Ali Efdal Ozkul

The Assessment of Political Social and Psychological Effects of Wars on Society with Students’ Views 1974 Sampling

Abstract Teacher and counselor candidates, whose views related to the social and psychological effects of the1974 war in terms of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot community, will ensure the emphasis on what will bereviewed about education in the formation of healthy communities in terms of social and psychological aspects.The purpose of this study is to describe the views of the students of History Teaching and Psychological Counselingand Guidance (PCG) departments of NEU Education Faculty related to the social and psychological effects of 1974on the Turkish Cypriot and Turkey communities. The study was conducted using a qualitative research technique.A holistic time approach was used in the case study. The sampling was created with a “purposive sampling” method.Purposive sampling was used in the sampling criteria. As a result of study, the negative effects of the war were moreinfluential than the positive effects.

Sosyal Yapılandırmacı Öğrenmeyi ve Tarihsel Düşünme Becerilerini Geliştirmeyi Temel Alan Tarih Öğretiminin Etkililiği

Together with the changes experienced in the field of education around the world, it is expected that the global focus will shift from teacher-centred education to student-centred education; furthermore, attention will be paid to the needs of students to ensure that they are implementing their learning in practice throughout the entire education process. In this context, as a student-centred theory, social constructivist theory is prominent as it is essentially based on cooperative learning and displays the importance of a student’s peers in the realisation of learning. As it is compatible with the multi-cultural and multi-perspective structure of history education, considering the needs of students and history education and their daily life acquisitions, the target of developing historical thinking abilities has become more important in their academic development within social constructivist theory. In terms of the development of the historical thinking abilities of students, in addition to active learning that will attract their attention, activities must be developed that are centred on different learning methods and strategies. This research aims to show how these types of activities can be performed in the context of history education and how this can transform students’ historical thinking abilities. The research includes the education delivered by researchers in the 2016-2017 fall and spring semesters for a period of 14 weeks with 11 students on activities related to Cyprus history as well as a comparison of the pre-test and post-test results of a historical thinking skill scale that was developed by the researchers. The historical thinking skill scale developed by the researchers was used in the process of collecting the quantitative data and a semi-structured interview form was used in collecting qualitative data. At the end of the pre-test and post-test, the results were examined to determine if there were any significant differences. Additionally, based on the opinions provided by the students, it was seen that the activities had a positive impact on their historical thinking skills and the requirement for such activities in Cyprus history classes was demonstrated.

Kıbrıs Türk Eğitim Tarihinde Shakespeare Okulu ve Nejmi Sagıp Bodamyalızade / Shakespeare School and Nejmi Sagip Bodamyalizade in Cyprus Turkish Education History

Abstract Nejmi Sagip Bodamyalizade, who was originally from Paphos in the south-west of Cyprus, completed his education at Oxford University. Then he returned to the island and established the Shakespeare School, which is one of the first private schools of the island. He has undertaken both teaching and school management roles here. Many Turkish Cypriots have been educated in this private school which offers English education. Nejmi Sagip, which has a high level of general culture, has been nicknamed Feylosof (philosopher) by the community. During World War II, Nejmi Sagip declared himself as a deputy of Cypriot Muslims by the signing of thousands of people in Nicosia. By using this title, Mr. Nejmi sent letters to the presidents and deputies of several countries, mainly the United Kingdom, defending the rights of Turkish Cypriots against the Enosis requests of Greek Cypriots. Mr. Nejmi has literary works besides education and political activities. One of his literary was the Quran which he translates to English. He also translated some of the classics of Turkish literature into English. Many people, especially the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Peace Prize-winning, have already begun to appreciate him for his translations. As a result, Mr. Nejmi has an important value for the Turkish Cypriot Political, Cultural and Educational history.xa0 Oz Aslen Kibris’in guney batisinda bulunan Baf Kazasindan olan Nejmi Sagip Bodamyalizade, Oxford Universitesi’ndeki egitimini tamamladiktan sonra adaya donerek adanin ilk ozel okullarindan olan Shakespeare Okulu’nu kurmustur. Burada hem ogretmenlik hem de okul mudurlugu gorevlerini ustlenmistir. Ingilizce egitim veren bu ozel okulda bircok Kibrisli Turk egitim almistir. Genel kultur duzeyi yuksek olan Nejmi Sagip’a halk tarafindan Feylosof (Filozof) lakabi takilmistir. Nejmi Sagip, II. Dunya Savasi sirasinda Lefkosa’da binlerce kisiden imza toplayarak kendisini Kibrisli Muslumanlarin vekili ilan etmistir. Nejmi Bey bu unvani kullanarak basta Ingiltere olmak uzere bircok ulkenin baskan ve elcilerine Kibrisli Rumlarin Enosis taleplerine karsi Kibris Turklerinin haklarini savunan mektuplar gondermistir. Nejmi Bey’in egitim ve siyasi faaliyetlerinin yaninda edebi calismalari da bulunmaktadir. Kaleme aldigi edebi eserlerinden birisi de Ingilizceye cevirdigi manzum Kur’an-i Kerim’dir. Ayrica Turk Edebiyatinin klasiklerinin bazilarini da Ingilizceye tercume etmistir. Yaptigi bu ceviriler sayesinde basta Nobel Baris odulu sahibi Irlandali yazar George Bernard Shaw olmak uzere bircok kisinin takdirini toplamayi basarmistir. Sonuc olarak Nejmi Bey Kibris Turk Siyasi, Kulturel ve Egitim tarihinin bir donemine damgasini vurmustur denilebilir.