The Expansion of Compulsory Education in Turkey: Local and World Culture Dynamics

Autor/in	Akboga, Sema
Titel	The Expansion of Compulsory Education in Turkey: Local and World Culture Dynamics
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 46 (2016) 5, S.789-810 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2015.1106306
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Compulsory Education; Educational Change; Secondary Schools; Secondary Education; Religious Education; Vocational Schools; Vocational Education; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Global Approach; Politics of Education; Democracy; Equal Education; Civil Rights; Social Change; Islam; Comparative Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulpflicht; Bildungsreform; Sekundarschule; Sekundarbereich; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Globales Denken; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Demokratie; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Sozialer Wandel; Türkei
Abstract	Drawing on world culture and local culture explanations of educational change, this article aims to understand the dynamics of educational reform in Turkey in 1997 that expanded compulsory primary education from five to eight years. To do so, speeches given by opponents and proponents of the reform in the Turkish parliament were analysed. Imam-Hatip schools, vocational secondary schools for educating religious functionaries, were central to the debate. In support of world culture explanations, both sides of the debate made references to Western educational models and universal values such as democracy and human rights to frame and legitimise their arguments. However, all these arguments were embedded in local cultural and political issues. This article therefore proposes that both world culture and local culture should be considered when analysing national policy changes since local actors can easily appropriate global developments to support their local cultural and political interests. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01