History
As part of the High School History Program, students review the period from early ages of humanity to the Turkish-Islamic era at grade 9; Ottoman Empire History and Turkish- Islamic Culture and Civilization at grades 10 and 11 and Revolution History and Kemalism, Contemporary Turkish and World History in grade 12. The main goal of the High School History Programme is to make our students adopt Atatürk’s principles and revolutions as core values and to equip students with the necessary skills so that they can realize and preserve the history of humanity and cultural heritage and appreciate and respect the various perspectives on historical events.
We aim for our students to:
- form links with preceding and following events instead of focusing only on causes and events,
- form links between historical and social events and geographical implications,
- develop their chronological organization skills and their perception of space.
Philsophy
The main goal of the High School Philosophy Programme at grades 10 and 11 is to equip students with the necessary skills so that they can recognize and use general philosophy terminology; develop their own reasoning skills and strategies; raise awareness regarding the cultural codes and global issues and address these with a critical viewpoint. As part of the discussions during their philosophy classes, students might inquire information, question the existing hypotheses and dogmas, form their own ethos and learn how to think.
We aim for our students to:
- recognize the basic concepts of philosophy and come up with various models of these concepts,
- actively take part in discussions and challenge the reasoning strategies,
- look into the issues and cases from a different perspective by asking “why and how” questions,
- read texts, books, studies, and novels on philosophy.
