Preparing Turkey for the European Union: Nationalism, National Identity and 'Otherness' in Turkey's New Textbooks

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorCayir, Kenan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:55:12Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:55:12Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores contemporary Turkey through the lens of education. Special attention is given to the recent curriculum reform of 2005 and the new Social Studies textbooks that have been redesigned as an aspect of Turkey's seeking admission to the European Union. The Ministry of Education policy statements about the new curriculum and textbooks involve a claim that they promote critical thinking and open-mindedness, along with a student-centred approach. However, a close analysis of the new textbooks shows that they are still imbued with an exclusive and narrow definition of nationalism and citizenship, backed by the myth of origin, ethnocentrism and essentialism. The paper discusses these issues in the context of the compatibility of a State-generated national ethos with democratic citizenship and argues that a notion of cosmopolitan education would extend the borders of a narrowly defined Turkish national identity.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCentre for the hospitality; TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author would like to thank the Centre for the hospitality and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) for providing financial support during this period, and the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the University of Leeds for its hospitality.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07256860802579436
dc.identifier.endpage55en_US
dc.identifier.issn0725-6868
dc.identifier.issn1469-9540
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage39en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/07256860802579436
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8778
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000210512900004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Intercultural Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectCosmopolitan Citizenshipen_US
dc.subjectCurriculum Reformen_US
dc.subjectEuropean Unionen_US
dc.subjectNationalismen_US
dc.subjectTextbooksen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titlePreparing Turkey for the European Union: Nationalism, National Identity and 'Otherness' in Turkey's New Textbooks
dc.typeArticle

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