TY  - JOUR
T1  - The “Community Services” Course
Through Distance Education: Evaluation Of Primary School Students
TT  - In 2006, following the Bologna Process, Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK)
AU  - Sakar, A. Nurhan
AU  - Ozturk, Oznur
PY  - 2011
DA  - March
JF  - Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
JO  - TOJDE
PB  - Anadolu University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1302-6488
SP  - 184
EP  - 194
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - In 2006, following the Bologna Process, Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) adopted a resolution and changed the curriculum of teacher training higher education institutions. This curriculum revision introduced a new course called ‘Community Service’ which aims to raise students’ awareness of their responsibilities as individuals to the community in which they live. Through this course, students are expected to realize individuals can make a difference by volunteering to share their knowledge and skills with the community. This study presents one application of Community Service course. This application is of interest because it was researched whether the course achieved its aim by evaluating the satisfaction level of primary school students at whose schools English survey courses given within the scope of Open Education Faculty Distance English Language Teaching (DELT) Program.
KW  - Distance Learning
KW  - Community Service Course
KW  - Distance English Language Teaching Program (DELT).
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tojde/issue//176239
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/156004
ER  -