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1 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, December 2012 TÜRKİYE DEKİ EĞİTİM POLİTİKALARINI ANLAMAK: KÜRESEL EĞİLİMLER NE ANLATIYOR, SON DEĞİŞİKLİKLER NEYİ DEĞİŞTİRİYOR? Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara, Türkiye, Aralık 2012 Organised by/düzenleyenler: ResearchTurkey/AnalizTürkiye ( Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University/Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi ( 1

2 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE/ BİLİMSEL KURUL: Ümit Sönmez London school of Economics and Political Science/Editor-in-Chief at ResearchTurkey Assist. Prof. Dr. Başak Alpan Department of Political Science and Public Adiministration, METU/Editor at ResearchTurkey CONFERENCE ASSISTANTS/KONFERANS ASISTANLARI: Hazal Gül Yaşa Department of Political Science and Public Adiministration, METU/ Project Assistant at ResearchTurkey İbrahim Öker Department of Political Science and Public Adiministration, METU/ Project Assistant at ResearchTurkey İremgül Utlu Department of Political Science and Public Adiministration, METU/ Project Assistant at ResearchTurkey Aslı Unan Department of Political Science and Public Adiministration, METU/ Project Assistant at ResearchTurkey Ayşe Savaş Department of Political Science and Public Adiministration, METU/ Project Assistant at ResearchTurkey For further information and announcements/daha fazla bilgi için: 2

3 INTRODUCTION Starting from the late 1980s, globalisation has quickly entered into the realm of the education policy in different settings, including Turkey. In particular, fast spread of the globalization process and the neo-liberal transformation introduced profound changes in terms of school finance, employee rights, curriculum development, privatisation and schoolenvironment relations. Similarly, the lexicon of education policy was introduced some new trendy concepts such as productivity, performance and human capital and governments and business groups started talking about the necessity of schools meeting the needs of the global economy. The global educational agendas promoted by international organisations, such as United Nations, the OECD and the World Bank, now reflected educational discourses about human capital, economic development, and multiculturalism, leading to intense debates between scholars, policy makers and civil society on how the education should be. Recently, a controversial answer to this question has been given by Ömer Dinçer, the Turkish Minister of Education: a new legal amendment is somewhat obligatory, which renders the primary education gradual, flexible and in line with the needs of democratisation and global trends. Indeed, the most recent legal arrangements (the so-called system, the Fatih project, the restructuring of the Ministry of Education with the Statutory Decree numbered 652) which introduced a thorough transformation into the Turkish primary education has been claimed to serve to this purpose from the start. Against this background, this 2-day international conference organized jointly by ResearchTurkey and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Middle East Technical University aims to investigate current trends and changes in Turkish education policy by locating them within the wider context of globalization. The conference will seek to improve our understanding of following questions: 1- What is meant by the global transformation of the education policy? How are the concepts of productivity, innovation, performance and project-based learning speak to this transformation? 2- What are the implications of global economic dynamics for education? 3- How does the relationship between education and development relate to the global trends in education? 4- Are the concepts of immigration and identity meaningful categories for explaining the transformation education? 5- To what extent do these debates overlap with the transformation of education in Turkey? Are the recent changes in Turkey regarding education (4+4+4 system, the Fatih project, the 3

4 restructuring of the Ministry of Education) significant in relation to the global trends in education? 6- In what ways is education a part of the 2023 vision of the AKP government? To what extent is the 2023 vision related to the aforementioned transformation? BAŞLARKEN 1980 lerin sonlarından başlayarak küreselleşme kavramı, Türkiye nin de içinde bulunduğu birçok coğrafyada eğitim politikalarını etkiledi. Küreselleşme sürecinin hızlı yayılması ve neoliberal dönüşüm, okul finansmanı, eğitim sektöründe çalışanların hakları, müfredat geliştirilmesi, özelleştirme ve okul ve çevre ilişkileri gibi birçok alanda kökten değişimi beraberinde getirdi. Benzer şekilde, eğitim politikası sözlüğü, verimlilik, performans ve insani sermaye gibi moda sözcüklerle tanıştı ve hükümet ve iş çevreleri, okulların küresel ekonominin gereklerini yerine getirmesi gerektiğinden bahsetmeye başladılar. Birleşmiş Milletler, OECD ve Dünya Bankası gibi uluslarası örgütler tarafından özendirilen küresel eğitim gündemi, insani sermaye, ekonomik kalkınma ve çokkültürlülük üzerine söylemleri kullanarak, akademisyenler, bürokratlar ve sivil toplum örgütleri arasında eğitim politikalarının nasıl olması gerektiğine dair yoğun tartışma yarattı. Yukarıdaki soruya tartışmalı bir cevap yakın zamanda Türkiye Milli Eğitim Bakanı Ömer Dinçer den geldi: Çocuklarımızın küresel dünyada ayakta kalmaları ve toplumun ve piyasanın ihtiyaç duyduğu bilgi ve yeteneğe sahip olmaları için yeni bir yasal düzenleme şart. Bu bağlamda, Türkiye deki ilköğretimin kapsamlı değişimini getiren -gerçekleşen ya da önerilenhukuki düzenlemelerin (4+4+4 sistemi, Fatih projesi, 652 no lu Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı nın yeniden yapılandırılmasını öngören Kanun Hükmünde Kararname vs.) başından beri bu amaca hizmet ettiği iddia edildi. Bu çerçevede, AnalizTürkiye ve Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü tarafından ortaklaşa düzenlenen bu iki günlük uluslararası konferans, Türkiye de eğitim politikaları alanındaki yeni değişimleri ve eğilimleri küreselleşme çerçevesine oturtarak anlamaya çalışıyor. Konferans, temel olarak, aşağıdaki noktaları sorunsallaştırıyor: 1- Eğitim politikalarının küreselleşmesi ne demek? Verimlilik, inovasyon, performans ve proje temelli öğrenim gibi kavramlar bu değişimle nasıl ilintilendirilebilir? 2- Küresel ekonomi dinamiklerinin eğitim üzerindeki etkisi nedir? 3- Eğitim ve kalkınma arasındaki ilişki, küresel eğitim trendleriyle nasıl ilintilendirilebilir? 4- Kimlik ve göç gibi kavramlar, eğitimin değişimini anlamak için anlamlı kategoriler midir? 5- Tüm bu tartışmalar, Türkiye de eğitimin değişimi ile ne derece ilgilidir? Türkiye deki eğitimle ilgili güncel değişiklikler (4+4+4 sistemi, Fatih projesi, 652 no lu Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı nın yeniden yapılandırılmasını öngören Kanun Hükmünde Kararname vs.) hangi noktada bahsedilen değişimin bir parçasıdır? 4

5 OVERALL PROGRAMME/PROGRAM AKIŞI: 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 5

6 ACADEMIC PROGRAMME/AKADEMİK PROGRAM: 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 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 System: Chaos and Local Resistance 6

7 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: 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 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' 7

8 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 : Can They Rise Up To The Expectations? Ms. R. Nazlı Somel, Helmut Schmidt University Prof. Dr. Arnd-Michael Nohl, Helmut Schmidt University 8

9 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 9

10 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) 10

11 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? LIST OF PARTICIPANTS/KATILIMCI LİSTESİ: NAME Antonis Kamaras INSTITUTION Research Associate, ELIAMEP 11

12 Arnd-Michael Nohl Helmut Schmidt University Arzu Üstünel Taşkın Department of Finance, Uludağ University Aslı Unan Department of Political Science-Public Administration, METU/ResearchTurkey Aylin Topal Department of Political Science-Public Administration, METU/ResearchTurkey Ayşe Savaş Department of Political Science-Public Administration, METU/ResearchTurkey Ayşen Köse Yeditepe University Aytuğ Şaşmaz Education Reform Initiative, Sabancı University DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION,, METU, Başak Alpan ANKARA/ResearchTurkey Batuhan Aydagül Education Reform Initiative, Sabancı University Bengi Demirci Department of Public Administration, Akdeniz University Bilgesu Şatır Comenius University Birgül Çakır Department of Elementary Education, METU Burçak Özoğlu Business Administration Program, METU Northern Cyprus Campus Can Özen Department of Economics, METU Çınla Akdere Department of Economics, METU Derya Şen Department of Educational Sciences, METU Derya Ünlü Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University Ebru Moçoş Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Erkan Erdil Department of Economics, METU Eyüp Özveren Department of Economics, METU Fatma Uluç UNICEF Fuat Ercan Department of Economics, Marmara University Gökçen Düzkaya Secondary School Teacher, Misket Secondary School Gözde Somel Department of History, METU H. Gürkan Abalı Department of Economics of Education, Ankara University Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University Hilal Döner Department of Guidance and Psychological Counselling, METU Hazal Gül Yaşa Department Of Political Science-Public Administration,METU/ResearchTurkey Ioannis Gregoriadis Department of Political Science, Bilkent University İbrahim Öker Department of Political Science-Public Administration,METU/ResearchTurkey İdil Aybars Department of Sociology, METU İlhan Dülger Department of Educational Sciences, METU İremgül Utlu Department of Political Science-Public Administration,METU/ResearchTurkey İsmet Koç Institute of Population Studies, Hacettepe University Mehmet Ali Olpak Department of Physics, METU Mehmet Durman Sakarya University Meltem Dayıoğlu-Tayfur Department of Economics, METU Murat Kırdar Department of Economics, METU Mustafa Bayırbağ Department of Political Science and Public Administration, METU Nazlı Somel Helmut Schmidt University Nefin Dinç Department of Communication, State University of New York Nilay Yavuz Department of Political Science-Public Adminstration, METU Onur Seçkin Department of Educational Sciences, Boğaziçi University 12

13 Ömer Açıkgöz Ömer Delialioğlu Özgehan Şenyuva Petek Aşkar Rıfat Okçabol Salih Çelik Semih Akçomak Tarık Soydan Teoman Pamukçu Tuğba Gürçel Ümit Sönmez Yaşar Özden Yelda Erden Yüksel Kavak Zafer Ganioğlu Directorate of Vocational and Technical Education, Ministry of Education Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, METU Department of International Relations, METU Faculty of Educational Sciences, TED University Department of Educational Sciences, Boğaziçi University Ministry of Education Science and Technology Policy Studies, METU Department of Economics of Education, Ankara University Science and Technology Policy Studies, METU Department of Political Science, Bilkent University European Institute, LSE, LONDON-ENGLAND/ResearchTurkey Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology Science and Technology Policy Studies, METU Department of Educational Sciences, Hacettepe University Department of Sociology, METU 13