Abstract
THE PROJECT OF DEVELOPING CURRICULUM FOR TURKISH WORLD CITIZENSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND EVALUATING ITS EFFECTIVENESS
The aim of this study is to identify how to design objectives, content, methods and, evaluation of the curriculum design which will be developed in the context of the project being carried out, called “Developing Curriculum for Turkish World Citizenship in the Context of Intercultural Education and Evaluating Its Effectiveness”. “Workshop of Turkish World Citizenship” was held with 80 researchers from 8 countries on the 22nd and 23rd of October, 2014 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Education, history, culture and language study groups were created in the workshop in which answers to the research questions were sought within focus group discussion method.
As a result of analysis of data, it was emphasized that students who will attend to this course need to acquire common national, moral and cultural values, important mythological elements, important works of Turkish literature before and after Islam, and similarities and differences of the languages in Turkish World in terms of etymological, phonological and semantic features. In the study, it was determined that student-centered and interactive approach and methods need to be used to convey these characteristics to students. Supplementary assessment and evaluation techniques such as rubric and grid along with traditional assessment and evaluation need to be used to determine to what extent the students acquired the characteristics.
Keywords
Turkish World citizenship, intercultural education, curriculum.