Temel Eğitim Ders Kitaplarında Orhun Yazıtlarının Durumu

Abstract

Cultures of nations, including their value judgments, beliefs, and traditions, all of which make up their perception of life, are different from each other. Therefore each nation has different expectations from education and from students who are the outputs of this process. In this respect, it is very important for education both to have universal qualities and to be national and “specific”. In spite of all technological developments, course books are still one of the most commonly used educational tools in the world. Accordingly, the educational tools that play the biggest part in attaining educational goals are course books. This study is aimed at determining the place of Orkhon Inscriptions in basic education course books. Within the scope of the research that was conducted using document review method, course books such as Turkish language, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, History, T.R. History of Revolutions and Kemalism and Turkish Language and Literature published in 2018-2019 academic year by the Ministry of National Education and various publishers to be taught at primary, secondary and high school levels were evaluated with regard to their written and visual content related to Orkhon Inscriptions. At the end of the research that involved a review of 24 coursebooks, it was determined that primary school course books include no information or visuals about Orkhon Inscriptions, while secondary and high school books have a very limited content.