Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / THB 422 - TURKISH FOLKLORE DEPARTMENT

Code: THB 422 Course Title: CULTURAL CHANGES Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TURKISH FOLKLORE DEPARTMENT
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer YÜCEL ÖZDEMİR (ozdemiryucel@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MEHMET EMİN DEDE,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Determining the basic concepts and approaches on the basis of cultural changes, determining the Turkish oral culture, classifying the Turkish written culture, specifying the transformation from oral culture to writing culture.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Explain the basic concepts and approaches PO-8 They will be able to analyze the basic elements of culture and to take an active role in the protection of the information channels that protect the identity of the society through their inferences.
PO-9 They will be able to use intercultural communication, gaining the necessary equipment to perceive and interpret different cultures.
PO-10 They can reach scientific results that can bring innovation to Turkish Folklore discipline through original academic studies.
Examination
LO-2 Cultural transformation in Turkey, tools, products, actors, evaluate the context, PO-8 They will be able to analyze the basic elements of culture and to take an active role in the protection of the information channels that protect the identity of the society through their inferences.
PO-9 They will be able to use intercultural communication, gaining the necessary equipment to perceive and interpret different cultures.
PO-10 They can reach scientific results that can bring innovation to Turkish Folklore discipline through original academic studies.
Examination
LO-3 Explain and interpret culture based on continuities and changes. PO-8 They will be able to analyze the basic elements of culture and to take an active role in the protection of the information channels that protect the identity of the society through their inferences.
PO-9 They will be able to use intercultural communication, gaining the necessary equipment to perceive and interpret different cultures.
PO-10 They can reach scientific results that can bring innovation to Turkish Folklore discipline through original academic studies.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Cultural changes: basic concepts and approaches, oral culture, written culture, oral culture-written culture transformation.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 General introduction: What is culture and civilization? Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
2 Free culture change Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
3 Change of obligatory culture Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
4 Historic cultural exchange in Turkey Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
5 historic cultural exchange in Turkey Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
6 Date free and compulsory change of culture in Turkey Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
7 The sociological dimension of cultural change Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Psychological dimension of cultural change Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
10 Turkish culture oriented to Europe Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
11 Turkish culture oriented to Europe Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
12 The place of science in Turkish culture Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
13 The effect of scientific progress on cultural change Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
14 Impact of education on cultural development Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
15 General evaluation Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ong, J.W. Sözlü ve Yazılı Kültür: Sözün Teknolojileşmesi(Çev. S. Banon), İstanbul: Metis Yay.,1995,.
2 Özdemir, Nebi. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Eğlence Kültürü. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2005.
3 Özdemir, Nebi. Türkiye’de Sözlü Kültürden Yazılı Kültüre Geçiş ve Meddahlık-Medya İlişkisi, Mitten Meddaha Türk Anlatıları Uluslararası Sempozyum Bildirileri, Gazi Üniversitesi, THBMER Yayını, Ankara, 2006.
4 Özdemir, Nebi, Osmanlı Tüketim Kültürü, Eğlence ve Yazılı Medya İlişkisii, Milli Folklor, 73, 2006.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 4 12
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 4 8
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 4 8
mid-term exam 1 2 2
Own study for final exam 4 4 16
final exam 1 2 2
0
0
Total work load; 90