COURSE SYLLABUS

HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION

1	Course Title:	HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION
2	Course Code:	SOS4204
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi ERKAN ŞENŞEKERCİ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Assist.Prof.Dr. Erkan SENSEKERCI Faculty of Education A Block Office No: 212 Phone: +90-224-2942236
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To enable prospective teachers to comprehend the concepts of democracy and human rights both as a way of life and as a philosophy of politics and law within their historical development and different dimensions, to develop positive attitude and values towards democratic values and human rights, and to achive cognitive outcomes oriented human rights and democracy education in secondary school.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Knowledge on historical progress of human right;
2	To be able to comprehend the principles and values of human rights;
3	Knowledge on historical progress of democracy;
4	To be able to comprehend the principles and values of democracy;
5	To develop positive attitude towards principles and values of human rights and democracy;
6	To be able to understand current democratization problems and solution offers;
7	To be able to relate human rights and democracy;
8	To be able to correlate human rights and democracy with state structure and government systems;
9	To be able to explain national and international basic institutions and contracts in the field of human rights and democracy;
10	To conceives the importance of human rights and democracy education;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General evaluation on human rights and democracy agenda
2	Historical development of democracy
3	Reasons of the need for democracy
4	Definition of democracy and types of democracy
5	relation between democracy and political systems
6	The main variables affecting democracy
7	Supervision and evaluation of democratization level-1
8	Supervision and evaluation of democratization level-2
9	Historical development of human rights
10	Relationship and interaction between human rights and democracy
11	National and international institutions and contracts related to human rights
12	Common human rights violations in the world-1
13	Common human rights violations in the world-2
14	The importance and framework of democracy and human rights education

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Beetham, David, Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları, Ankara: Liberte Yay. 2. Crıck, Bernard, Demokrasi, Ankara: Dost Yay. 3. Dahl, Robert A., Demokrasi Üzerine, Ankara: Phoenix Yay. 4. Doğan, İsmail, Modern Toplumda Vatandaşlık, Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları, Ankara: Pegem Yay. 5. Gündüz, Mustafa ve Gündüz, Ferhan, Yurttaşlık Bilinci, Ankara: Anı Yay. 6. Kapani, Münci, İnsan Haklarının Uluslararası Boyutları. Ankara: Bilgi Yay. 7. Şenel, Alaeddin, İlkçağlardan Günümüze İnsan Hakları Demokrasi İlişkisi. İzmir: İzmir Barosu Yay. 8. Touraine, Alain, Demokrasi Nedir?, İstanbul: YKY 9. Yeşil, Rüştü, Okul ve Ailede İnsan Hakları ve Demokrasi Eğitimi, Ankara: Nobel Yay. 10. Karaman Kepenekçi, Yasemin, İnsan Hakları ve Vatandaşlık. Ankara: Anı Yay
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High