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Reading List on the Philosophical, Social, and Historical Foundations of Education

Method/Technique, Research, General Knowledge, Memoir, etc.

Henry Rosovsky, University, Ankara: TÜBİTAK Publications, 1991.

Hovard S. Becker, The Agony of Writing for Social Scientists, Istanbul: Heretik Publishing, 2016.

Encyclopedia of Islam (entries on education, upbringing, madrasah, science, etc.).

Maurice Duverger, Introduction to the Social Sciences, Ankara: Bilgi Publications, 2002.

Mustafa Gündüz, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Educational History, Ankara: MEB Publications, 2022.

Mustafa Gündüz, In Pursuit of the History of Education, Ankara: Nobel Akademik, 2018.

Mübahat Kütükoğlu, Methodology in Historical Research, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Publications, 1991.

Necdet Sakaoğlu, Memories Left in the Bag, Istanbul: Alfa Publications, 2024.

Turkish Encyclopedia of Education, (Entries related to the history of education).

 

(Turkish)/Reading List on the History of Education

Andreas M. Kazamias, *Education: A Quest for Modernity*, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1966.

Arzu Meryem Nurdoğan, Primary Education in the Ottoman Modernization Process (1869–1914), Istanbul: Çamlıca Publications, 2016.

Ayşe Aksu, In the Footsteps of Robert College, Istanbul: Dergâh Publications, 1017.

Aziz Berker, Elementary Education in Turkey (1838–1908), Ankara: Ministry of National Education Publications, 1945.

Bayram Kodaman, The Educational System During the Reign of Abdulhamid II, Ankara: TTK Publications, 1991.

Benjamin Fortna, Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Periods, Istanbul: Koç University Press, 2013.

Benjamin Fortna, Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Mekteb-i Hümayun, Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2005.

Betül Batır, From Tradition and Education to Contemporary Education: Primary Education in Turkey (1908–1924), Istanbul: Milenyum Publications, 2014.

Cavit Binbaşıoğlu, A History of Turkish Educational Thought, Ankara: Anı Publications, 2005.

Cemil Öztürk, Teacher Training During the Atatürk Era, Istanbul: Yeditepe Academy, 2021. 

Cemil Öztürk, Teacher Training Institutions in Turkey from the Past to the Present, Ankara: PegemA Publications, 2005.

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Darülfünun: The Center of Cultural Modernization in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul: IRCICA Publications, 2010.

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, What Was and Was Not a University?, Istanbul: Kronik Kitap, 2019.

Emine Ö. Evered, *Empire and Education Under the Ottomans: Politics, Reform, and Resistance from the Tanzimat to the Young Turks*, I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Emre Dölen, History of Darülfünun, 5 Volumes, Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2010.

Erol Çiydem, Education as a Tool of Modernization: What Changed During the Tanzimat Period, Istanbul: Yeni İnsan Publications, 2022.

Faik Reşit Unat, A Historical Perspective on the Development of the Education System in Turkey, Ankara: TTK, 1964.

Filiz Meşeci, Educational Rituals, Istanbul: Yeni İnsan Publications, 2022.

Hasan Akgündüz, The Ottoman Madrasa System, Istanbul: Ulusal Publications, 1997.

Hasan Ali Koçer, The Birth and Development of Modern Education in Turkey, Ankara: MEB Publications, 1991.

Hasan Âli Yücel, Secondary Education in Turkey, Ankara: Ministry of Culture, 1994.

Hasan Cicioğlu, Elementary and Secondary Education in the Republic of Turkey, Ankara: DTCF, 1982.

Hasan Ünder, Educational Values in the Light of Kemalism, (Ph.D. Thesis), Ankara: 1998.

İsmail Güleç, Is the Madrasa a University?, Ankara: Vadi Publications, 2024.

Kemal Aytaç, History of European Education, Ankara: East-West Publications, 2018.

A Chronological and Thematic History of Turkish Education, (Ed. M. Gündüz), Istanbul: İdeal/Kültür, 2022.

Kurtuluş Öztürk, Educating the Modern Individual, Istanbul: Nokta Books, 2022.

Mustafa Ergün, Educational Movements of the Second Constitutional Era, Ankara: Ocak Publications, 1996.

Mustafa Gündüz, Institution, Concept, and Mindset: Istanbul: Ketebe Publications, 2020.

Mustafa Gündüz, From Maarif to Education, Ankara: East West Publications, 2015.

Mustafa Gündüz, The Ottoman Educational Legacy, Ankara: East-West Publications, 2015.

Mustafa Öcal, Religious Education in Turkey, Istanbul: Dergâh Publications, 2016.

Necdet Sakaoğlu, A History of Education from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2003.

Nevzat Ayasbeyoğlu, National Education in the Republic of Turkey: Institutions and Histories, Ankara: Ministry of National Education Publications, 1948.

Osman Ergin, The Life, Works, and Library of Muallim Cevdet, Istanbul: Bozkurt Kitabevi, 1937.

Osman Ergin, History of Turkish Education, 5 Volumes, Istanbul: Eser Printing House, 1977.

Science and Education in the Ottoman World, Istanbul: IRCICA Publications, 1999.

Osman Kafadar, Westernization in Turkish Educational Thought, Ankara: Vadi Publications, 1997.

A Tribute to Prof. Dr. Yahya Akyüz, Ankara: PegemA Publications, 2011.

Selçuk Akşin Somel, The Modernization of Education in the Ottoman Empire (1839–1908), Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2019.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Education, London: Oxford University Press, 2019.

History of Turkish Education, Journal of Turkish Studies Literature, No. 12, 2008.

Yahya Akyüz, History of Turkish Education, Ankara: PegemA Publications, 2021.

 

Reading List on the Philosophy of Education

Adem İnce, The Making of the Educated Person, Istanbul: İnsan Publications, 2024.

Ahmet Cevizci, Philosophy of Education, Istanbul: Say Publications, 2023.

Alfred North Whitehead, The Aims of Education: A Call for Reform, Ankara: Fol Publications, 2024.

Aristotle, On Education, Istanbul: Profil Books, 2021.

Bernard Russell, On Education, Izmir: Ilya Publications, 2010.

Catherine Baker, No to Compulsory Education, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Publications, 1991.

Immanuel Kant, On Education, Istanbul: İz Publications, 2023.

Gerald L. Gutek, Philosophical and Ideological Approaches to Education, (Trans. Nesrin Kale), Istanbul: Ütopya Publications, 2021.

Hasan Ünder, “Philosophy of Education as an Academic Discipline…,” Philosophy, Education, Art: A Tribute to Saffet Bilhan, Ankara: Hece Publications, 2006, pp. 121–142.

Herbert Spencer, Mind, Morality, and Physical Education. Ankara: PegemA, 2013.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, *Émile, or On Education*, Istanbul: Yeni Türkiye Publications, 1945.

John Dewey, Experience and Education. METU Foundation Publications, 2013.

John Dewey, Human Behavior and Nature. Istanbul: Sarmal Publications, 2024.

John Taylor Gatto, Education: A Weapon of Mass Destruction, Istanbul: Edam, 2017.

Mustafa Gündüz, On Education: What Was It, What Is It, What Will It Be?, Istanbul: Nokta Books, 2022.

Necmettin Tozlu, From Education to Philosophy, Vol. I-II-III, Bayburt: Bayburt University Press, 2014.

Paulo Freire, *The Pedagogy of the Oppressed*, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Publications, 1995.

Robert R. Rusk, *The Doctrines of Great Educators*. London: 1981.

Sabri Büyükdüvenci, Philosophical Education, Ankara: A Publications, 2001.

Saffet Bilhan, Philosophy of Education: Conceptual Analysis, Ankara: Ankara University Press, 1991.

Samar Attar, Ibn Tufeyl’s Influence on Western Thought, Istanbul: Albaraka Publications, 2021. 

Sümer Aktan, *Curriculum in Turkey*, London: Palgrave, 2018.

Vefa Taşdelen, The Evolution of Hermeneutics, Ankara: Hece Publications, 2008.

Vefa Taşdelen, Philosophy Culture, Ankara: Hece Publications, 2015.

Vefa Taşdelen, The Colors of Existence: From Anxiety to Hope, Ankara: Hece Publications, 2018.

 

Reading List on the Sociology of Education

Aynur Erdoğan, Overseas Education and Modernization in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul: BüyüyenAy Publications, 2016.

Cemil Meriç, From Civilization to Culture, Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2016.

Emile Durkheim, Education and Sociology, Istanbul: Pinhan Publications, 2016.

Erving Goffman. *Encounters*. Istanbul: Heretik Publications, 2018.

George Herbert Mead. Mind, Self, and Society. Istanbul: Heretik Publications, 2017.

Harold Garfinkel. Studies in Ethnomethodology. Istanbul: Heretik Publications, 2015.

Howard Becker. Describing Society. Istanbul: Heretik Publications, 2016.

Sociology of Education, (Ed. Mustafa Gündüz), Istanbul: İdeal/Kültür Publications, 2023.

Hamide Topçuoğlu, Sociology of Education: Source Texts, Ankara: Sevinç Printing House, 1971.

İsmail Doğan, Sociology of Education, Ankara: PegemA Publications, 2010.

İsmayıl Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, The Social School, Istanbul: MEB Publications, 1942.

John Dewey, School and Society, (Trans. Avni Başman), Ankara: PegemA Publications, 2008.

Jurgen Osterhammel, A Brief History of Globalization, Istanbul: Küre Publications, 2021.

Lütfi Sunar, Social Stratification, Ankara: NobelA Publications, 2018.

Pierre Bourdieu, General Sociology, Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2023.

Pierre Bourdieu, Reproduction, Istanbul: Heretik Publications, 2013.

Peter L. Berger. An Invitation to Sociology, Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2021.

Rob Moore, Education and Society: Problems and Explanations in the Sociology of Education, Istanbul: Paradigma Publications, 2015.

Saffet Bilhan, Sociology of Education, Ankara: Ankara University Press, 1986.

Şerif Mardin, Ideology, Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2024.

Yahya Akyüz, The Impact of Teachers on Social Change in Turkey, Ankara: PegemA Publications, 2012.

Ziya Gökalp, The Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, Istanbul: MEB Publications, 1995.