Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
-- 600302802261 0 + 0 3.0 10.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Fatma MIZIKACI
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to examine the evolution of the idea of higher education in the historical process since its emergence and the reflections of global and local social transformations on higher education within the framework of curriculum and instruction.
Course Content The evolution of higher education in Turkey and around the world in historical process, industry 4.0 and its reflections on higher education, access to higher education, mass higher education, quality debates in higher education, privatization of higher education, higher education and technology constitute the content of this course.
Learning Outcomes 1) Discuss the reflections of trends in higher education around the world on national context.
2) Gain insights into the possible effects of global and local policies on higher education.
3) Identify certain challenges that higher education faces at national, global and regional levels.
4) Describe what is meant by academic capitalism, commercialization, marketization and privatization of higher education.
5) Discuss the relationship between social justice, social class and democracy in higher education.
6) Discuss the youth policies in neoliberal age in relation with higher education.
7) Make a short documentary film on selected critical issues on higher education.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course, course requirements and expectations from the course. Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The evolution of higher education and industry 4.0 Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Neoliberal education policies and their reflections on higher education Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Neoliberal education policies and their reflections on higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Access to higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Massification of higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Standardization debates in higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Standardization debates in higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Privatization of higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Higher education and technology Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Higher education in times of crisis Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Higher education in times of crisis Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Higher education in times of crisis Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Reflections of glocalization on higher education Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Amthor, R. F., & Metzger, S. A. (2011). Neoliberalism, globalization, and the American universities in Eastern Europe: Tensions and possibilities in ‘exported ‘higher education. Globalizations, 8(1), 65-80.
Ball, S. J., & Youdell, D. (2009). Hidden privatisation in public education. Education Review, 21(2).
Bathmaker, A. M., N. Ingram, J. Abrahams, A. Hoare, R. Waller, and H. Bradley. 2016. Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility: The Degree Generation. Palgrave: London
Bayramoğlu, Yener, and Margreth Lünenborg. 2018. “Queer Migration and Digital Affects: Refugees Navigating from the Middle East via Turkey to Germany.” Sexuality & Culture 22: 1019–1036. doi:10. 1007/s12119-018-9510-x.
Beemer, P. A. (2020). Of Campuses & Crises: Canada, Germany, Higher Education & The Syrian Refugee Crisis (Master's thesis).
Berg, Jana. 2018. “A New Aspect of Internationalization ? Specific Challenges and Support Structures for Refugees on Their Way to German Higher Education.” In European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies, edited by Adrian Curaj, Ligia Deca, and Remus Pricopie, 219–235. Cham: Springer.
Giroux, H. A. (2006). Academic freedom under fire: The case for critical pedagogy. College Literature, 1-42.
Giroux, H. A. (2006). Higher education under siege: Implications for public intellectuals. Thought & Action, 22(2), 63-78.
Giroux, H. A. (2009). The attack on higher education and the necessity of critical pedagogy. In Critical pedagogy in uncertain times (pp. 11-26). Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
Judson, Kimberly M., and Steven A. Taylor. 2014. “Moving from Marketization to Marketing of Higher Education: The Co-Creation of Value in Higher Education.” Higher Education Studies 4 (1): 51. doi:10.5539/hes.v4n1p51
Kromydas, T. (2017). Rethinking higher education and its relationship with social inequalities: past knowledge, present state and future potential. Palgrave communications, 3(1), 1-12.
Lisa Unangst (2019) Refugees in the German higher education system: implications and recommendations for policy change, Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 3:2, 144-166, DOI: 10.1080/23322969.2019.1643254
Morrice, Linda. 2013. “Refugees in Higher Education: Boundaries of Belonging and Recognition, Stigma and Exclusion.” International Journal of Lifelong Education 32 (5): 652–668. doi:10.1080/ 02601370.2012.761288.
Page, Damien. 2019. “The Academic as Consumed and Consumer.” Journal of Education Policy. doi:10.1080/02680939.2019.1598585.
Robertson, Susan L. 2010. “Corporatisation, Competitiveness, Commercialisation: New Logics in the Globalising of UK Higher Education.” Globalisation, Societies and Education 8 (2): 191–203. doi:10.1080/14767721003776320
Sheng, X. (2017). Cultural Capital, Family Background and Education: Choosing University Subjects in China. British Journal of Sociology of Education. Vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 721-737, doi: 10.108 0/01425692.2016.1158638
Streitwieser, Bernhard, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, and Hans de Wit. 2017. “Higher Education’s Response to the European Refugee Crisis: Challenges, Strategies and Opportunities.” In Globalization of Internationalization: Emerging Voices and Perspectives, edited by Hans de Wit, Jocelyne GacelÁvila, Elspeth Jones, and Nico Jooste, 29–39. Abingdon: Routledge
Twomey, C., Boyd, J. (2016). Class, Social Equity and Higher Education in Postwar Australia. Australian Historical Studies. Vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 8-24, doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2015.1122071
Unangst, Lisa, and Hans de Wit. 2019. “Refugees in the German Tertiary Sector: Mapping Gaps in Provision at Research Universities.” In Migrants, Refugees and Global Challenges in Higher Education, edited by Khalid Arar, Kussai Haj-Yehia, David Ross, and Yasar Kondacki, 183–202. Bern: Peter Lang GmbH.
von Below, Susanne. 2007. “What are the Chances of Young Turks and Italians for Equal Education and Employment in Germany? The Role of Objective and Subjective Indicators.” Social Indicators Research 82 (2): 209–231. doi:10.1007/s11205-006-9038-6

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 8
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 60
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 1 80
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