Attention: Final programme of the conference!

                      

 

 

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

 

 

	09:30-10:00	10:00-10:15	10:15-12:15	12:15-13:30	13:30-14:45	14:45-15:00	15:00-17:00
13 December 2012, Thursday	Welcome Speech	TEA BREAK	RESEARCH SESSION 1	LUNCH BREAK	RESEARCH SESSION 2   KEYNOTE SPEECH 1	TEA BREAK	ROUND TABLE 1   RESEARCH SESSION 3
14 December 2012, Friday		TEA BREAK	RESEARCH SESSION 4   KEYNOTE SPEECH 2	LUNCH BREAK	RESEARCH SESSION 5   FILM SCREENING	TEA BREAK	ROUND TABLE 2

 

 

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?’