Conference:
ECER 2008
Format:
Paper
Session Information
20 SES 10, Cross Cultural Studies
Paper Session
Time:
2008-09-12
14:45-16:15
Room:
A1 314
Chair:
John Willumsen
Contribution
Considering the difficulties of the countries in mainland Europe within the process of accordence with Union, it is clearly seen that how important the education process is in reaching its happy ending for Turkey for its Europe adventure.Turkey is a country that has regional accordance problems in itself as well. Before it hasn’t accomplished the process of being a nation state, it has become a canditate for a supra-national union. It seems to be compulsory for us to get ahead in a shorter time that many union countries did in decades. In this sense, by building a Europe interest,within the frame of Barcelona decleration, at the village schools that have never met with the city culture; to provide an acquaintance with Europe starting from elementary education will be a necessary step for the further education stages.
In this sense, providing initiatory subjects about European countries in Life(Knowledge of Life) lessons, making students read the selected writings of European writers and poets and especially, providing an acquaintance with the games that are played by the elementary students in the game-teaching lessons in Union countries will enable a culture concern in the early periods.
The main subject of our research is to evaluate the European culture learning of the students that are in the first-grades of elementary education at village schools, in addition to their foreign language learning and to discuss how we can build an identity of a Turk-European person in an existing curriculum.
Key concepts: Village schools, cultural union, accordance
Research questions
1.What are the leading effects of education in the period of educating a person that is acquainted with the Europe culture?
2.What changes can be made in the period of the European culture learning of the students that are in the first-grades of elementary education at village schools?
Objective:
The objective of this study,that has a theoretical constitution, is to discuss what the leading effects of education in the process of educating a person that is acquainted with the Europe culture may be.
Importance:
This research, aiming at facilitating the accordance with Europe process of Turkey,has a vital importance in respect of building a consciousness belonging to European culture for the students studying at village schools
Method:
This research, aiming at building a consciousness belonging to European culture for the students studying at village schools, will be designed in respect of the document analysis method, belonging to qualitative research techniques.
Discussion:
- Education establishments has a vital role on providing cultural union in the process of accordance with European Union
- Teaching European culture should not be restricted to language learning
- A consciousness belonging to European culture should be built.
Method
Qualitative Research Techniques ( Document Analysis Method)
Expected Outcomes
Provide an acquaintance with European culture for the Turk Students studying at village schools in Turkey
References
Doye,P(1996). ' Foreign language teaching and educational for intercultural and international undertanding'. Evaluation and Research in Education, 10(2-3): 104-112 Hofsede,G. (1994). Cultures and Organizations. London, Harper Collins. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Translated: by R. Nice. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press.
Search the ECER Programme
- Search for keywords and phrases in "Text Search"
- Restrict in which part of the abstracts to search in "Where to search"
- Search for authors and in the respective field.
- For planning your conference attendance you may want to use the conference app, which will be issued some weeks before the conference
- If you are a session chair, best look up your chairing duties in the conference system (Conftool) or the app.