Information Package / Course Catalogue
Teacher Empowerment in Educational Administration
Course Code: EY639
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to reveal how educational administrators empower teachers in the Turkish education system and how they should empower the teachers

Course Content

Power, empowerment, teacher empowerment, school administrator

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Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding the importance of empowerment in teacher performance
2.Discussing how school administrators, superintendents of National Education, the Ministry of National Education can empower better, being able to analyze legislation
3.Modeling for teacher empowerment
4.Identifying teacher empowerment strategies
5.Discussing the applicability of teacher empowerment studies different countries for the Turkish education system.
6.Paying importance to ethical issues and values in teacher empowerment practices in administration
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kıral, B. (2016). Öğretmenlerde Kayıtsızlık ve Güçlendirme. Ankara: PegemA
2.Kıral, B. (2019). Eğitim Yönetiminde Öğretmen Güçlendirme. N. Cemaloğlu ve M. Özdemir (Edts). Eğitim Yönetimi. Ankara: PegemA
3.Çalışıcı Çelik, N. & Kıral, B. (2022). Teacher Empowerment Strategies: Reasons for Nonfulfillment and Solution Suggestions. Journal of Qualitative Research in Education, 29, 179–202.
4.Kıral, B. (2020). The relationship between the empowerment of teachers by school administrators and organizational commitments of teachers. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, IOJET, 7(1), 248–265.
5.Çetin, M. & Kıral, B. (2018). Okul yöneticilerinin öğretmenleri güçlendirmesine ilişkin yönetici ve öğretmen görüşleri. Akdeniz Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 12(26), 281–310.
6.Kıral, B. (2015). Lise yöneticilerinin öğretmenleri güçlendirmesi ve öğretmenlerin kayıtsızlık (sinizm) davranışları ile ilişkisi. (Doktora Tezi). Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Power, types of power, concepts of empowerment
Week 2 - Theoretical
Differences between power and empowerment
Week 3 - Theoretical
Historical development of empowerment, types of empowerment
Week 4 - Theoretical
The relationship between the concept of empowerment and similar concepts, similarities, differences
Week 5 - Theoretical
Teacher empowerment
Week 6 - Theoretical
The role and importance of school administrators in teacher empowerment, the importance of ethics and values in teacher empowerment of administrators
Week 7 - Theoretical
Teacher empowerment strategies and dimensions of teacher empowerment
Week 8 - Theoretical
Benefits of teacher empowerment
Week 9 - Theoretical
Barriers to teacher empowerment
Week 10 - Theoretical
Legislation analysis on teacher empowerment
Week 11 - Theoretical
Teacher empowerment practices made and should be done by the Ministry of National Education and National Education District
Week 12 - Theoretical
Sharing a case study on teacher empowerment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Empowerment applications in different countries
Week 14 - Theoretical
Overview of studies on empowerment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%10
Assignment1%25
Midterm Examination1%25
Final Examination1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1453112
Assignment1213
Midterm Examination1336
Final Examination1303
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026