Neoliberal Transformation of Education in Turkey

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 FlexLabor; 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