Historical Development of Distance Education in Turkey
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Historical Development of Distance Education in Turkey
Historical Development of Distance Education in Turkey (1924-1982) Prof. Dr. Dursun Gökdağ Anadolu University, Faculty of Communication [email protected] Development Phases of Distance Education in Turkey ϖThought phase (1924-1953) ϖExperimentation phase (1953-1974) ϖinstitutionalization phase (1974-1982) ϖExpansion phase (1982- date) Thought phase (1924-1953) • DE suggestions were come from two different sources in this period • Invited foreign experts • Ministry of National Education Educational indicators in Turkey in 1920’s • Total population…..…… 11 million • Literacy rate ……………. 10 % • Number of schools ..…. 5000 • Number of students..… 360 000 • Number of teachers .…. 1200 Reports of Foreign Experts • First expert invited was John Dewey. He in his report titled “Report About Turkish Education” suggested DE education as an alternative for teacher education in 1924 • The second report was prepared by a commission in 1935. In that report, correspondence courses were suggested for educating people living in such places that was not feasible to establish schools Debates in the National Education Councils • Scientist group meetings • Corresponding education was suggested to increase literacy level in 1927. • National Education Councils (NEC) • First NEC was gathered in 1939. DE was talked over indirectly • In the forth NEC in 1949, democracy education was among the topics of its agenda. To do so, it was suggested that MONE should establish a special unit responsible for mass education. Experimentation phase (1953–1974) • Private Sector experimentations • Banking Course organized by Ankara University Law Faculty • 6th and 7th National Education Councils • Establishment of Correspondence Teaching Centre Experimentation phase (1953–1974) • Private Sector experimentations • Limasollu Naci Publications • Fono Distance Education Organizations”. Experimentation phase (1953–1974) • Banking Course • organized by Ankara University Law Faculty Experimentation phase (1953–1974) • 6th and 7th National Education Councils Experimentation phase (1953–1974) • Establishment of Correspondence Teaching Centre Institutionalization Phase (1974 1982) • Different organizations were interested in DE • “Correspondence Higher Education Center” and “Experimental Higher Teacher School” • Estabilshed in 1974 and terminated in 1975 • Diffused Higher Education Organization • Expanded in 1975 and terminated in 1979