gökçen Düzkaya,
Secondary School Teacher:
‘An Insider’s views on
the First Experiences with the 4+4+4 System: Chaos and Local Resistance’
13 December 2012, Thursday, 13:30-14:45
RESEARCH
SESSION 2: What kind of an education policy?: Notes from the field
(CCC-Room
A)
Chair
and Discussant: Assist. Prof. Dr. Can Özen, Department of Economics, METU
Assist Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bayırbağ, Department of
Political Science and Public Administration, METU:
‘From Economic Crisis to Reform in Public Policy: Lessons from the
Education Policy in Turkey’
Mr. Aytuğ Şaşmaz, Education Reform Initiative, Sabancı University:
‘Sources
of Education Policy: “4+4+4” in Turkey as a Case Study’
Assist. Prof. Dr. İdil Aybars,
Department of Sociology, METU
Mr. Zafer Ganioğlu, Department of
Sociology, METU
‘An Assessment of 4+4+4 in Respect to
Quality and Equality in Education’
Dr. Burçak Özoğlu, Business Administration Program, METU Northern Cyprus Campus
‘Current Issues on Employment and Work Relations in
Public Education Sector: the Turkish Case’
KEYNOTE SPEECH 1:
(CCC-Room B)
Chair and Discussant: Assist. Prof. Dr. Aylin Topal
Mr. Antonis Kamaras,
Research Associate, ELIAMEP:
'Academic
Freedom in Greece and Turkey'
13 December 2012, Thursday,
15:00-17:00
ROUND TABLE 1:
(CCC-Room A)
‘Son Gelişmeler ve Tartışmalar Işığında Nasıl bir İlköğretim?’ (in
Turkish)
Discussant and Chair: Prof. Dr. Eyüp Özveren, Department of
Economics, METU
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Yaşar
Özden, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, METU
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University
Prof. Dr. Fuat
Ercan, Department of Economics, Marmara University
Mr. Zafer
Ganioğlu, Department of Sociology, METU
RESEARCH SESSION 3: Inside
and Outside the Classroom: Organisational and Curricular Issues at the Primary
Education (CCC-Room B)
Chair and
Discussant: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bayırbağ, Department of Political Science
and Public Administration, METU
Assist.
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Gregoriadis, Department of Political Science, Bilkent
University
Ms.
Tuğba Gürçel, Department of Political Science, Bilkent University:
‘Religious
Courses in Turkish Formal Education: Explaining Domestic Change with Europeanization Theory’
Ms. Ayşen Köse, Yeditepe University
Mr. Aytuğ Şaşmaz, Education Reform
Initiative, Sabancı University:
‘The Hidden and Important Role of
School-Family Associations For The Future Of “4+4+4”: Can They Rise Up To The
Expectations?’
Ms. R. Nazlı Somel, Helmut Schmidt University
Prof. Dr. Arnd-Michael Nohl, Helmut Schmidt
University
‘Practicing the 2004 Curriculum
Reform in Different “Socio-educational” Settings: Impacts from Outside the
Classroom’
20:00-CONFERENCE DINNER (Panelists
Only)
Social Building-METU Campus
14 December 2012, Friday,
10:00-17:00
Registration (Registration Desk)
14 December 2012, Friday,
10:15-12:15
RESEARCH SESSION 4: The International Dimension of Education:
Financing and Structuring Higher Education in Turkey (CCC-Room A)
Chair and Discussant: Prof.
Dr. Erkan Erdil, Department of Economics, METU
Ms. Ebru Moçoş, Mimar Sinan
Fine Arts University:
‘Bologna Process
as a Process of Neoliberal Reconstruction’
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlhan Dülger,
Department of Educational Sciences, METU
Ms. Derya Şen, Department of
Educational Sciences, METU:
‘Globalizer Manoeuvres by
International Actors on Turkey's Education since 1990’
Ms. Arzu Üstünel Taşkın, Department of Finance, Uludağ
University:
‘Neoliberal Paradigm and Education: the Financing of
Higher Education in Turkey’.
Dr. Tarık Soydan, Department of
Economics of Education, Ankara University
Dr. H. Gürkan Abalı, Department of
Economics of Education, Ankara University:
‘The Finance Problem of Education in
the Structural Transformation Process of Education in Turkey’
Prof. Dr. Erkan
Erdil, Department of Economics, METU
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teoman Pamukçu, Science and Technology Policy Studies,
METU
Assist. Prof. Dr. Semih Akçomak, Science
and Technology Policy Studies, METU
Ms. Yelda Erden, Science and Technology Policy Studies, METU
‘University Organisation within the Context of Changing University-Industry
Cooperation’
KEYNOTE SPEECH 2:
(CCC-Room B)
Chair and Discussant: Assist. Prof. Dr. Özgehan Şenyuva,
Department of International Relations, METU
Associate Education Director, UN (name
to be confirmed later)
‘Education in UNICEF’s post-2015
Development Agenda’
14 December 2012, Friday,
13:30-14:45
RESEARCH SESSION 5: Current and Alternative Methods in Compulsory
Education: Is another Education Possible? (CCC-Room A)
Chair: Dr. Bengi Demirci, Department of Public
Administration, Akdeniz University
Discussant: Dr. Çınla Akdere, Department of
Economics, METU
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Kırdar,
Department of Economics, METU
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Meltem
Dayıoğlu-Tayfur, Department of Economics, METU
Prof. Dr. İsmet Koç, Institute of
Population Studies, Hacettepe University
‘Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Educational Attainment by Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic
Background?’
Ms.
Bilgesu Şatır, Comenius University, ‘Lack of schooling with the Recent Amendments on
Turkey's Education Policy’
Assist.
Prof. Dr. Ömer Delialioğlu, Department of
Computer Education and Instructional Technology, METU
Ms. Yasaman
Alioon, Department of Computer Education and
Instructional Technology, METU:
‘An
Overview to Mobile Learning: Foundations and Current State’
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nilay Yavuz, Department of Political Science and Public Adminstration, METU:
‘Evaluating OpenCourseWare
Initiative in Turkey: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward’
Film Screening:
(CCC-Room B)
‘The Other Town’
(produced by Nefin Dinç and Hercules Milas)
Discussion with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nefin
Dinç, Department of Communication, State University of New York at Fredonia
‘What is the Role of Education in Creating
Stereotypes?’
14 December 2012, Friday,
15:00-17:00
ROUND TABLE 2:
(CCC-Room A)
‘Eğitim Sistemi
için Bütüncül Politikalar ve Stratejik Planlama’ (in Turkish) (organised in
coordination with Education Reform Initiative)
Chair and Discussant:
Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kavak, Department of Educational Sciences, Hacettepe
University
Batuhan
Aydagül, Education Reform Initiative, Sabancı
University
‘Türkiye’de Son On Yılda Eğitim
Politikaları Nasıl Yapıldı ve bu Süreçlerde
Orta-Uzun Vadede Planlama Yapılmasını Sağlayacak Araçlar Nasıl Kullanıldı?’
Prof. Dr. Petek
Aşkar, Faculty of Educational Sciences, TED University:
‘Eğitim Sistemi, Neden Bütüncül
ve Etken Stratejik Planlamaya İhtiyaç Duyar? Eğitim Politikası, Diğer Politika
Alanları ve Toplumsal Sistemlerle nasıl bir İlişki Kurmalıdır?’
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman, ex-President,
Sakarya University:
‘Eğitim Sisteminde Bütüncül Stratejik
Planlama Yapılabilmesi için Nasıl Şartların Oluşmuş Olması Gerekir?’
Mr. Salih
Çelik, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Education
Assoc. Prof.
Dr. Ömer Açıkgöz, Chair, Directorate of Vocational and Technical Education,
Ministry of Education
‘Önümüzdeki
Dönemde Bütüncül Politikalar Üretilmesini Sağlamak Amacıyla Kamu İdaresi ne Tür
Çalışmalar Gerçekleştiriyor?’
