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The epistemological conflict in the narratives of elementary school textbooks (1908- 1924): islamic and secular insights into education

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dc.contributor Ph.D. Program in Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History.
dc.contributor.advisor Toprak, Zafer.
dc.contributor.author Açıkgöz, Betül.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T13:10:30Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T13:10:30Z
dc.date.issued 2012.
dc.identifier.other HTR 2012 A35 PhD
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/18669
dc.description.abstract This study elaborates on the penetration of the secular point of view to the primary school textbooks that were theoretically rooted in a religious tarbiyah philosophy in the Second Constitutional Period. On one hand, it seeks the secularizing vision of the new pedagogy on the school subjects faced the challenge of modern scientific thought that had gained strength throughout the nineteenth century. On the other, it argues that the adaptation of the scientific discourse to the religious tarbiyah, legitimized the hold of the religious view on education. Focusing on religion, history and civics instruction through textbooks, it examines epistemological inconsistencies and dissenting ideological opinions in the stateapproved school knowledge written by various authors. It illustrates the philosophy of education as evidenced in the curriculum of 1913 and highlights the alternative narratives of authors contrasting from one another and differentiating from the state guidelines. Thus it traces the discursive ideological standpoints in textbooks and offthe curriculum narratives which had both Islamist and ethno-secular propensities. The study provides answer to the question of where school texts contributed to the production and reinforcement of the Ottoman-Muslim nationalism, and on the other hand, to what extent they became tools for developing alternative school knowledge, opposing and transgressing the given guidelines of standardized curriculums. It reveals the reflections of the conflict between Islamic and secularist policy of the Unionist period through themes such as religion, history, national consciousness, homeland, civilization and backwardness.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, 2012.
dc.relation Includes appendices.
dc.relation Includes appendices.
dc.subject.lcsh Islamic education -- Turkey.
dc.subject.lcsh Islam and secularism -- Turkey.
dc.subject.lcsh Education and state -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
dc.title The epistemological conflict in the narratives of elementary school textbooks (1908- 1924): islamic and secular insights into education
dc.format.pages xix, 382 leaves ;


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