Educational Policies in Turkey and Its Reflection

Figen Ere¿

ISBN 10: 363167872X / ISBN 13: 9783631678725

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2016, 2016

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Neuware -Education is a major political issue and a major focus of country attention. The fact that the development and knowledge brought forth by an information society is constantly being questioned and has made development and innovation in education inevitable. Education is also seen as a crucial factor in ensuring economic productivity and social development. This book examines the educational policies and results in Turkey. It states that basic problems of the Turkish education system are inequality, quality and a lack of planning. Centralized structure affects autonomy negatively in schools. The problem with education policies of the Ministry of National Education is also the lack of vision. This volume develops needed paradigms to balance the opinions of the decision makers, administrators and teachers with the preferences of the student body in Turkey. 204 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Educational Policies in Turkey and Its Reflection
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363167872X
• ISBN 13: 9783631678725
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 383 grams

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Synopsis

Education is a major political issue and a major focus of country attention. The fact that the development and knowledge brought forth by an information society is constantly being questioned and has made development and innovation in education inevitable. Education is also seen as a crucial factor in ensuring economic productivity and social development. This book examines the educational policies and results in Turkey. It states that basic problems of the Turkish education system are inequality, quality and a lack of planning. Centralized structure affects autonomy negatively in schools. The problem with education policies of the Ministry of National Education is also the lack of vision. This volume develops needed paradigms to balance the opinions of the decision makers, administrators and teachers with the preferences of the student body in Turkey.

About the Author

Figen Ereş is Professor of Education Management and Planning at Gazi University, Ankara. She teaches school leadership, teacher evaluation, planning, and policy analysis in educational management. Her research focuses on education policy and planning, school leadership and teacher evaluation. She also conducts cross-cultural and cross-national research in educational management and its sub-dimensions. Her recent scholarly works have focused on immigrant education and relationship between education and social development.