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IDENTITY ISSUES IN TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL EFL TEXTBOOKS

Year 2008, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 143 - 154, 01.06.2008

Abstract

As a dominant force that shapes the multiple environments in which we live, the phenomenon of globalization fundamentally alters the terrain of public and pri- vate life, creating tensions between the local and the global, especially for those countries like Turkey, which are characterised by proximity and familiarity. The purpose of the present study is to explore the role of education and of specifically textbooks in resolving this conflict between global transformations and local re- sponses. The research objectives of this qualitative study are to analyze the cultural content of a representative sample of four EFL texbooks and to unearth what some of their unstated beliefs,values and attitudes are. It is hoped that the study will highlight the paramount importance of textbooks in equipping children and youth to confront the dualities globalization creates.

References

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  • Turkey. USA: University of Washington Press.
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  • Cunningsworth, A. (1995). Choosing Your Coursebook. Great Britain: Heinemann. Hewitt, J. P. (2003). Self and Socety : A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology.
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  • Official Identity. <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acar/intre/ayse.htm> Re- trieved September, 2007.
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LİSE DÜZEYİ İNGİLİZCE DERS KİTAPLARINDA KİMLİK SORUNU

Year 2008, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 143 - 154, 01.06.2008

Abstract

İçinde yaşadığımız çevreyi değiştirme gücüne sahip olan küreselleşme olgusu, özellikle Türkiye gibi geleneksel yapıya sahip ülkeler için yerel ve küresel değerler arasında bir çelişki yaratarak hayatın her alanında kendini hissettirmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, küresel değişimler ile yerel tepkiler arasında var olan bu çatışmada, eğitimin ve özellikle ders kitaplarının önemini araştırmaktır. Bu nitel çalışma, Türkiye’de lise düzeyinde kullanılan dört İngilizce ders kitabını kültürel açıdan incelemeyi ve bu kitaplarda dile getirilmeyen inançlar, değerler ve tutumları ortaya çıkarmayı hedeflemektedir. Bu yolla, hızla küreselleşen dünyamızda çocukların ve gençlerin karşılaşabilecekleri ikilemlerle daha iyi baş edebilmelerini sağlamada ders kitaplarının rolü ve önemi vurgulanmak istenmektedir.

References

  • Baron, R. A., Byrne, D. (2002). Social Psychology. USA : Pearson Education. Bozdoğan, S., Kasaba, R. (1997). Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in
  • Turkey. USA: University of Washington Press.
  • Brehm, S. S., Hassin, S. M., and Fein, S. (2002). Social Psychology. USA: Hough- ton Mifflin Company.
  • Cunningsworth, A. (1995). Choosing Your Coursebook. Great Britain: Heinemann. Hewitt, J. P. (2003). Self and Socety : A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology.
  • USA: Pearson Education Inc.
  • Hogg, M.A., Vaughan, G. M. (2002). Social Psychology. England: Prentice Hall. Kadıoğlu, A. (1996). The Paradox of Turkish Nationalism and the Construction of
  • Official Identity. <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acar/intre/ayse.htm> Re- trieved September, 2007.
  • Pingel, F. (1999). Unesco Guidebook on Textbook Research and Textbook Revi- sion. France: UNESCO. <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001171/ 117188e.pdf> Retrieved August, 2007.
  • Suárez-Orozco, M. M., Qin-Hilliard, D. B. (Eds.) (2004). Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium. USA: University of California Press.
  • <http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10166/101166.ch01.html> Retrieved August, 2007.
  • Triandis, H.C., and Trafimov, D. (2002). Culture and its Implications for Intergroup Behavior. In Brown, R., and Gaertner, S. (Eds.), Intergroup Processes (pp. 367-382). USA: Blackwell.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Other Fields of Education
Journal Section Articles
Authors

İrem Kızılaslan This is me

Publication Date June 1, 2008
Published in Issue Year 2008 Volume: 10 Issue: 1

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APA Kızılaslan, İ. (2008). IDENTITY ISSUES IN TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL EFL TEXTBOOKS. Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 10(1), 143-154.