Dear Colleague,
It gives me a great pleasure to announce that the 3rd International Symposium on Social Studies Education has been organized by Association for Social Studies Educators and Gazi Faculty of Education at Gazi University and will be held on April 28-30, 2014 in Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey.
Although the main theme of the symposium is ‘Educational Chess: Education System of Turkey, 4+4+4 and Social Studies’ you can present your research results in any emphasis area of social studies education. Sub-themes of the symposium are as follows:
4+4+4 and Social Studies
Social studies and citizenship education in primary schools
Teacher education and allocation: Pre-service and in-service education
Pupils’ education
Social studies and citizenship curricula in early years; what has changed?
Social studies and citizenship education in middle schools
Citizenship and human rights education in high schools
Population in the Context of Social Sciences, Brain Circulation, Diversity and Immigration
Diversity and scope of migration problems experienced by Turkish students in Germany
Current developments in Turkey in social studies education and evaluation from the perspective of Germany
Social Media and Democracy
Social media; political and social activism
Social participation, democracy and human rights
Resources of information, political knowledge and social media
Educational technology and social participation
The EU and Social Studies in Turkish Education System
The EU, lifelong learning and human rights and citizenship education
The new trends in education in EU
The impact of the EU on Turkish education system (the new projects and programs)
Human rights and democracy projects of EU
Globalization and Values Education
Globalization and values education
Values education and social studies
Values/religious education and values
Values; International perspectives
Special Education and Social Studies
Pupils with special educational needs and social studies
Educating gifted pupils and social studies
Gifted students and BİLSEMs in Turkish Education system
Societal change and special education
Social Studies in Higher Education
Graduate social studies in Turkey
Postgraduate social studies in Turkey
Social studies education abroad
Workshop
‘Social studies’ some thoughts and discussion on its name and scope
Selected papers in the symposium will get entitled to be published in participating international scientific journals. To get more information about the symposium please visit our website at https://usbes.gazi.edu.tr/
The Turkish and international educators that will attend the symposium will bring about desired exchange of knowledge and experiences about the issues covered by this symposium. We would like to welcome your papers and thank to you for your contribution in advance.
Assoc. Prof. Bulent Tarman
On behalf of Organizing Committee
Send us your opinions, requests and evaluations.