COĞRAFYA LİSANS PROGRAMI VE İSTİHDAMA YÖNELİK KARŞILAŞTIRMALI BİR DEĞERLENDİRME: TÜRKİYE VE İNGİLTERE ÖRNEKLERİ

Yıl 2017, Sayı: 36, 327 - 340, 10.07.2017

Mehmet Şeremet

Öz

Günümüz Yükseköğretim politikalarının geldiği nokta itibariyle, artık
özellikle akademik disiplin niteliğine sahip programların da öğrencilerinin
çeşitli temel ve mesleki yetenekler ile becerilere sahip olmalarına yönelik
olarak öğrencilerini desteklemeleri ve mezuniyetten sonraki iş bulabilme
konusunda da onları güçlendirmeleri beklenmektedir. Coğrafya disiplininin
önceliklerinden birisi de mezun öğrencilerin istihdamına yönelik girişimlerde
bulunmaktır. Bu makale kapsamında İngiltere’deki Coğrafya programlarındaki istihdama
yönelik uygulamaların gelişim süreci ve bu süreci destekleyen öğelerin neler
olduğu detaylı olarak incelenmiştir. Diğer taraftan her ne kadar karşılaştırma
için Türk Coğrafya programlarının bu konuda sunduğu gelişmeler göreceli olarak
yeni olsa da, Türkiye’de bu konudaki gelişmeler karşılaştırmalı olarak ele
alınmıştır. Ayrıca, karşılaştırma çerçevesine program mezunlarının sektördeki
durumlarına yönelik detaylı bilgiler de sunulmaktadır. Son olarak, İngiltere
örneğinden hareketle Coğrafya mezunlarının istihdamının iyileştirilmesine
yönelik Coğrafya programlarının bu süreçten neler öğrenebileceğine yönelik de çeşitli
önerileri içeren bir sonuç bölümü sunularak makale sonuçlandırılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yükseköğretim, İngiltere, Türkiye, Coğrafya Programı, istihdam, coğrafya müfredatı

A Comparative Evaluation on the Geography Programmes and Employability: The UK and Turkey Cases

Öz

Higher education
sector is increasingly expected to produce graduates with the necessary
knowledge and skills in order to meet the needs of job market. In Geography’s
response to the employability agenda, the discipline should address the
relevant issues within their programmes. Initially, in this study, the presence
of employability agenda in the UK Geography departments are critically
reviewed, providing more emphasise on the factors allowing the discipline in
leading the developments in the Higher Education sector. After, in the second
part of this study, although the progress in Turkish Geography department is
slightly slower than that of the UK, the presence of the employability issues was
provided. In addition to this comparison study, the presence of professional
Geographers in the job market were also presented. Finally, the study provides
an account of comparison in what Turkey learn from the UK Geography departments’
experience which makes the discipline champion with some particular
developments. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Higher education, the UK, Turkey, Geography Programme, employability, geography curriculum

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