About ESOGÜ Department of Special Education
With the letter of Higher Education Council dated 08/01/2016 and numbered 75850160-104.01.02.01 / 843, the Education / Teaching / Disabled and Visually Impaired Teacher Education programs have been closed and a Special Education Teaching program has been created as a single program in the field of special education. As of the 2016-2017 academic year, the Special Education Teaching undergraduate program has been carried out at the Faculty of Education at our University. Special Education Teaching undergraduate program is carried out only as I. education and we do not have a curriculum II. education.
As there are no student admissions for the Intellectualy Disabled Teacher Education program since the 2016-2017 academic year and there is a course conflict between the new Special Education Teaching undergraduate program and the Intelelctually Disabled Teacher Education undergraduate program, double major, horizontal and central transfer procedures for all classes of the Intellectually Disabilities Teacher Education program was stopped. Double major, lateral transfer and central lateral transfer are carried out only for Special Education Teaching program.
Our primary philosophy as Special Education Teaching program is to train qualified teacher candidates in the field. Therefore, starting from the first years of the program, prospective teachers participate in the educational environments of individuals with special needs and have the opportunity to interact with these individuals and teachers of the related field. As a result of this practice, it is aimed to provide Special Education Teachers who will be trained in our faculty to gain experience in as many and different environments as possible. Thus, pre-service teachers are given the opportunity to experience the theoretical knowledge they learned in the lessons in practical life. It is thought that prospective teachers who started to interact with individuals with special needs since the first years of the program will adopt their professions better and become more competent teachers with their extensive experience.
The program includes compulsory, field knowledge, special education occupational knowledge, general culture and practical lessons. The aim of the special education teaching program is to train teachers who are equipped with theoretical and applied knowledge and skills, aiming to ensure that individuals who need special education are independent, active and productive in social life like other individuals. In addition, the program aims to produce and apply academic knowledge in the field of education of individuals with special needs.
The number of individuals in need of special education accounts for about 10% of the total population. Considering the excess of this rate, it is understood that the graduates of the program are insufficient to meet the country's needs. Graduates of special education teaching program are widely employed in Special Education Schools affiliated to MoNE and in Special Education and Rehabilitation Centers opened by private enterprises. Therefore, there is a need for graduates of the private education teacher program by the public and private sectors.
It is included in the ÖSYS Placement Guide published by ÖSYM according to which exam and score type the students will be selected for the Special Education Teaching undergraduate program. The language of the four-year undergraduate education is Turkish. The normal education period of the undergraduate program is 4 years. In order to graduate, students must take all courses in the program, complete a total of 150 credits, including 134 theoretical and 32 applications, and a GPA of at least 2.00. The special education teacher program has started to accept students since the academic year of 2016-2017. The Special Education Teaching program located in the Faculty of Education building in Eskişehir Osmangazi University Meşelik campus serves with 2 Associate Professors, 3 Doctor Faculty Members and 10 Research Assistants.
Prospective teachers who have successfully completed the program can work in schools and institutions providing services for individuals with special needs under the Ministry of National Education. In addition, in recent years, the number of private-owned rehabilitation centers has been increasing and our graduate students can work in these centers. As a result of the policy change in the field of special education in our country, the services provided to individuals with special needs have increased and the demand for special education teachers trained in this field has increased both in state institutions and private institutions.
History of ESOGU Special Education Department
In the 2011-2012 academic year, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Education Special Education Department has become an active department and students have started to be admitted to the undergraduate program of Intellectually Disabilities under the Department of Intellectually Disabilities. As of 2016-2017 academic year, admission of students to the Intellectually Disabilities Teacher Education undergraduate program has been stopped. Special Education Teaching undergraduate program has been carried out at the Faculty of Education at our University since the academic year of 2016-2017. In addition, under the Special Education Department there are Intellectually Disabilities Education, Autism Spectrum Disorder Education, Learning Disabillity Education, Special Talented Education, Hearing Impaired Education and Visually Impaired Education.
When it comes to special education, everyone's mind comes primarily from the education of people with intellectual disabilities. However, special education is a wide field of study that cannot be limited only to the education of individuals with intellectual disabilities. In addition to the education of individuals with intellectual disabilities, it refers to a wide range that covers all groups with different needs in the normal education process such as emotional and behavioral disorders, hearing impairment, visual impairment, orthopedic insufficiency, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and gifted / gifted / talented. Individuals in need of special education are individuals who differ significantly from their expected level in terms of their individual characteristics and educational competencies due to various reasons. For this purpose, specialists in the field of special education aim to continue the education programs and methods developed to meet the educational and social needs of individuals with special needs in the most appropriate environments for the education of individuals.
Our Special Education Department, which was opened in our university, first activated the undergraduate program of Intellectually Disabled Teacher Education and started to enroll students in this program since 2011-2012 academic year. The purpose of the Mentally Handicapped Teacher Education program is to train competent special education teachers who can provide individual or group education according to the needs of individuals with mental disabilities, and can work in all planning, execution and follow-up stages of special education and other additional services. With the letter of the Council of Higher Education dated 08/01/2016 and numbered 75850160-104.01.02.01 / 843, the Education / Teaching / Disabled and Visually Impaired Teacher Education programs have been closed and a Special Education Teaching program has been created as a single program in the field of special education. As of 2016-2017 academic year, admission of students to the Intellectually Disabled Teacher Education undergraduate program has been stopped.
The student quota of the Intellectually Disabled Teacher Training Program was 120, in the 2015-2016 academic year, 60 for the I. education and 60 for the II. education. The student quota was 60, 60 for teaching. Students were admitted to the program with the score of Transition to Higher Education (YGS-4) applied by ÖSYM. According to the results of the 2015 Transition to Higher Education Exam (YGS), the entry point for the Teaching Program for the the Intellectually Disabled Teacher I was 390,10680 and II. The entrance point for the curriculum is determined as 380,70019.
The student quota of the Special Education Teacher Program was 100 in the 2016-2017 academic year. Students were admitted to the program with the score of Transition to Higher Education (YGS-4) applied by ÖSYM. According to the results of the 2016 Transition to Higher Education Exam (YGS), the lowest success order in the Special Education Teacher Program has been determined as 86200. In the 2017-2018 academic year, the student quota was 100 in total. Students were admitted to the program with the score of Transition to Higher Education (YGS-4) applied by ÖSYM. According to the results of the 2016 Transition to Higher Education Exam (TS-1), the lowest success order in the Special Education Teaching program has been determined as 16500.