K. Inal & G. Akkaymak 
Neoliberal Transformation of Education in Turkey 
Political and Ideological Analysis of Educational Reforms in the Age of the AKP

Neoliberal policies have had an impact on educational systems globally. This book provides a detailed and critical analysis of neoliberal educational policies and reforms in Turkey by focusing on the Justice and Development Party’s reform efforts over the last eight years.

Зміст

Foreword; A.Darder PART I: AKP AND EDUCATION IN TURKISH MAP 1. The Political Economy of Education in Turkey;Gamze Yücesan-Özdemir and Ali Murat Özdemir 2. Educational Politics of AKP; Kemal Inal PART II: REFORMS, FINANCE AND UNIONS IN EDUCATION IN THE AKP ERA 3. Constructivism and the Curriculum Reform of the AKP; Hasan Ünder 4. Marketization of Primary School Curricula and Textbooks under the AKP Rule; Ünal Özmen 5. Curriculum Change in Turkey; Hülya Kosar-Altinyelken and Güliz Akkaymak 6. Learning to Flex Labor; Ergin Bulut 7. Turkey under the AKP Rule; Nejla Kurul 8. External Education Projects in Turkey; Gülay Aslan, Erdal Küçüker and Ergül Adigüzel 9. The New Stream of Trade Unionism; Duygun Göktürk, Gökçe Güvercin, Onur Seçkin PART III: AKP AND NEOLIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE RECONSTRUCTION IN EDUCATION 10. Marketization of Higher Education in Turkey (2002-2011); Nevzat Evrim Önal 11. Neoliberalization and Foundation Universities in Turkey; Ömür Birler 12. Dershane Business in Turkey; Ayhan Ural 13. Growth of Islamic Education in Turkey; Mustafa Kemal Coskun and Burcu Sentürk 14. Body Politics and Sexual Education under the AKP rule; Serdar M. Degirmencioglu 15. Early Childhood Education in Turkey: A Critical Overview; Mehmet Toran 16. Fights over Human Rights; Tugba Asrak-Hasdemir 17. The System of Teacher Training during the AKP Rule; I. Rifat Okçabol 18. Transformation of the Teaching Profession in Turkey; Esin Ertürk 19. Transformation of Adult Education in Turkey; Ahmet Yildiz

Про автора

KEMAL INAL is an Associate Professor of Education at Gazi University in Turkey.
GULIZ AKKAYMAK is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.