Curriculum Studies in Turkey

Sümer Aktan is Assistant Professor in the Necatibey Faculty of Education at Balıkesir University, Turkey. His primary research interests are curriculum history and theory, educational philosophy, and instructional processes.

• Chapter 1. Islamic Civilization and its Classical Curriculum Theory: the Philosophy, Institutions and Important Theoreticians of Classical Curriculum Theory.- Chapter 2. The Classical Curriculum Theory and the Madrasas in the Ottoman Empire.- Chapter 3. The Modernization of Education in the Ottoman Empire: The First Steps, 1730-1839.- Chapter 4. Institutionalization, Bureaucratization and Westernization in Curriculum Theory, 1839-1908.- Chapter 5. Curriculum Theory in Early Republic Era: Philosophy and Perspectives.- Chapter 6. Reflections on the New Curriculum Theory: Social Studies Curriculum and Civic Education in Turkey (1924-2004): A Case Study.- Chapter 7. Curriculum Theorists in the Early Republic Period of Turkey.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

“The book offers a detailed literature review on educational history, mostly from reliable sources. … an important and valuable study on the historical bases of curricula in Turkey. The book has been written in clear and fluent language.” (Mustafa Gündüz, History of Education, May 01, 2019)