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Ms Ólöf Ólafsdottir paid a courtesy visit to Mr Nabi Avcı, the Minister of National Education

Ms Ólöf Ólafsdottir Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation Department in the Council of Europe visited Mr Nabi Avcı, the Minister of National Education on 9 April 2013. Ms Ólafsdottir wished success to Mr Avcı and invited the Minister to the Conference of Education Ministers of the Council of Europe which will be held in Helsinki at the end of April. Ms Ólafsdottir and Mr Avcı also discussed future prospects for cooperation between the Turkish Ministry of National Education and the Council of Europe in the field of education

 

 

 

 

The fourth Project Steering Committee Meeting of the Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Project was held on 9 April 2013

The 4^th Steering Committee Meeting of the Generation Democracy, a joint EU/CoE project in education was held on April 9^th 2013 in Ankara. The meeting was chaired by Mr Salih Çelik, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Education of Turkey and the Senior Programme Officer of the Project. The meeting brought together  representatives of all General Directorates of the MoNE, Central Finance and Contracts Unit, the EU Delegation to Turkey, the Ministry of EU Affairs, the Beneficiary, NGOs, and all the other relevant stakeholders. Ms Ólöf Ólafsdóttir, Head of  Education Department of the Council of Europe represented the secretariat and gave an opening speech along with Mr Erwan Marteil, First Counsellor, Head of Section, Financial Cooperation, Institution Building and Civil Society Delegation of the European Union to Turkey who addresses the meeting representing the EU Delegation to Turkey.

The delegates discussed the project progress and focused on the new elective curriculum in the pilot schools and drafting stage of the textbook and implementation of best practices for promoting democratic school culture in the pilot schools. The project representatives briefed the committee members on the results of education legislation review and the results of primary and secondary school curricula review.

Mr Salih Çelik concluded the meeting noting that they are pleased with the progress of the project and  they are willing to cooperate with the Council of Europe in the future.

Generation Democracy Activity Competition started

Within the scope of Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education Project (Generation Democracy), Board of Education and the Council of Europe are organising an activity competition to increase awareness among primary and secondary school students, teachers, administrators, parents and wider school communities on democratic citizenship and human rights education and to provide the teachers who teach the democracy and human rights course for secondary education with a teaching material (activity book). We invite all our teachers to come up with their original contribution and support the process of our young people’s participation in life as active citizens who have instilled a democratic culture and who respect human rights.

You can download the terms of reference and the activity template from the links.

As the activities are expected to be in line with the elective course curriculum on Democracy and Human Rights, which is being piloted in this academic year, you may also need the Curriculum which is available on our web site.

We are back in pilot schools again

Mart ayı itibari ile "Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları" dersi programı kapsamında gönderilen etkinliklerin uygulamasını görmek ve dersin pilot uygulanmasında kaydedilen gelişmeleri yakından izlemek amacıyla pilot okul ziyaretlerimize kaldığımız yerden devam ettik. Ziyaretlerin ilk ayağında Edirne,İstanbul ve Mersin'deki pilot okullarımızda; okul müdürlerimiz, öğretmenlerimiz ve öğrencilerimizle birlikte toplantılar gerçekleştirdik ve onlardan değerlendirmelerini dinledik. İkinci dönemde gerçekleştirdiğimiz bu ziyaretlerde, pilot uygulaması devam eden etkinliklerin, pilot okullarımızın okul ortamlarında olumlu gelişmelere zemin oluşturduğunu görmek oldukça mutluluk vericiydi. Bu yüzden tüm okullarımıza gösterdikleri özverili çalışmalardan ötürü tekrar teşekkürlerimizi sunuyoruz. Nisan ayı içerisinde uluslararası uzmanımız Rolf Gollob ve AB Türkiye Delegasyonu'ndan katılacak gözlemcilerle birlikte sahadaki gelişmeleri izlemeye ve pilot okullarımıza destek vermeye devam edeceğiz. 1- 2 Nisan 2013 tarihlerinde sırasıyla Mardin ve Sakarya'da, 12 Nisan'da Konya'da ve 19 Nisan'da Samsun'daki pilot okullarımızda olacağız.

Legislation Review Workshop Took Place in İstanbul on 18 - 20 March 2013

The Legislation Review Working Group have finalised their review of the Turkish education legislation from an EDC/HRE perspective and drafted their report. The group organised its workshop between 18 – 20 March in İstanbul to share their findings with relevant stakeholders including NGOs, academicians, legal experts, school principals ,and teachers. In the workshop representatives of these groups came together to go over the problem clusters and to develop recommendations.

 

 

Curriculum Review Workshop Took Place in Ankara on 14 - 15 March 2013

The Curriculum Review Working Group reviewed the primary and secondary school curricula in the light of EDC/HRE principles and they have drafted their report. Now it is time for them to share their results with relevant stakeholders. They organised their workshop between 13 – 15 March in Ankara to share their draft report with relevant people including NGOs, academicians, teachers and curriculum developers. In the workshop representatives of these groups came together and developed recommendations. The final report will constitute an important reference point for those who will develop curricula for any subject in the future.

Training on Redesigned Elective Course Took Place in Antalya

 

Between 28 – 30 January we organised a training addressing pilot school teachers in Antalya. The seminar included a debriefing session where the teachers had the opportunity to share and discuss their experience with the elective course curriculum and respective activities. The rest of the training focused on the activities to be implemented in the second semester and provided teachers with the necessary tools and skills to teach the course in the most effective way. Representatives of the EU Delegation to Turkey and the Central Finance and Contracts Unit followed the sessions closely. Prof. David Kerr (UK) and Prof. Rolf Gollob (Switzerland) also participated in the seminars and provided an outsiders’ perspective. During the sessions in which the participants were involved in a number of group work the following topics were dealt with:

o    Teachers from pilot schools spilt into working groups and evaluated in detail the activities they implemented during the first semester in order to improve them in every aspect;

o     In a plenary session, Oya Taneri made a presentation on the measurement and evaluation aspect of EDC/HRE and made some recommendations;

o      Representatives of the Material Development Working Group (MDWG) also participated in the sessions and group work in order to collect feedback about the visual materials that accompany the existing activities.

o      In a plenary session the teachers of the pilot schools also discussed the methodologies to be used in EDC/HRE courses;

o      Democratic School Culture Working Group (DSCWG) also cunducted separate sessions together with the principals of the secondary pilot schools. During these sessions, the school principals who participated in the study visit to Germany shared their experience with their colleagues;

o      The event, as a whole, served as a platform for networking and provided a number of opportunities for the exchange of good practices.

 

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