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Youth; political activity; education and state

WOS: 000461078400001 ; Citizenship education was influenced by fundamental changes that happened following the end of the Cold War in 1989. Traditional citizenship education aiming to build a monolithic national identity, disseminate an image of homogeneous society and transmit the knowledge of political system has evolved towards modern citizenship education characterised by an emphasis on human rights, democracy, the rule of law, respect for diversity and a concern to develop students' political participation skills. The transition to modern citizenship education in Turkey started with the pushing of international educational projects and is still underway. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, this study explores what kind of citizenship education the 2018 Social Studies Courses Programme of Study envisages. The study found that the new programme intensely reflects the characteristics of traditional citizenship education. Taking into account this study's findings might lead to more effective implementation of the programme and increase the success of future curriculum reforms.

In the globalizing world, quality in communication and internationalization are important. Higher education institutions are taking the necessary steps for the standardization. Quality commissions are formed to maintain the education given at universities to a certain standard, and private organizations and associations are widely engaged in communication. The European Association for Communication Studies and Education operates internationally works on various themes in communication. In Turkey, Communication Research Association established to accredit programs related to communication education; evaluates training programs upon the application of institutions, carries out the training activities of those who will take part as evaluators in accreditation studies, assists programs in meeting the necessary criteria, and carries out joint projects with educational institutions. The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship of the keywords determined as quality, internationalization and communication through the example of ECREA and to compare these themes with ILEDAK themes. Information about the similarities and differences between the quality standards of communication education in Turkey and Europe is obtained. The method is thematic content analysis. The data presented within the program outputs determined for the communication basic areas on the official websites of ECREA and ILAD.

According to Plato, a good state administration ("best"/ideal state) can only be combined with a good society ("best"/ideal society), and a good society can only be achieved with a good education ("best"/ideal education). He saw it as possible: "It must be able to be turned towards the most luminous aspect of existence, the direction we call -good-, right? Yes, education is the art of turning this power of the soul - for the good - and finding the easiest and most unfailing way for it. Education only leads him to the good side. It is up to us, the founders of the state, to lead people towards the knowledge of what we regard as the highest, to bring them out of the darkness into the light" (p.236-237). Since education is an idea-based and therefore an "ideological device" (Althusser, 2010), it acts as a kind of bridge between the state and society (Wiborg, 2000). This is the importance of analyzing Plato's Republic in terms of education policies.

Today, new communication technologies, which are used very actively in almost all areas of life, have brought about creation of the new communication platforms. These technologies, which build new processes especially in terms of the rapid and easy dissemination of information, are indispensable for the people. The field of education has also been heavily influenced by new technological developments and a wide variety of different education systems connected to technological tools have emerged. These structures, which are defined as distance education systems and created as a result of the union of new communication technologies and the field of education, continue to become widespread day by day in Turkey and in the world. When the studies in the literature are examined, the concepts of communication and interaction come forward as the main problem of distance education systems, and the similarity of the education process and the communication process draws attention. When looking at both processes, the feedback mechanism functions as a control. Therefore, success cannot be achieved in a process without this feedback mechanism. In addition, the person who is going to teach should have the skills to effectively manage the communication process. Distance education systems have an important place, especially at the higher education level. These systems, which have become competitors of traditional education systems, are a very current topic. In the study, starting from the concept of new communication technologies, the relationship between these technologies and distance education systems was emphasized and the necessity of the concepts of communication and interaction for distance education systems was emphasized. Within the scope of the research, the distance education portal of Fırat University was examined by using the descriptive analysis method, and the problems experienced in this process were determined and suggestions were made to solve these problems.