MODEL INSTITUTION VEFA HIGH SCHOOL, THE FIRST SCHOOL TO TEACH IN TURKISH MEDIUM Cover Image

MODEL INSTITUTION VEFA HIGH SCHOOL, THE FIRST SCHOOL TO TEACH IN TURKISH MEDIUM
MODEL INSTITUTION VEFA HIGH SCHOOL, THE FIRST SCHOOL TO TEACH IN TURKISH MEDIUM

Author(s): Süleyman Doğan
Subject(s): Education, School education, Higher Education , Social development, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Sociology of Education
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Education; Teaching; Model School; Vefa High School;

Summary/Abstract: The reason why I chose Vefa High School in Fatih district is that it is the first high school to provide education in Turkish and it contributed to Turkish education to a great extend. While new Republic was being established, this important institution Vefa High School, which has had profound contributions to the establishment of Turkish education system, became a school in the national education system. Moreover, I think this paper showed the characteristics of Vefa High School with its changes from 1933 to 2006 in the education and training, curriculum, the quality education and valuable graduates and its status, name and place changes, and that it is the first private school educating in mother tongue in our education history. Vefa High School who see their history and how important stages they passed, and that the young students who will study this school would keep the success level of their school at high degree. I have seen during the study that the graduates from Vefa High School show loyalty lifelong. Vefa High School is an education institution of us with the education, officials and students. I wish this model behavior to be for other schools in our country as well...

  • Issue Year: 2/2010
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 47-59
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English