KHK612 - EDUCATION and HIGHER EDUCATION LAW

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
EDUCATION and HIGHER EDUCATION LAW KHK612 2nd Semester 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Other: Face to Face, Inter-active, Presentation, Home work  
Instructor (s)Prof. Ali Murat ÖZDEMÄ°R  
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is, to know the functioning of the legal system, legal rules and texts which are regulating the education and higher education area; to handle the contemporary problems in the unique way of this field; to examine and discuss the facts which are special to educational law and higher education law field such as exam, student and teacher relationships, academic freedom, the autonomy of the higher educational institutions, the relationships between the state and educational institutions. 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the course, the students; 1- will question and know the relationship between culture and the state and the concept of ?culture-state?;
  2. 2- will know the place and specialties of the education and higher education law within the whole legal system comparing with the other countries and will know the philosophical roots of this field;
  3. 3- will understand the unique problems of education and higher education field and will question these problems by this fields? point of view; will know the institutions, subjects and their relationships with each other;
  4. 4- will know the international developments and texts on education and higher education law; will be able to question the national and global effects of these international legal texts by also having a perspective of state theories.
Course ContentThe relationship between the state and the culture
? Education Law
? Higher Education Law 
ReferencesAkyüz, Emine, Eğitim Hukuku, 1982
Akyüz, Yahya, Türk Eğitim Tarihi, M.Ö. 1000- M.S. 2008, Pegem, 12. B., 2008
Çeçen, Anıl, Kültür ve Politika, GündoÄŸan Yayınları, 1996 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction to the main subject: questioning the place of Education and Higher Education Law within the legal system
Week 2The relationship between the state and the culture, the concept of culture policy, the concept of culture-state
Week 3Education and the constitutional system; the right to education, right to develop the personality freely, the concept of vocational education, the relationship between the right to education and the other fundamental rights
Week 4Turkish educational and administrational system, the sources of educational law, basic philosophy of education
Week 5The administrative acts and the problem of discretionary power in the educational law field
Week 6The law of exam and the basic problems regarding to this field
Week 7School law, student-teacher-parent-school-state relationships and the main theoretical and practical legal problems arising from this relationship
Week 8The right to vocational education, the protection of children and youth, the concepts of adult education and lifelong education; the international treaties, praxis and problems arising from this field
Week 9Introduction to the higher education law, Turkish higher education system, the Bologna Process, Europeanization, the discussion on the new culture wars, the knowledge based economic system, the concept of situative wisdom and science fiction
Week 10The relationship between the state-the market-the higher education, the short history of higher education system in Turkey, the university concept of W. v. Humboldt, the higher education system of United States of America
Week 11The freedom of science and art, the academic freedom, university autonomy, new academic generation concept and the culture-state
Week 12The higher education personnel law, the labor and social security rights of the personnel, the financial, administrative and personnel autonomy of the higher education institutions and the stress field between the state and higher educational institu
Week 13The contemporary developments on higher education law field, elite universities, virtual universities, corporate universities, for-profit private universities, excellence initiative, university as the new public sphere, the theory of virtuality
Week 14General repetition
Week 15Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments140
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam160
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes140
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes160
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)12224
Presentation / Seminar Preparation12424
Project000
Homework assignment14040
Midterms (Study duration)14040
Final Exam (Study duration) 14040
Total Workload30149210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Has the ability to access to sources of information, use, compare, interpret, infer and apply scientific data.    X
2. Has the knowledge on science of law and legal systems and the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and the basic texts adopted in that process, and has the historical knowledge to interpret the achievements of modern law.    X
3. Masters the provisions regulating the relationships between persons and the state and has the ability to interpret those provisions.    X
4. Has the ability to use information technologies and course materials in the process of teaching and learning.    X
5. Has the ability to solve current legal problems in the framework of modern legal approaches.    X
6. Has a level of understanding and knowledge of the profession in order to reflect all of the features required by the profession in the best possible way at national and international levels.    X
7. Masters the legal regulations and practices on economic and financial mechanisms.    X
8. Has the ability to be able to express herself/himself as an individual and in front of a community.    X
9. Has the ability to use, compare and apply the knowledge of universal law.    X
10. Has the ability to understand and process national and international dimensions of law by following the case law and legal practices.    X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest