Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmenliği Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

• The primary goal of the Social Studies Education Department is to educate teachers who foster positive attitudes towards teaching and have professional skills in their field. Graduates of this program are expected to serve as correct models for their own students in terms of both personal and professional life, follow innovations in their field for their professional development and have effective communication skills. Additionally, this program aims to educate teachers who have a comprehensive understanding of how students learn, are confident in using technology, possess problem-solving skills, and value human rights, democracy, and ethics. Furthermore, the program emphasizes critical thinking, personal reflection, and the professional development of teacher candidates. Social Studies Education is offered at the undergraduate level, and those who graduated from Social Studies Education program are employed as Social Studies Teachers in the secondary schools under the Ministry of National Education.

• Learning takes place in the form of formal, open or distance education. The students complete their teaching practicum in schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education.

• Explaining social, political, economic, and cultural developments through social studies education.
• Using strategies, methods, and techniques of social studies teaching.
• Using advanced knowledge sources related to the field.
• Using scientific methods and techniques in events and phenomena related to the field.
• Identifing current socio-scientific issues, finds research-supported solutions.
• Using teaching strategies, methods, and techniques suitable for individual differences, developmental characteristics, and achievements of students and conducts assessment and evaluation.
• Producing materials suitable for the needs of students using information and communication technologies.
• Acting based on recognizing one's own strengths and weaknesses as an individual.
• Willing and being responsible in group work.
• Acting selflessly in independent work besides understanding the role and importance of a team member in solving complex problems.
• Having critical thinking skills.
• Having self-educated in independent learning.
• Having necessary competencies for lifelong learning.
• Having grasped ways of acquiring knowledge in social studies-specific subjects.
• Being competent in following artistic and cultural activities.
• Using communication and social skills for interdisciplinary and intercultural work.
• Making efforts to take part in collaborative practices.
• Sharing knowledge about their profession and experience.
• Having necessary communication and social skills to produce solutions to current social issues.
• Using at least one foreign language successfully.
• Playing an active role in technology leadership.
• Valuing human rights, democracy concepts, scientific and ethical values.
• Acting with consciousness to be a model or exemplary person for society.
• Acting in accordance with different cultures by accepting them.
• Sharing their scientific thoughts with all segments of society.
• Developing projects for the environment in which they live.
• Demonstrating sensitivity to current events/developments in society and the world and follows these developments.
• Having field-specific competencies in all subjects of social studies.
• Having competence in understanding the nature and source of science, its accuracy, reliability, and validity.
• Having sufficient awareness in environmental protection and disaster issues.

Advanced proficiency is demonstrated in the following key competencies:

• Literacy proficiency
• Multilingual proficiency
• Mathematical competency and competency in science, technology, and engineering
• Digital competency
• Personal, social, and learning to learn competency
• Citizenship competency
• Entrepreneurship competency
• Cultural awareness and expression competency

• In order to be eligible to enter final examinations, students must have attended at least 70% of theoretical lessons and 80% of practical lessons
• Lack of attendance for any reason disqualifies a student from sitting the examination. Students attending a course undergo 1 midterm exam and 1 final exam per semester.
• The overall grade is determined by taking 40% of the midterm exam score and 60% of the final exam score.
• Evaluation of some courses may include assignments and projects in addition to exams.
• Students who receive grades of (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), or (CC) in a course are considered to have passed that course. Grades of (DC) and (DD) are conditional passing grades. For a student to pass a course with a (DC) or (DD) grade, the overall grade point average must be at least 2.0.

To oversee the quality of higher education programs;

- YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising education and training and other activities in higher education institutions.

- "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. The reports prepared according to these reports, including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

- "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report" containing academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions is published annually by CoHE. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is ensured according to the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Creation and Approval of Curricula: YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to the student are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

1.2. The curricula of the National Core Curricula are adopted by the relevant Council of Deans and implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the Council of Higher Education.

2. Assessment and Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes of each undergraduate program is carried out according to the teaching and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions; receive a bachelor's diploma.

4. Self-Assessment-External Evaluation: Higher education institutions, in the context of continuous monitoring, enter the "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions issued by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also indicate that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the legislation.

"Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University has a written quality policy document (Quality Handbook). Quality activities are carried out by the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Quality Coordination Office (http://kalite.idari.erdogan.edu.tr/en). The coordination office works to evaluate continuous practices with the approach of "Plan-Do-Check-Act" in quality work and ensure necessary interventions are made. Quality activities are carried out by the Unit Quality Committee in the Faculty of Education (https://egitim.erdogan.edu.tr/en/page/unit-quality-committee/3907).

The Social Studies Teaching Program of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University has been accredited by the Teacher Training Programs Evaluation and Accreditation Association (EPDAD), an independent association approved by the Higher Education Council (YÖK), as of April 24, 2021, for a period of 3+2 years (https://egitim.erdogan.edu.tr/en/page/accreditation/4528).

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University places importance on evaluating and improving its educational, research and development, and administrative processes within the framework of a quality culture. The Quality Coordination Office works to disseminate the unit quality culture throughout our university and ensure its sustainability. As a result of these efforts, our university has been awarded the "TSE 10002 Customer Satisfaction Management System Certificate" in 2022 for which it applied in 2021. Additionally, our university has been awarded the Higher Education Quality Council Institutional Accreditation Certificate as of June 2022."

Accreditation Body Name; Teacher Education Programs Evaluation and Accreditation Association (EPDAD)

Start/End Date: 24.04.2024/24.04.2026

• Graduating from secondary education institutions or foreign secondary education institutions whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education, and meeting the admission requirements of higher education institutions' undergraduate programs.
• Being placed in the relevant undergraduate program of the higher education institution based on the centralized exam conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) in accordance with the principles and procedures determined by CoHE.

• Graduates can work as social studies teachers in primary schools affiliated with both public and private sectors, as well as in private tutoring centers.

1. Higher Education Law No. 2547

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs to Undergraduate Education

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

The document is valid continuously.