A Critical Approach to Discipline of Human Geography as an Apparatus for State Hegemony in Turkey

Autor/in	Özgen, Nurettin
Titel	A Critical Approach to Discipline of Human Geography as an Apparatus for State Hegemony in Turkey
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40 (2016) 1, S.131-153 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2015.1116061
Schlagwörter	Critical Theory; Human Geography; Political Power; Curriculum Evaluation; Relevance (Education); Politics of Education; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Educational Practices; Secondary School Curriculum; Heritage Education; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritische Theorie; Humangeografie; Politische Macht; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Relevance; Relevanz; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study examines the hegemony of political power on the discipline of human geography in Turkey. Throughout the history of the country, human geography curricula have been aligned with the nationalist and hegemonic power politics of state authorities instead of being guided by universal norms, thus ignoring Turkey's sociopolitical and cultural geography. This is reflected in the contents of human geography text books at the high school and college level. Similarly, the subjects of articles that have appeared in the 12 academic geography journals published in Turkey within the last 71 years also support this claim. The intervention of political power in the academic identity of human geography and the efforts to align human geography curricula with a certain ideological view have resulted in the emergence of apolitical geographers, who remain deaf and blind to social issues. This study analyzes the negative features of human geography education curricula and their political implications in Turkey, and proposes several recommendations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01