Review of Village Institutions from the Aspect of Instructional Technology

Abstract

The Village Institutions was an educational movement that was constituted in the early 20th century in Turkey (Türkoğlu, 2004). Village Institutions’ main idea was to grow peasant children with learning within work method to make them work as teachers or qualified professionals or personnel in their village. While this unique attempt was practically applied between the years of 1940-1954, this movement provided a significant educational, social and political change in Turkey. The major instructional method in these institutions was built on learning within work method which aimed to raise children as socially and culturally educated individuals. Within this context, this study is intended to examine the instructional method, courses, and tools and environment of Village Institutions within the aspect of Instructional Technology. Moreover, this study seeks to provide an understanding for the correspondence of this method with the contemporary educational strategies and approaches.