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ERIC Number: ED574768
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2501-1111
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John Dewey's Influence on Turkish Education System in the Early Republic Era
Sahin, Mustafa
Online Submission, European Journal of Education Studies v3 n6 p622-632 2017
In this research, the influence of John Dewey's visit to Turkey in 1924, his report on Turkish education system and its influence on Turkish education system in the early republic era were discussed. John Dewey was invited by Ministry of Education in 1924. He made investigations concerning the education system, participated in interviews, and submitted a report to the ministry. He stayed approximately two months in Turkey and prepared two reports about Turkish education system: The first report was mainly about urgent addition of some allowances to the budget rather than a report on the general problems of education, and it was in nature of memorandum indicating how to share these allowances. After returning to his country, he wrote and sent the second report. Dewey emphasized a new and unique Turkish education system. Dewey stated that teachers' salaries have to be increased rapidly, appointments should be balanced and it is crucial to provide housing for teachers. He emphasized the importance of awareness of the innovation of the managers and teachers in the education system through training magazines which will be published. He pointed out the importance of the establishment of a library in every school, and a course set on the librarianship at schools. He recommended establishment of an independent unit at the school buildings and architecture in the training organizations, and doing studies abroad on the subject. He expressed that Turkish education system was in a centralized structure whereas having a decentralized structure as well will form a structure distant from bureaucracy. Dewey's suggestions tried to be implemented by some ministers especially by the Mustafa Necati, in the early republic era. In this study, document analysis technique which was included in qualitative research methods was used.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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