Information Package / Course Catalogue
Anthropology of Education
Course Code: BESE134
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

n this course, it is aimed to show what kind of meanings are attributed to education in different societies and cultural contexts by going from a cultural comparative perspective. The idea is to make the links between cultural code, practice and patterns and education, schooling and learning visible. Secondly, this course focuses on the different approaches in the literature.

Course Content

but also social class practice and practice on the training course, family history of Turkey in the modernization and be placed in a context where gender studies hedeflenmektedir.ders will be given to the sample made in the recent addition to the theoretical debate on education in the international literature. This course is an important part of the resources to create content in various periods in Turkey will be biographies and autobiographies of men and women have separate school experience.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students understand the anthropological foundations of education
2.The student understands the relationship between education and anthropology.
3.Student comprehends the relationship between educational and cultural codes.
4.The student comprehends the basic subjects of education and anthropology.
5.Recognize class separation
Recommended or Required Reading
1.A Companion to the anthropology of education, (edited by Bradley A.U. Levinson and Mica Pollock). 2011. Blackwell Publishing.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Education Anthropology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Theoretical discussions in educational anthropology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Thinking about education
Week 4 - Theoretical
How can we understand education?
Week 5 - Theoretical
Research and methods in educational anthropology
Week 6 - Theoretical
Class, culture and education
Week 7 - Theoretical
Distinction between education and class
Week 8 - Theoretical
Modernization in Turkey (interim evaluation)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Sex and Gender
Week 10 - Theoretical
Education and gender
Week 11 - Theoretical
Education and gender
Week 12 - Theoretical
In Turkey, "school", "teacher" and the dates of urban I
Week 13 - Theoretical
In Turkey, "school", "teacher" and the dates of urban II
Week 14 - Theoretical
Some discussions in educational anthropology
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment1224
Seminar1112
Individual Work1224
Final Examination1336
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
PÇ-16
OÇ-1
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
OÇ-3
4
3
4
4
OÇ-4
4
3
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026