A Study On Arguments About Theoretical And Practical Education At Communicaton Faculties In Turkey

DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU G., GÜRER M.

MEDIA LITERACY AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.219-234, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Dergi Adı: MEDIA LITERACY AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.219-234
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Communication education in Turkey, Communication faculty, Theoretical and practical course contents
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

One of the issues that has been argued for many years is what the ratio of theoretical and practical classes should be in the curriculum of Communication Faculties in Turkey. Academic traditions, that communication faculties have, determine the content and the quality of communication education. In this context, disagreement arose between communication faculties and the media sector about whether the education is given to students should be theoretical or practical. This study aims to examine the historical development process of the State and Foundation communication faculties that have been increasing in number in Turkey since the 1990s. It also aims to reveal the problems that are experienced in communication education and the arguments about whether education should be theoretical or practical. These aims have been addressed by scanning the literature. The study has examined the lessons at communication faculties in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, which rank high in terms of socio-economic levels. The content analysis method was applied during the practical classes.