Project Start & End Date: 01.10.2012 to 31.12.2014

Project Summary:

Sustaining and the protection of cultural heritage is becoming more of an issue gradually at national and international levels. When elementary school students who especially may have difficulties with abstract concepts are taught cultural heritage, they should be supported with live experiences appealing to their senses. Accordingly, the main goal of the project is to measure elementary school 2^nd 3^rd and 4^th grades students’ levels of cultural heritage awareness and to investigate the effects of the multi-dimensional educational program created to develop their awareness of cultural heritage. As part of the project, story books that appeal to senses of sight and hearing are developed; workshops and field trips are organized. Awareness levels of children after using the educational materials and participating to workshops and field trips have been analyzed and evaluated. 286 students from 3 different public elementary schools in Fatih Region have participated to the project. Pretest and posttest evaluations are done by the measurement tool developed by the project team. Result of the research shows that the story books, field trips and the workshops have positive effects on the children’s knowledge and perceptions regarding cultural heritage. The research also indicates that the educational materials and methods have influential result over learning.

Project Administration:

Serkan Özel, Associate Professor

ozels@boun.edu.tr

Project Manager

Meral Korzay, Professor

korzaymeral@gmail.com

Advisor

Project Team:

Ayla Alpöge Ödekan, Professor

İstanbul Technical University

Şeref Tür, Assistant Professor

Marmara University

Esra Pekcan

Görkem Kızılkayak

Beşiktaş Municipality

Bülent Himmetoğlu, Professor

Boğaziçi University

Birgül Kutlu Bayraktar, Professor

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Gürsu Aşık, Research Assistant

Boğaziçi University

Alper Çakır

Zeynep Özatalay

Aylin Bilgiç

Narin Maciroğlu

Songül Bozacı

Sibel Ataman Yalı

Supporting Institution & Organizations:

• Boğaziçi University Rectorate
• Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elemantary Education
• Beşiktaş Municipality
• 3 Pilot Elemantary Schools in Fatih District
• Vehbi Koç Foundation
• Kilsan Kil San.
• Tekser Tourism

Other Information:

Garip Şeyler Oluyor, Yine Garip Şeyler Oluyor, Her Şey Değişiyor-Cumhuriyet Dönemi Elif ve Emre Beşiktaş’ta 1-2-3 have been pressed.

Files:

Öykü kitaplarının özeti.pdf

İlkokul Öğrencilerinin İstanbul’un Kültürel Mirası Farkındalıklarını Arttırmaya Yönelik Bir Eğitim Programı.pdf