| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction to the course:
issues in the history of education, research methods and resources.
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| 2. Week |
Education in antiquity
- Ancient Chinese Culture and Education
- Culture and Education in Ancient Indian Civilization
- Middle East Culture and Civilizations (Sumer, Babylon, Egypt, Akkad and Assyrians) and Education
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| 3. Week |
Education in antiquity
- Education and Culture in Ancient Israeli Society
- Culture and Education in Ancient Iran
- Education in Anatolian Culture and Civilizations
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| 4. Week |
Education in antiquity
- Culture and Education in Ancient Greek Culture and Civilizations
- Ancient Roman Culture and Civilization
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| 5. Week |
- Childhood and Child Education in Heavenly Religions
- Culture and Education in the Middle Ages
- Education in the Medieval Islamic World
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| 6. Week |
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment and education
- What happened in the Renaissance?
- Humanism movement
Humanist pedagogy in Italy (da Feltre, Vegio)
Humanist pedagogy in Germany (Erasmus von Rotterdam)
Humanist pedagogy in France (de Montaigne)
Humanist pedagogy in England
Humanist pedagogy in Spain
- What was going on in the rest of the world?
- How did the reform process take place and what happened?
- The educational ideal of the reform process
Martin Luther
- Counter-Reformation Current
Jesuit Schools
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| 7. Week |
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment and education
- The method age of the 17th century and education in this process
- What is enlightenment? and how did it happen?
John Locke and his view of education
Encyclopedia and education
Laicism and education
Nature-oriented in education and J.J. Rousseau
The French Revolution and plans for reform in education
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| 8. Week |
Midterm Examination
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| 9. Week |
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment and education
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| 10. Week |
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment and education
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| 11. Week |
Education in the Industrial Age and the Modern Era
The emergence of national/nation-states and the development of national education systems
- How the industrial era entered and various aspects of modern society
- Thoughts affecting education towards national education systems
von Humboldt
Moral education and I.Kant
Nationalist education and Fitch
Statist education and Hegel
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| 12. Week |
Education in the Industrial Age and the Modern Era
The emergence of national/nation-states and the development of national education systems
- The birth of pragmatism in education.
Herbert Spencer
- Reform movements in education
J. Dewey
J.H. Pestalozzi
F.W.A. Frobel
L.N. Tolstoy
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| 13. Week |
Postmodern society debates and education
- Frankfurt school, critical pedagogy process and applications
- 21st century's learning process through digital networks
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| 14. Week |
Closing Discussion of the Course:
- Is the future of education moving towards a schoolless society?
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